Western Washington

Students return to Washington campus after racial threats

Most, but not all, students returned to a Washington state university Monday as police investigate racial threats against black students and others on social media that shut down the campus last week. At a public forum about the racist remarks, one student said she had to force herself to come to Western Washington University in Bellingham to speak about the threats. “Frankly, I’m exhausted. This isn’t an ‘if’ but ‘when they come after you’ situation. I’m upset that Western let it get to this point,” said Lulu Sapigao, adding that students have been saying for a long time that they