CAPS psychologists offer telemental health services for students
ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen reporter
May 1, 2020
The Counseling and Psychological Services under Cougar Health Services is offering telemental, or remote, health resources to WSU students who are still in Washington state. Loren Brown, associate director at Counseling and Psychological Services, said CAPS can help those who are currently out of state to c...
Professor describes uses and history of hallucinogens
AMAAN RAHMAN, Evergreen reporter
April 24, 2020
For centuries, hallucinogens, also known as psychedelics, have been used by people in many cultures for religious rituals and recreation as well as by artists to spark creativity. Kenneth Faunce, a WSU history clinical assistant professor who teaches classes on drugs and its history, said ha...
Serving it forward with one gift card at a time
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
April 23, 2020
One WSU employee strove to find a solution for food insecurity that would help both community members and business owners during the ‘Stay Home, Stay Healthy’ order. Jamie Callison, the executive chef in the WSU School of Hospitality Business Management, created a program called Pullman Serves...
Ways to help: what you can do for your community
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter
April 21, 2020
It’s hard when you’re (hopefully) stuck at home in the midst of a global pandemic and there’s not much you can do to help without putting yourself or others at risk. Pullman nonprofits haven’t slowed down though, and there are still ways to help them out whether we want to go outside or not. ...
Ask Emma: I’m worried about my daughter
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen columnist
April 21, 2020
Dear Emma I'm worried. My daughter; a strong, smart, talented woman is a student at Wazzu. She stayed there during the pandemic, and I know it was probably a good idea. She's probably safer there than at home on the West Side with her parents. I'm worried that she will be lonely there, o...
WSU student to appear on Wheel of Fortune Tuesday
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
April 6, 2020
Keenan Souve ripped open the letter. When he saw what was inside, he started running around his apartment screaming in pure excitement. The letter informed Keenan, a civil engineering junior at WSU, he would be on the game show series Wheel of Fortune on April 7. Keenan...
Attorney shares fight to preserve DACA
ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen reporter
March 4, 2020
Luis Cortes Romero sold chocolate in sixth grade in hopes of raising enough money for a school trip to Europe. Even with enough money he was told he could not go on the trip because he was not born in the U.S. “I started to realize the consequences of being undocumented,” Cortes Romero, an i...
Power restored to South side of campus
LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen deputy news editor
February 21, 2020
After going about 24 hours without electricity, power was restored at around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday for six WSU buildings on the South side of campus. Ryan Gehring, operations manager for electrical light safety at WSU Facilities Services, said a faulty high-voltage cable under Stadium Way caused the o...
Treat yourself this Valentine’s Day
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen columnist
February 13, 2020
It can be difficult to be single on Valentine’s Day, especially if you are desperate for a relationship. Everyone else seems to be flaunting their happiness while you are stuck at home crying into a gallon of ice cream and watching a bad romance movie. Just kidding — there is no such thing...
79 horses, 45 years, one man
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
February 4, 2020
A one-eyed horse neighed in a wooden stall as Orphan Acres president Brent Glover stood on a ladder to change a lightbulb. Miss Degree ("Miss D" for short) is one of 79 horses Glover takes care of with the help of volunteers at Orphan Acres, a nonprofit horse sanctuary. The smell of manur...
Activists stand against Forest Service
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
January 28, 2020
Despite the cold weather, environmental activists protested against the U.S. Forest Service on Saturday in front of Moscow’s Best Western Hotel. Friends of the Clearwater organized the protest in response to the Forest Service’s Draft Revised Forest Plan and Draft Environmental Impact Statement f...
The Pullman Police Department decided to not discipline an officer who suggested people stay “out of sight, out of mind” during a large gathering that...
