Bullet-proof truss moved in over pipeline

Olympic Pipe Line Company crewmembers guide an 85-foot steel truss onto the pipeline that crosses Whatcom Creek on May 25. The truss had to be lowered within a 1-inch window. “I asked the crane operator if it felt like she was doing surgery rather than operating a crane,” said Pamela Brady, Olympic Pipe Line Company media contact, “and she said, ‘absolutely, yes. It was very precise.’”

The truss will protect the pipeline from falling trees and bullets. Since May 3, crews have assembled the structure and drilled pillings to support it. Read the full story here.

Employees of B & C Well Drilling & Pump Services display their drill to Western professor's Pete Stelling's geology class on April 7 in the Communication Facility courtyard. They bore a 6 inch hole about 10 feet deep.

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About 25 students blanketed Western's campus advertisements and promotional posters with white butcher paper early in the morning on Tuesday, May 11. Most of the paper was removed by faculty, students and Facilities Management employees by 9 a.m.

Newton's second

Western lacrosse player Colin Gaddy, 19, shoots a lacrosse ball into a goal on the Wade King Student Recreation Center field. He and his teammates practice three times a week before the national tournament in Denver, Colo. The team lost 8-11 against Davenport University on Tuesday. “We went 8-5 this year,” Gaddy said.

Here comes the sun

Pilates instructor Ella Eastham, right, stretches with Kate Blystone, 28, during International Pilates Day, Saturday, May 1 at Zuanich Point Park. “Now, reach to the sky,” Eastham said. 

Pilates instructor Ella Eastham, left, encourages Kate Blystone, 28, to continue her muscle-stretching exercises on International Pilates Day, Saturday, May 1 at Zuanich Point Park. “Keep those legs up, ladies,” Eastham said.