April 20, 2009
Academic research is a seemingly harmless thing; it is something many of us do on a weekly, if not daily, basis.

March 30, 2009
A college education is useful, but it is not a right.

October 17, 2008
I spent spring quarter in Padua, a small university town in northern Italy about 20 minutes inland from Venice.

October 3, 2008
Many industries that once seemed impossible to break into — film, television, political commentary — have opened up to the public in recent years with sites like MySpace and YouTube, where people from all over the world can market themselves and their work.

March 13, 2008
The field of design has changed drastically during the past few years, and the UW’s School of Art has created a design program to prepare students to work in this integrated field.

March 13, 2008
Handmade jewelry has become more popular the past few years with the resurgence in crafting and the push to buy green, local and direct.

March 13, 2008
Unless you are British or attending a horse race, there is little chance that you wear or order custom hats with any sort of regularity.

March 13, 2008
Going to church, for the non-churchgoing, usually summons up images of conservatively dressed older women, church buildings from the ’70s, and coffee and cookies after the service.

March 7, 2008
Tonight, undergraduate dancers will perform a variety of self-choreographed pieces at the latest Dance Majors Concert, incorporating a wide range of styles and genres.

March 7, 2008
Not many people can switch seamlessly between talking about the effects of centuries-old artwork and the way new forms of art use science to integrate themselves into the natural world.

February 28, 2008
The ‘70s were a strange time for many things (hair, clothing, dancing), and crafts were no exception.

February 21, 2008
Though many crafts have made a huge comeback in the past few years, there are many that are still relegated to those pioneer books and the few brave souls who seek them out.

February 21, 2008
Jamie Laval was no violin prodigy. In fact, he started playing quite late in life, at 16 years old.

February 14, 2008
No one likes to be alone on Valentine's Day, and if you’re not romantically attached and happen to have friends who are likewise afflicted, there is no reason you need to be.

February 14, 2008
A few unique ways to impress your valentine on paper

February 7, 2008
Book making is a seemingly archaic skill that has largely fallen out of favor in our post-industrial world.

February 7, 2008
Mash together a young McSweeney’s, a Wholphin and a dash of The Sun, add a couple of underground record labels and a lot of youthful enthusiasm and you might get something close to Nudge, a new arts magazine being put out by UW students.

February 6, 2008
Crafters are sexy people who can use their hands to make things — and can probably use those same hands to make you hot.

January 30, 2008
The state Legislature essentially killed a $300 million plan to renovate Husky Stadium last Thursday.

January 24, 2008
One of the conundrums of being a working artist is finding a space where you can work, sell your art and meet with customers.

January 24, 2008
Not everyone knows what they want to do when they enter college, and ArtsLink, a new organization at the UW, seeks to introduce students to the art majors earlier in their academic careers.

January 17, 2008
Bluegrass is the type of music that either makes you clap your hands and dance or plunges you into melancholy — there is no in-between.

January 16, 2008
On Monday, Gov.

January 10, 2008

January 10, 2008
People have been saying that knitting is ‘not your grandmother’s craft’ for so long that it is safe to assume that knitting has broken free of any sort of stigma and has entered the mainstream.

December 4, 2007
If saving trees isn't enough to get you to stop using plastic bags, the fact that there is a toxic plastic gathering — twice the size of Texas in the Pacific Ocean — should probably do the trick.

November 21, 2007
When thinking back on the days of drawing hand turkeys and creating paper plates with glitter glue, holiday decorating is often left behind as a memory of kindergarten. But if you're hosting Thanksgiving yourself for the first time, or looking for ways to spruce up the holiday atmosphere, setting the party mood requires a few useful decorating basics.

October 25, 2007
When is a terrorist not a terrorist? When he or she happens to be fighting a country the United States considers an enemy, apparently.

October 19, 2007
Amid the myriad of campus concerns addressed on a daily basis, one group has the power to affect change.

September 27, 2007
There has been quite a bit of controversy surrounding Iranian president Ahmadinejad's visit to Columbia University.

June 1, 2007
School will be over soon, and with its end will come free time and sunshine, as well as the need for something fun to do after finals. So grab a couple of friends, dig that old tent out of the garage and head out to one of many Washington state parks for some camping.

May 24, 2007
Although oceans cover 70 percent of the earth's surface, the deep blue remains mysterious. Now, with a $2.2 million grant given to the UW to plan an underwater research facility, researchers may be able solve some of these mysteries.

May 18, 2007
You don't need to be a mountaineer to enjoy the outdoors in the Seattle area. Summertime brings a wealth of outdoor arts events with plays, concerts and festivals running almost nonstop from May through August.

May 14, 2007
Over the weekend, Husky Stadium's inner green was filled with camping tents, Frisbee-throwers and sponsors passing out snacks and drinks as UW students and Seattle community members participated in the annual Relay for Life event.

May 11, 2007
Tomorrow, Relay for Life will bring students, community volunteers and cancer survivors together for a fundraising celebration at Husky Stadium.

May 4, 2007
Although many in the Northwest participate in a variety of outdoor activities, the sport of fishing seems to be somewhat limited to those with past experience. While there are many types of fishing that may hurt one's bank account — like renting a salmon charter — fishing does not need to be expensive or difficult.

April 26, 2007
Criticism concerning the failure to lockdown Virginia Tech after the first shooting occurred the day of the campus massacre has left many students wondering what action the UW might take in a similar situation.

April 20, 2007
The UW has a wide variety of water sports and related activities that students can become involved in as spring quarter progresses.

April 12, 2007
With almost 40,000 students on a 643-acre campus, the UW is constantly changing, often without community members noticing.

April 10, 2007
Last week, the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) revealed its plan to add 136 miles of bike lanes throughout Seattle. The addition is a part of street projects funded by the Bridging the Gap transportation levy approved by voters last year.

April 6, 2007
The University of Washington campus is beautiful in the springtime, but if you want to get off campus or just find a place where you can throw a Frisbee without hitting someone you might see in class tomorrow, Seattle has a wide variety of parks for outdoor enjoyment.

April 6, 2007
While many students were sleeping in during spring break, junior Colin Haley took an extended vacation to Alaska for an extreme mountain climbing excursion.

March 27, 2007
The Arctic region is shrouded in mystery even for many of the world's leading scientists.

March 8, 2007
The Burke Museum opened its doors last weekend with a new opportunity to offer the UW community: a chance to learn more about American Indian ancestry.

February 15, 2007
Nitrogen fixing, a process essential for life and commonly thought to take place mostly in the Atlantic Ocean, is also happening in the Pacific and Indian oceans, according to a recent article by a UW School of Oceanography researcher.

February 12, 2007
Green building is undergoing a metamorphosis from the gospel of environmentalists to a regular practice of the business community — including at the UW.

February 12, 2007
A Web site designed by UW history professor Quintard Taylor for student use has unexpectedly become what he calls "the Google of African American history."