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The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

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In order to keep this year’s commencement within the scheduled time, WSU chose not to recruit a speaker.

Graduation to go without speaker

No commencement speaker will address the spring WSU graduates on Saturday for the first time since 1999, after officials acknowledged scheduling and financial limitations prompted cuts to the ceremony.Commencement...

Wielgus may be cleared of misconduct charges

WSU professor Robert Wielgus, who filed an academic freedom complaint against WSU last week, may have been partly cleared of misconduct charges, according to a Spokesman-Review article.A WSU Board of Regents...

WSU assistant coaches address the football team after the first spring practice on March 23.

Assistant football coaches receive raises

From staff reports May 5, 2017

Per Coach Mike Leach’s request, WSU Athletic Director Bill Moos increased the assistant football coach budget by $160,000 in the off-season and allowed Leach to allocate salary raises.The increase in...

Man reportedly attacks WSU student in her apartment

Pullman Police arrested an 18-year-old man after he allegedly followed a female WSU student into her Churchill Downs apartment and assaulted her early Friday morning.The student, 20, reported that she...

WSU launches investigation into racial meme video

WSU President Kirk Schulz released a formal statement this morning announcing an investigation into a video that uses footage from the WSU Trump Wall rally in October in order to depict African Americans...

Judge denies motion to drop Barber’s felony assault charge to a misdemeanor

UPDATE: Though there was a readiness hearing originally scheduled for Friday, because the attorneys discussed their readiness during Wednesday's hearing, tomorrow's is cancelled.Whitman County Superior...

Cougar gear counterfeiter pleads guilty to misdemeanor

From staff reports May 1, 2017

The man who sold counterfeit WSU and Seahawks gear pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counterfeiting and was fined $1,000 in Whitman County Superior Court on Friday.Jeffrey Wigen, 35, had faced a class C felony...

Proposed tuition rates mostly same, with four increases

From staff reports May 1, 2017

The Board of Regents will discuss the proposed WSU tuition rates for the 2017-18 academic year, which are to remain the same with four exceptions.There is a proposed 3.3-percent increase in the rate for...

From left: Nicole Buell, Allison Seeber and Mackenzie Daschofsky are working to found a new professional

Agriculture sorority coming to WSU

A group of WSU students is looking to bring the first professional agriculture sorority to Washington State by founding a chapter of Sigma Alpha, which has 80 chapters nationwide.Allison Seeber, a sophomore...

Regents to vote on $66M budget for new Plant Sciences Building

From staff reports May 1, 2017

The new Plant Sciences Building, which has a planned budget of $66 million, awaits design and construction budget approval from the Board of Regents on Thursday.The university requested $58.9 million for...

STEM students receive prestigious scholarships

JESSICA ZHOU, Evergreen assistant news editor May 1, 2017

Three WSU juniors, Regents scholars in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), have won nationally competitive $7,500 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for 2017-18. The students make up...

WSU team creates negative mass fluid

A team of WSU researchers has developed a fluid with negative mass for the first time without any additional defects or issues.Michael Forbes, WSU assistant professor of physics and astronomy, said while...

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