In Your Words: Speechless
CLAIRE PADILLA, Evegreen columnist
June 5, 2020
*In Your Words is a series highlighting students’ personal stories. You can submit your piece to mint@dailyevergreen.com with the subject line “In Your Words.” A group of about 30 protesters were holding signs and wearing masks at Cougar Plaza in downtown Pullman. It happened in the afternoon on...
Cowboy poetry is alive on the Palouse
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter
February 20, 2020
Cowboys existed long before Spotify or Barnes and Noble existed, but stories are even older. Back in the Old West, cowboys would tell stories and share music around the campfire, but that tradition didn’t die with the Old West. And in the Palouse, we have the Palouse Country Cowboy Poets keepi...
In Your Words: Stereotypes hurt black women’s self-esteem
PERE AMUGHAN, Evergreen contributor
October 9, 2019
I’ve written about conventional beauty standards before. I’d like to talk about how those conventional beauty standards have personally affected me and other black women like myself. When I was in fifth grade, “The Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by Jeff Kinney was extremely popular — almost everyone...
In Your Words: Why’s a sista always single?
PERE AMUGHAN, Evergreen columnist
October 2, 2019
Everywhere I turn it seems as though everyone is in a relationship. Do you know those people who have a new boyfriend every three months? Yeah, I’m not that person. I never have a shortage of men that want to sleep with me, but when it comes to that awkward conversation of moving it to the next...
What is conventional beauty?
PERE AMUGHAN, Evergreen columnist
August 28, 2019
*In Your Words is a new series highlighting students’ personal stories. You can submit your piece to mint@dailyevergreen.com with the subject line “In Your Words.” Sylly week, also known as syllabus week, is the first week of each semester and it’s essentially a week-long party. During my fresh...
A student with the WSU College of Nursing in Yakima is helping conduct COVID-19 testing for Yakima residents. Yakima was a COVID-19 hotspot during...
