December 6, 2007
In some sports, being a freshman means spending a lot of time on the bench, getting stronger and learning about teamwork.

November 30, 2007
Students in a Comparative History of Ideas class have presented a petition to the UW administration to erect a memorial honoring one-time UW student Bruce Lee, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported earlier this week.

November 9, 2007
The dismal failure of Proposition 1 at the polls Nov. 6 is just another chapter in Seattle's continuing transportation tragedy, whose first act was written around the time many students' parents entered grade school.

October 4, 2007

September 27, 2007
Seattle's historic wonders include the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, the third floor of Padelford Hall (you'll just have to experience it for yourself) and the hub of the largest ferry system in the United States. From Bainbridge Island to British Columbia, one of Seattle's famous modes of transportation is accessible to even the most money savvy college student.

August 1, 2007
I laughed out loud when I read about Marilee Jones, former dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Jones, who began working in the MIT admissions office in 1979 and was promoted to dean in 1997, left her job in disgrace this spring after a background check revealed that she had not earned even one of the three degrees on her resume. Hmmm.

June 18, 2007
You have to hand it to Hillary Clinton. Her list of accomplishments bears a striking resemblance to what every girl writes in her diary at about the age of 14 concerning her goals in life.

May 31, 2007

May 24, 2007

May 17, 2007

May 10, 2007

May 3, 2007

April 30, 2007
Competing alongside the nation's best collegiate gymnasts at the NCAA Championship in Salt Lake City last weekend, UW senior Chelsea Bakken set a precedent for what coach Joanne Bowers said she hopes will become a Husky gymnastics tradition.

April 26, 2007

April 26, 2007
For Husky gymnast Chelsea Bakken, the biggest meet of her career is really during its epilogue. So many things have happened already.

April 19, 2007
The eyes of the nation are watching only one campus this week. During the aftermath of what the news media is calling the deadliest shooting rampage in modern history, Virginia Tech may take its place among school monikers whose very names sum up tragedies.

April 19, 2007
Reports of a stalker preying on several members of the UW women's gymnastics team have been somewhat exaggerated, a source close to the team said yesterday.

April 16, 2007
Coach Joanne Bowers was named the West Region Coach of the Year, an award comparable to her Pac-10 Coach of the Year accolades at Arizona State, which she shared with Stanford's Krysten Smith.

April 13, 2007
In the world of college gymnastics, there's no bigger honor than winning an NCAA team title, and there's no heavier challenge than the competition that decides who advances as a team to nationals and who goes home to begin training for next season.

April 12, 2007

April 5, 2007

April 3, 2007
Husky sophomore Ashley Houghting and first year coach Joanne Bowers each took home slices of a Pac-10 title Saturday at the Pac-10 women's gymnastics championships at Arizona State University.

March 30, 2007
Going into this weekend's Pac-10 Championships at Arizona State, the Washington gymnastics team has cleared a hurdle that has been in the back of its collective mind all season.

March 29, 2007

March 28, 2007
It's a bad choice: A flawed victory or a clean defeat. The UW women's gymnastics team has experienced one of each during the past two weeks and found neither terribly satisfactory.

March 9, 2007
After a whirlwind first half of the season facing top-ranked teams like UCLA, Stanford and Utah, the UW women's gymnastics team is heading to Minnesota to take on the Golden Gophers tomorrow.

March 8, 2007

March 5, 2007
Like so many of the UW women's gymnastics team's meets this season, Friday's match up with Arizona State showed the team how far they've come — and how far they still have to go.

March 2, 2007
Winning isn't everything, especially in women's gymnastics.

March 1, 2007

February 27, 2007
A person walking into Hec Edmundson Pavilion Friday evening after the scores of the UW-OSU-SPU gymnastics meet were announced might have been confused as to which team had won the competition.

February 23, 2007
After a hearty win over Cal last weekend, the women's gymnastics team is poised to record its highest team score of the season.

February 22, 2007

February 21, 2007
During the past six weeks, the UW women's gymnastics team has visited or played host to some of the top programs in the country.

February 15, 2007

February 14, 2007
Washington gymnastics was a very different program when Chelsea Bakken, Darcee Schiller and Tori Quandt arrived on campus to take their places among the class of 2007's freshmen four years ago.

February 12, 2007
A slew of sparkling individual performances on vault and uneven bars weren't enough to put the UW women's gymnastics team above the visiting Arizona Wildcats Friday night at Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

February 9, 2007
After a two-week hiatus, the UW women's gymnastics team returns to competition tonight to take on the University of Arizona Wildcats at home in Hec Edmundson Pavilion.

