Origins of The Prowler

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My son lives in Bellingham. He picks us up at sea tac. it's really beautiful out there
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Really?

That's where I went to college. Western Washington University, unless you are fucking with me and your son really doesn't live up in B-town.

Are you trying to troll me jack?
 

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Really?

That's where I went to college. Western Washington University, unless you are fucking with me and your son really doesn't live up in B-town.

Are you trying to troll me jack?

I've never heard of it. Is that a private university or part of the state university system?
 

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"Western was established as the Northwest Normal School, a
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predominantly for women although men also enrolled, by
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in
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, Washington, in 1886.
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Eventually the school moved to Bellingham (then "New Whatcom"), and through the efforts of
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and George Judson (Phoebe's son).
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Governor
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signed legislation establishing the New Whatcom Normal School on February 24, 1893. In November 1895, construction began on a permanent school building, now known as
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, the current administration building. Designed by prominent
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architects Warren Skillings & James Corner, it was completed by early 1897 but could not be opened to students until funds could be secured to install heating, lighting, and to do general grounds maintenance, which were not included in the original contract.
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The first official class entered in 1899, composed of 88 students.

The institution that is now Western Washington University underwent several name changes. In 1901, the school's name was changed to State Normal School at Whatcom to reflect New Whatcom's name change. In 1904, the name was changed to Washington State Normal School at Bellingham when the townships of Whatcom and
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joined, and again in 1937, to Western Washington College of Education when it became a four-year college. Twenty-four years later it became Western Washington State College and finally, in 1977, the institution gained university status and changed to its present name.
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The 1960s was a period of especially rapid growth for Western, as its enrollment increased from 3,000 students to over 10,000 during the decade. Also during this time, the
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was founded (1967), with non-traditional education methods that would serve as a model for
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in
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. Two years later, the
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, the nation's first dedicated environmental science college, was founded, continuing Western's trend toward "cluster" colleges. That same year, on a spring afternoon, students gained headlines by blocking
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to protest the
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. Also in 1969, the College of Ethnic Studies was established; however, after being met with significant resistance, it was dismantled in 1975.
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Since this period, the College of Arts and Sciences was founded (1973) and divided into the College of Humanities & Social Sciences and the College of Science & Engineering (2003); the College of Fine and Performing Arts was formed from several art departments (1975); and the College of Business and Economics was established (1976).

Today, WWU has a student body that currently consists of over 16,000 students. The university is the third largest in Washington after
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and the
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."