Jessica Wind

Whistler University sidelines local community

  By Jessica Wind — The Cascade (CUP) Image by: Paul Williams (Flickr) Towering mountains, a bustling village, sensational restaurants, and now university students? The internationally-known vacation destination for both summer and winter sports will soon be home to students not unlike us. Whistler University could open its doors as early as next year. What good can this possibly bring to the Olympic Village? It will be a state of the art facility, constructed on some of the last remaining wetlands in the area. The proposed private university’s programs are clearly aimed at an international market rather than bolstering the…

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