Laying the Foundation of the Future UW Professor Helps Cambodian Students Gain Educational Foothold
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1 BYE-BYE, BARNES University Village Barnes & Noble closing its doors JOSEPH OH | The Daily The U-Village Barnes & Noble prepares to close its doors after declining to renew its lease. By Joon Yi The Daily its doors in the past year. that, we were unable to renew it.” 45th Street and the Ave, closed its doors last The building was up for the renewal of The date of closure is unknown. March after 14 years of business. UW students may have to look for a new its normal business lease, but disagreements When the book giant closes, the Wessels said that he was unsure when study spot and literary hangout in a few with the landlord led to a closure. U-District will only have a handful of the official date for closure will be, but that months. “Barnes & Noble definitely wanted to stay bookstores left, including Magus Books, managment will know more in the next The closest Barnes & Noble to the UW, here, but we weren’t able to come {to} terms the U-Book Store, and Half-Price Books. couple of weeks, and it will be at least a few currently located in U-Village, will be the with the University Village management,” Twice Sold Tales, a popular used-bookstore second bookstore in the U-District to close manager Casey Wessels said. “As a result of previously located at the corner of Northeast BARNES, page 2 The Daily of the University of Washington | since 1891 | dailyuw.com Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 Vol. 134, Issue 7 Laying the foundation of the future UW professor helps Cambodian students gain educational foothold By Garrett Black The Daily is no precedent of college education left. … It’s a matter of rebuilding. It’s essentially first-generation college students Dr. Tracy Harachi is working to provide Cambodian students across the board.” with the opportunity to rebuild the entire educational force of She noticed the facilities for education were limited “ We just need to rebuild the their country. despite the presence of several universities in Cambodia Since 2004, she has been writing curriculum for an — but the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) was educational force. … We need undergraduate social-work program in Cambodia and immediately receptive to Harachi’s plans. the money, we need to create raising funds to bring students to the UW for their graduate She began by writing curriculum to send to the university programs. so a social work undergraduate degree could be developed, the environment for children The first cohort of master’s students graduated from the UW which she said has been a particularly well-suited program to last year, and the sixth Cambodian student recently arrived. fit Cambodian needs. to go to school, especially An eye to the future Harachi said that, although the undergraduate level is girls, and help make higher Harachi, an associate professor in the UW School of Social important, in order to make a noticeable change and bring Work, first traveled to Cambodia in 1997 to work on a research qualified social workers to the country, a master’s program education far more available. ” project that studied Cambodian and Vietnamese immigrants. was needed to further students’ training. However, the lack of opportunities for education beyond the “The goal is to send out social workers and improve the Tracy Harachi grade-school level that she witnessed moved her to return lot of the average Cambodian,” Harachi said. “They can help Associate Professor in the several times by herself in 2000 and eventually get involved. communities plan and structure housing, income, work — School of Social Work “The genocide in Cambodia in the 1970s left [about] everything.” 200 people who had received a college education,” Harachi said. “It’s hard to get local faculty and students when there CAMBODIA, page 3 Turning the page UW graduates run their own start-up company, a website that offers services of selling and trading textbooks for students. Features Page 5 Class days left Inside this issue: Classifieds 11 RUNNING FOR FIRST CRIME BLOTTER Opinion 4 Megan Goethals is starting to Keep updated on campus crime. 49 Features 5 produce results on the course Fun & Games 12 Sports 13 SPORTS, page 13 NEWS, page 6 2 2 News The Daily Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 Alternate Barnes & Noble locations in the Seattle area CAMPUS CRIME BLOTTER Stolen property, vandalism, and a man found running down the middle of Montlake Boulevard By Erin Flemming The Daily officers were dispatched to the location Barnes & Noble Northgate of a report of a man running in the store This crime blotter aims to keep readers middle of the road on Northeast Pacific up to date on crimes that affect the Street heading toward Montlake UW community, like property stolen Boulevard. After a dispatch informed from offices and a man found running the officers that the male subject had University down Montlake. Commute time by bus Village moved, officers approached Montlake Boulevard across from the Alaska from the UW HUB TUESDAY, SEPT. 27 45th Airlines Arena, where a man was After noticing his backpack standing in the median. A security Northgate: 29 minutes was missing from his office, a UW officer on the scene identified the Downtown: 33 minutes employee working in Parrington Hall man as the same one that was seen Bellevue: 33 minutes notified the UWPD about the stolen running in the street earlier. Officers 520 property. The employee left for a walk observed the man try to gain entry into at about 10:30 a.m. but did not notice a moving vehicle and assisted him to that his backpack was missing until Bellevue the ground while the man was yelling about 4:30 p.m. He did not report his various things, including something 5 stolen property — which amounted about an earthquake. The suspect was to about $500 — until the next day transported to the UW Medical Center Downtown because he hoped that his boss had put for a mental health evaluation. his backpack in her office. FRIDAY, SEPT. 30 While performing a routine area- While completing a nightly round check of Red Square, a UWPD officer of a floor in McMahon hall around It’s nice to come here instead of a crowded library. It’s sad that they’re was approached by a woman who 9:15 p.m., an RA in McMahon noticed “ asked if she could report her wallet closing down because it’s the place that I come to do my work.” that a hallway door to a cluster had stolen, which was taken from her office been vandalized with a threatening Alessa Martin in Gerberding Hall the day before. UW senior message. The RA contacted the The woman said that she left her UWPD, and an officer came to the private office door closed but unlocked scene. The officer and RA tried to Barnes & Noble customers, some of them UW between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. the contact the residents of the cluster, BARNES students, were upset to hear the news. previous day. When she returned to her but no one was home. The RA later office, she found the bin open where From page 1 “I come here once a week during the school contacted the UWPD after talking year,” senior Alessa Martin said. “It’s nice to come she stored her purse and her wallet with residents from the cluster, who months before the store shuts its doors. here instead of a crowded library. It’s sad that missing. She decided to contact the stated that the message was scratched The employees at the store were not allowed they’re closing down because it’s the place that I police after learning at the Husky Card into the door prior to their move-in. to speak provide their opinions relating to the come to do my work.” office that her Husky Card replacement store closing but were allowed to confirm rumors The nearest Barnes & Noble branches to fee would be waived if she had a police Information for this column was that have been circulating around the Seattle the one in the U-District are in Northgate and report number. The total value of the provided by the UWPD and the bookstore community over the past few days. downtown Seattle. stolen items was estimated at $25. Seattle Police Department. “We haven’t made official announcements about the closure,” merchandise manager Robert Reach reporter Joon Yi at [email protected]. THURSDAY, SEPT. 29 Reach reporter Erin Flemming at news@ Slack said. “I can only confirm that we’re closing.” At approximately 12:46 p.m., dailyuw.com. 3 Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011 News The Daily 3 RESEARCH INSIDER The death of Apple’s CEO, honored UW researchers, and technology that can communicate with living cells By Asal Shahindoust The Daily Health Early Independence Award — Dr. Daniela Witten, assistant professor of This column features technology news and biostatistics, and Nicole Basta, a Ph.D. new and innovative scientific breakthroughs candidate in epidemiology. such as the death of Apple co-founder Both received five-year grants totaling Steve Jobs, the creation of technology used more than $1.5 million to be used in their to communicate with living cells, and the research. The award is designed to help plethora of UW researchers honored by propel outstanding researchers into leading, foundations across the country. independent research-positions. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies UW researchers invited to White CARLY BACKMAN | The Daily Apple released a statement Wednesday that House Steve Jobs, its co-founder and public face for Dr.