A Question of Faith

Klipsun writer Becky Campbell’s journey through and out of the Mormon Church

STORY AND COURTESY PHOTOS BY BECKY CAMPBELL | ADDITIONAL PHOTOS BY GENEVIEVE CARRILLO

“You may now kiss the bride”

Shifting Gears

Bellingham bike mechanic pairs his passion for biking with his career

STORY BY NICK YERGER | PHOTOS BY BEATRICE HARPER

(Above) Josh Poulsen is Transition Bike’s mechanic and repairman, the man behind the scenes keeping bikes running smoothly.

Best Buds

Hugh Newmark stands behind his patients in a time of change for the cannabis community

STORY BY NICK YERGER | PHOTOS BY BEATRICE HARPER

Without marijuana, Hugh Newmark is on edge and struggles to stay on task, to the point where his brain feels like it will…

Medieval Combat in the Modern Age

Bringing medieval fantasies to reality

STORY AND PHOTOS BY DYLAN NELSON

On a cold November night at an empty school gymnasium shrouded in impenetrable northwest fog, two fighters dawned in full sets of medieval armor…

Is There Anybody Out There?

An exploration of faith

STORY BY JOHN BOONE | PHOTOS BY BEATRICE HARPER

It’s 7:03 p.m. on a Thursday and I’m late for church. Expecting gothic architecture, gray dripping stones, tall arching doorways or stained windows, I drive…

بعيدا عن الوطن (Far From Home)

Saudi Students Navigate a New Country and Culture

STORY AND PHOTOS BY STEPHANIE VILLIERS

The bus comes to a stop a few blocks from Western’s campus, opening its doors to pick up students heading to class. The chatter filling…

Sofa So Good

Surfing The Web to Crash on Couches

STORY AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY KEELY KILLEBREW

The Meeting

A heavy blanket of fog rolled over the quiet Greenlake on Sunday morning, the city of Seattle quiet as ambitious runners wiped sleep from…

A Helping Hand

A 12-year-old girl and high school robotics team create opportunity for the Whidbey Island community

STORY AND PHOTOS BY MADELINE TAKATA

(Above) Jaelyn and her sister Kaia may be only three months apart, but the two are different in many ways. Both…

Salish Star

Bellingham’s new fireboat floats on Bellingham Bay

STORY BY COURTNEY O’KEEFE | PHOTOS BY DANIELLA BECCARIA

(Above) The new Salish Star fireboat sits in the harbor at Bellingham Bay. The firemen are on call for both the boat and a fire truck parked nearby.

Rise

The science behind creating bread

STORY BY DANIEL ROTH | PHOTOS BY DANIELLA BECCARIA

The smell hits you before they’re even finished. When they finally emerge from the oven, the loaves stand tall, deeply browned domes dusted with light tan flour. The crusty exterior…

The Big One

Cascadia Fault

STORY BY COURTNEY O’KEEFE | INFOGRAPHICS BY IVY FERGUSON

She’s been lying dormant for hundreds of years, beneath the earth’s foundation. She rests quietly, but she’s far overdue for a visit. If she wakes up, every single soul in the Pacific…

A Day in the Life

Glimpsing into Four Different Areas of Study

STORY BY AARIN WRIGHT | PHOTOS BY DANIELLA BECCARIA

(Above) Kitty Moujaes poses for a portrait.

While Simon Grant studies multiple hours a night to secure a good grade in…

Awakened

Living life in the present

STORY BY DANIEL ROTH | PHOTOS BY DANIELLA BECCARIA AND IVY FERGUSON

Mindfulness: maintaining a moment-by-moment awareness of thoughts, feelings and surrounding environments.

Happy Tails

A horse provides healing, skill development and valuable life lessons to children

STORY AND PHOTOS BY KRISTIN FOSTER

(Above) Obi has been a therapy horse at ANT for six years now, helping a wide variety of program participants. Horses mirror peoples’…