Way back in May, we wrote about The University of Washington looking for a new school anthem. We are pleased to report the waiting is over for our purple and gold brethren: an anthem has been chosen. The song "Rise Up With Pride for Washington" was penned by UW senior, Catherine Henderson. The anthem debuted last Friday at a UW fundraising gala, but for those of us who aren't big UW donors the song will......

We're going to drop some locals-only wisdom on you, which Seattle natives rarely if ever do sober...so listen up. Like every big city, Seattle has some of its own slang that is particular to the city. For example, the UW is pronounced by anyone in the know as U-Dub. (You can thank Singles for letting that secret out of the bag.) Well, if you want to say someone f'd something up big time or......

It seemed like every other person we passed had a maroon "Oklahoma" t-shirt tucked into their shorts and a smug air about their head region when we were walking around campus before the UW game on Saturday. By our reckoning (UCLA beat Tennessee, BYU beat UCLA, Washington was a terrible call away from taking BYU to overtime) OU were maybe going to get more of a game than they expected. And then they played......

ARTSY TAILGATE PARTY: Let's hang out in the parking lot of performance space On the Boards with actors, dancers, season subscribers and the staff of On the Boards at their season opening tailgate party. We'll defy artsy-fartsy stereotypes and indulge in free hot dogs, birthday cake, and $1 beers while we sit in the beds of pickup trucks and blast our music loud enough to piss off the entirety of lower Queen Anne. We......

Somehow we missed this on Friday, but better late than never: the P-I published an AP article about college students on food stamps, centering around the UW and Washington's food banks. The gist of the article is that food costs more these days, and tuition certainly hasn't gotten any cheaper, so students are turning to charities and food banks for help with getting enough to eat. Seattlest is having a really tough time feeling sympathetic......

Italian officials have concluded their investigation into the death of UK exchange student Meredith Kercher. Per Italian law, the prosecution informed the defense yesterday of their final findings--that they believe Kercher was murdered by Amanda Knox, Raffaele Sollecito, and Rudy Hermann Guede. Prosecutors contend that the three strangled and stabbed the 21-year-old exchange student to death and that Guede sexually assaulted her, with the help of Knox and Sollecito. While there are two other......

Is it just us or does it always seem a little empty around here once UW finishes for the year? This pre-commencement shot from the Seattlest Flickr Pool by coffeejitters.......

Bruce Lee photo courtesy of the AP If this announcement had come on April Fool's Day, we'd have thought they went a little overboard with the prank. A Broadway musical about the life of Bruce Lee and his journey to martial arts and movie stardom? Apparently so. Today, Elephant Eye Theatrical announced their latest musical Bruce Lee: Journey to the West, which is scheduled to debut sometime during the 2010-11 season. According to the press......

Holy Jeezits, what an outstanding weekend! On Friday, we knocked off early, rounded up the wife and in-laws, bought a bag of tacos, and headed to Richmond Beach in Shoreline. The picnic tables were warm, the tacos messy and delicious. We watched people play or take naps. We watched a pale, red-headed girl turn lobster red while playing Frisbee with her negligent mother. Saturday, we drove out to Snoqualmie Falls. We'd never been there, so......

Husky Marching Band by Seattlest Flickr Contributor pdgibson Does this mean no more "Bow Down to Washington" at Husky games? Say it ain't so! The University of Washington is hosting a songwriting contest to create the new theme song for the university. If your ode to the purple and gold is chosen, you'll be awarded $1,000 and a lifetime membership in the University of Washington Alumni Association. Are you a devoted Husky fan who happens......

Nader on Mt. Rushmore, courtesy of the Ralph Nader Flickr Group "Hello Abbey - I work with the, still-nascent, Seattle office of the Nader-Gonzalez campaign..." You lost me with still-nascent--but, that the press release came from the never-ending Nader campaign is perfection. If, for some reason, you're interested in seeing Ralph Nader--and not throwing tomatoes at him for 2000--he will be speaking at The University of Washington on Wednesday May 14th at 7p.m. at Kane......

