As an elected official, I genuinely agree with that statement. It needs to be challenged.

Elite politicians ... have awakened a sleeping giant. Everybody, we're all united in this effort to get comprehensive immigrant rights.

I don't know if I would be able to endorse him in the race, Everybody individually has got to think: Are those serious enough that they will not support the Democratic senator?

We thought we had the potential — and we were audacious enough to believe — that we could humanize, democratize and make the university more accountable to all the citizens of Washington. But it appears we did not.

Over the years we have come a long way. But the enrollment this fall shows how much further we still need to go at the state's paramount institution.

The numbers need to be $1 million less than they are. The board needs to take a stand against these spending levels.