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To submit a letter to the editor, click here. Want to purchase today’s print edition? Here’s a map of single-copy locations. Sign up for our daily newsletter here Wrapping up our weekend miniseries introducing the Big Ten Conference’s four new members: the University of Washington, the Seattle-based one-time college home of Bruce Lee, Kenny G and the new host of “Jeopardy.
” 1. You can’t beat the views. Faye Dong UW alumna FAYE DONG, head of the University of Illinois’ Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition from 2002-12: “The University of Washington is the only university in the Big Ten where one can get a beautiful view of Mt.
Rainier from campus.” Two-degree UW alumna DEANNA HENCE, a UI assistant professor of atmospheric sciences: “UW has a beautiful and compact campus, dominating the southeast slope of one of the several hills that define Seattle’s landscape. And by hill, I mean about 224 feet of elevation change from the medical campus to the top.
Deanna Hence “Because of this, commanding views are everywhere that there aren’t trees, and there are a lot of trees packed into the relatively small campus, and there are neat spaces tucked in groves all over campus. “Just to name a couple: the campus quad is nestled between the historic liberal arts buildings, and all of the trees within it are cherry trees. Much like our grove near Japan Hous.