February 8, 2007

February 8, 2007
Notes on a Scandal is not an easy film to watch. Nevertheless, it's so brilliantly acted one has a hard time taking one's eyes off the screen, even at moments where the viewer may wish to withdraw into a different room — and in this film, there are several.

February 7, 2007
Dear Al Gore, In your concession speech to George W. Bush one wintry day in Washington, D.C. a little more than six years ago, you said you had one regret.

February 1, 2007

January 29, 2007
The UW women's gymnastics team's goal on Friday night at Hec Edmundson Pavilion was not to beat No. 4 Stanford, who, even without 2004 Olympic Trials participants Liz Tricase and Allyse Ishino, scored a healthy 196.075.

January 26, 2007
First it was No. 5 UCLA. Then came No. 3 Utah, and tonight the UW women's gymnastics team will take on No. 4 Stanford at home in Hec Edmundson Pavilion in its third meet of the season against one of the nation's top teams.

January 25, 2007

January 22, 2007
Utah gymnastics coach Greg Marsden may have gotten his 850th career win as the Huskies fell 196.725-193.850 to No. 3 Utah Friday night at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City, but Washington won something perhaps as significant: a little more respect for its program.

January 19, 2007
After a comfortable, heartening victory against Utah State last week, the UW women's gymnastics team may be about to find out that Utah — the state or the University — isn't such a pushover.

January 18, 2007

January 16, 2007
What a difference a week made for the UW gymnastics team.

January 12, 2007
There's something to be said for home-equipment advantage, especially if you're flipping upside down and landing on a piece of leather-covered wood the width of a coffee cup.

January 11, 2007

January 11, 2007
With its gnarled trees, wooded mazes and talking fauns, it would be easy to mistake Pan's Labyrinth as a children's fairy tale, something safe for ages 8 and above. Don't.

January 8, 2007
It could have been better. Those were the sentiments of the UW gymnastics team and coach Joanne Bowers following the Huskies 194.000-188.175 loss to fifth-ranked UCLA at Pauley Pavilion Saturday night.

January 5, 2007
In Joanne Bowers' office a shelf filled with gymnastics memorabilia holds a small marble plaque the size of a bar of soap commemorating the Kent State University gymnastics team's win at the 2001 Mid-American Conference Championship.

January 3, 2007
I sigh as I trudge to the first lecture of the quarter, wishing I were going shopping instead.

December 8, 2006
Paris, 1899: The brightest lights on the Boulevard du Clichy in Paris's ultra-bohemian Montmartre district light up the Moulin Rouge, which shimmers like a red diamond in the Parisian night.

December 7, 2006

December 7, 2006

December 5, 2006
As 2006 draws to a close, it's only natural to reflect back on the year and the column-worthy events it's produced.

December 4, 2006
One Sunday afternoon intrasquad meet, one huge boost of confidence for the UW women's gymnastics team.

December 1, 2006
The Husky women's gymnastics team will begin its season Sunday in a competition against itself.

November 30, 2006

November 28, 2006
'Twas the night after Thanksgiving, and all through the land, every creature was stirring — there were big sales on hand.

November 27, 2006
An increasing trend of Internet slang and casual abbreviations used in academic writing is being seen by both high school teachers and university professors, according to a new report by <i>Newhouse News Service</i>

November 22, 2006

November 22, 2006

November 21, 2006
The Pacific Northwest is renowned for its natural resources, with Mount Rainier on one side and the Puget Sound and Pacific Ocean on the other. Many Seattleites pride themselves on being environmental activists.

November 21, 2006
It was the worst and yet most instructive job interview of my life. It took place about a year ago at a job fair designed for undergrads who thought they knew what they wanted to do with their lives.

November 20, 2006

November 16, 2006

November 16, 2006
There are certain things one has come to expect from a James Bond film: femme fatales, fish-eyed villains and Bond's introduction of himself as "Bond. James Bond."

November 16, 2006

November 15, 2006

November 14, 2006
Hola. Bonjour. Konichiwa. If you're like many of us at The Daily, you probably had your first taste of a formally taught foreign language as a middle or high school student.

November 14, 2006
Exactly 13 pages stand between myself and a UW history degree. To say I'm motivated does not even begin to describe it. For most liberal arts majors, the road to a diploma is likely paved with 13-, 15-, 17- and 25-page papers. It can be daunting to think about, especially if you're a sophomore and know there are several of them in your future. What follows are a few tips for conquering the college paper.

November 13, 2006
When most students consider the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, they think of disease. Perhaps they think of hunger, too, but they probably do not realize that a lack of food is undermining the effectiveness of AIDS drugs in impoverished nations where the crisis is at its worst.