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The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

Pullman may see its fifth cannabis shop in the near future.

Pipe dreams: Impacts of local pot businesses in Pullman

KYLE MOEN, Evergreen reporter September 20, 2018

After Washington’s legalization of cannabis in 2012, Pullman has quickly adapted to the legal market with four pot shops, including one that opened just this summer, currently operating within city limits....

Debbie Majano, chief of staff and finance, speaks in front of the ASWSU Senate on Wednesday in the CUB.

ASWSU Senate talks voter registration, appropriation

KIRSI LUNDHAGEN, Evergreen reporter September 20, 2018

Amir Gilmore, president of Graduate and Professional Student Association, urged the ASWSU Senate to take a stand regarding the recent controversy in which members of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity were...

Phil Weiler, VP of marketing and communications at WSU, talks about the largest freshmen class.

Data shows high levels of freshman enrollment

MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen roots editor September 20, 2018

Final results for fall enrollment at WSU Pullman showed an increase in freshman enrollment by roughly five times the normal rate, said Phil Weiler, vice president of marketing and communications. Current...

“You’d just be walking down the street and you’d see other metal-heads wearing leather vests,” Daniel Cullinan said.

Student explores heavy metal music, Indian culture in research

CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter September 20, 2018

Daniel Cullinan, a history major at WSU, spent a month last summer doing research in India. Now he’s writing an article on heavy metal he hopes to publish in a scholarly journal. Cullinan’s interest...

Becky Bart, of Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, gives a speech at the Plant Phenomics Symposium Tuesday afternoon in the PACCAR Environmental Technology Building.

Event highlights new plant research facility

MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen roots editor September 19, 2018

The Plant Phenomics Symposium celebrated the installment of the new phenomics facility in Johnson Hall on Tuesday. The new phenocenter was secured through a grant from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust...

New nanoparticle technology by WSU researchers could help treat sepsis and other infectious diseases.

New way to deliver drugs to infection sites

HANNAH WELZBACKER, Evergreen reporter September 19, 2018

Researchers at WSU have found a new way to fight sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response that can cause organ failure. Can Yang Zhang, a postdoctoral research associate in the Laboratory for Disease-Driven...

Application aims to keep online marketplaces safe, accountable

KYLE MOEN, Evergreen reporter September 19, 2018

Two brothers have developed an app called Trader Rater that allows users to review online sellers and buyers in order to keep people accountable and safe. Users can go to the app to see if people on...

Brandon Chapman, city councilmember, discusses Indigenous Peoples’ Day during the meeting Tuesday at the Council Chambers of Pullman City Hall.

City may implement indigenous celebration

KYLE MOEN, Evergreen reporter September 19, 2018

The Pullman City Council met Tuesday night to discuss creating an Indigenous Peoples’ Day, several resolutions and ending a contract with a retail recruitment firm. Councilmember Brandon Chapman spoke...

22-year-old man arrested for inappropriate texts to minor

IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter September 19, 2018

Pullman Police arrested 22-year-old Gerald Haugen for allegedly exchanging text messages of a sexual nature with a local 14-year-old girl. Officers arrested Haugen in the early morning hours Sunday,...

Rick Flores, United Greek Council president, talks about his conversation with Phi Gamma Delta President Max Hummer on Tuesday at Butch’s Den. He hoped the fraternity would make amends.

Fraternity faces backlash after culturally offensive video surfaces

ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen editor-in-chief September 19, 2018

A video that showed members of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity, also known as Fiji, dressed in grass skirts followed by a #FIJIISLANDER2018 hashtag, was published on Twitter on Monday night. “It clearly...

Jason Gesser, pictured here at a Cougar Athletic Fund event in 2015, was the subject of an Office for Equal Opportunity inquiry in January 2018 regarding complaints of sexual misconduct.

Jason Gesser resigns amid new sexual misconduct allegations

IAN SMAY and DYLAN GREENE September 18, 2018

Jason Gesser, the assistant director of athletics for the Cougar Athletic Fund, has resigned following new allegations of sexual misconduct by former WSU volleyball player Alyssa Wold. Gesser sent his...

Lisa Brown, congressional candidate for Washington’s 5th District, answers questions from students Monday afternoon in the Foley Speaker Room at Bryan Hall.

Brown talks voting laws, gun control, abortion rights

CARMEN JARAMILLO, Evergreen reporter September 18, 2018

Lisa Brown, Democratic candidate for Washington’s 5th congressional district, met with students and faculty on campus Monday for a question-and-answer session. Among other things, Brown addressed...

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