FACT: Founded in 1927, the Henry is the oldest public art museum in Washington State. Take that, SAM! FACT: Horace C. Henry was fond of French and American landscape paintings. He founded the Henry with his 172-piece collection, a hefty endowment, and his OK for the museum to move beyond the works he'd collected and showcase contemporary art. Fellow museum founders the Fryes, on the other hand, required their museum to display the works they'd......

"Immigration Queue" by Flickr conrtibutor lcars Has immigration become the most divisive issue in America? If the battle brewing at the University of Washington over planned protests on the issue is any indication, we're leaning towards yes. An email from College Republicans is making the rounds at UW, announcing a planned game of "Find the Illegal Immigrant Tag" on the HUB lawn. The "game" is planned for Tuesday afternoon to call for the securing......

DANCE: George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream, in a Francia Russell staging, opens tonight at the Pacific Northwest Ballet. Scenery and costumes are by the irrepressible Martin Pakledinaz, evoking a primeval Pacific Northwest. With Shakespeare's play as the basis, Balanchine turned to Felix Mendelssohn's music to dream on the childhood relationship to nature, and the nature of relationships. Here's the video preview. (Photo: Carrie Imler and Timothy Lynch; © Angela Sterling) 8 p.m. //......

The Real University of Washington, courtesy of Seattlest Flickr Contributor extraordinaire Tim Willis Impostor Washington University of St. Louis has declared war on the real University of Washington. (Which is obviously the one located here in Seattle, in Washington State.) Washington University's Student Union President, Neil Patel proclaims, "On behalf of the student body, Student Union has declared war on the University of Washington. We're tired of being confused with the University of Washington.......

"Portal" by M.V. Jantzen This is about the only way we can enjoy this view from inside the Henry's Skyspace without feeling dizzy. It's not quite the same without that effect, but it's still another engaging image from the Seattlest Flickr Pool.......

Seriously, we're surprised the local news stations have not created special icons to attach to all of their recent environmentally-motivated arson stories. Usually, if an event has gone on this long or had this much prominent news coverage in Seattle, local newscasters have given it some sort of pet-name by now. We nickname our windstorms, snowstorms, local scandals, and minor earthquakes. And they all come complete with their own graphics. (Our personal favorite? "The Sinatra......

"Sun" by Timwillis "Knowledge does not come to us in details, but in flashes of light from heaven." - Henry David Thoreau This literary reminder was plucked from the Seattlest Flickr Pool. Thanks for sharing!......

At first, we weren't ready to like Artistic Director Nacho Duato's work Castrati--out of the gate it felt strained, and we worried that the topic (castrated Italian boys who became famous singers) would be too easily over-dramatized. Set to a series of works by Vivaldi, it opens with a group of men wearing low cut gowns, half dress-half cape numbers in all black; we later deduce these are the veteran castrati, their mission to bring......

Sixty University of Washington professors have signed an open letter discussing the trend of unprepared students. Science and Math teachers at the UW have noticed a rising number of their incoming students can't do basic math. Some instructors claim they've had to dumb down their classes because of the increasing lack of math skills. Professor Cliff Mass, from the Atmospheric Science Department, gathered the signatures. He was inspired to write the letter because of......

Even though he grew up in Seattle and has recently joined the UW jazz studies faculty, and even though he had an intriguing-looking gig at SAM during last fall's Earshot Jazz Festival, we still haven't managed to catch a performance by trumpeter Cuong Vu. But we'd sure like to catch him tonight at UW's Meany Hall and finally hear him in person. Equally at home with funk/rock rhythms and a more ethereal ECM-style vibe, Vu......

The Seattle Times breaks the story of just how diseased college sports fans have become. The newspaper got about 1,000 emails that Husky fans sent to University of Washington president Mark Emmert, athletic director Todd Turner, and coach Ty Willingham through a public records request. At least 100 emails, say Times reporters Nick Perry, Bob Condotta, and Ken Armstrong, included threats of withholding financial support. But an email from Ed Hansen, founder of Frontier......