By Morgan Annable
Western students, alumni, faculty, staff, and administrators gathered downtown for Paint B’Ham Blue for WWU. Participants at the event enjoyed a special ceremony and festival at the Depot Market Square on Wednesday, September 21, the first day of classes for the 2016-17 school year. Students signed their names on a banner proclaiming “Home of the Vikings.” The banner will hang on the side of the Herald building for the remainder of the year.
Chris Roselli is the director of young alumni and student programs at the Western Alumni Association. He told the Bellingham Herald that he hopes to make this event an annual tradition.
While there was no actual paint involved in Paint B’ham Blue, there was plenty of blue: lights wrapped around trees, banners on light poles, and most notably, the new blue light in the giant Herald sign.
