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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

Associate Athletic Director Jerry Pastore says he has immense respect for student athletes and the work they do on Tuesday morning in Bohler. Pastore is retiring Friday after working at the university for 18 years.

Director retires after 18 years of work with students

ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter November 6, 2019

Associate athletic director Jerry Pastore will retire on Friday after serving at WSU for 18 years. Senior associate athletic director Sunday Henry said Pastore’s retirement will leave a void in the...

WSU sees higher student voter turnout

WSU sees higher student voter turnout

JAKOB THORINGTON, Former Evergreen reporter November 6, 2019

WSU saw over a 20 percent increase in student voting last year compared to 2014 according to a study from the Institute for Democracy and Higher Education. In 2014, 18.7 percent of students voted compared...

Rick Finch, manager of WSU waste management, says contaminated material in recycling bins lower the market value and cannot be recycled.

University increases campus recycling efforts

ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter November 5, 2019

WSU waste management invested about $4,000 in new recycling signs around campus to specify what items can be recycled or not in an effort to decrease contamination. Rick Finch, manager of WSU waste...

Evening program uses
tablet that translates
multiple languages.

Children’s center expands resources

KAITLYN TEJERO, Evergreen reporter November 5, 2019

GPSA featured a speaker who discussed the new additions to the Washington State University Children Center's evening program during Monday night's meeting. Director of WSUCC Heather MacDermott-Havey...

CAHNRS senator Matt Carroll says the budget cuts that occurred fall 2017 created a lot of stress across the campus. “To pretend otherwise is, I think, to be not very intellectually honest,” Carroll says.

Senators question provost search, fiscal health

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter November 1, 2019

WSU Faculty senators probed WSU President Kirk Schulz about the search for a permanent provost and the fiscal health of the university at a Faculty Senate meeting on Thursday. Schulz said the co-chairs...

MEChA Representative Carina Gonzalez, left, discusses the meaning of Dia de los Muertos on Oct. 30, 2018 in the CUB.

Student groups to celebrate Dia De Los Muertos Friday

KAITLYN TEJERO, Evergreen reporter November 1, 2019

MEChA de WSU will host its annual Dia De Los Muertos event at 6 p.m. Friday at the Ensminger Pavilion. Cassandra Lopez, co-chair of the event, said everyone is welcome to join them in the celebration. “The...

WSU transit services implements new policies

WSU transit services implements new policies

JAKOB THORINGTON, Former Evergreen reporter November 1, 2019

WSU Transportation Services is enacting “No Overnight Parking” restrictions to several lots across campus for winter snow removal. The Green 5 lot between the Indoor Practice Facility and Ferdinand’s...

Tulalip elder performs Indigenous songs, stories

Tulalip elder performs Indigenous songs, stories

CAMERON SHEPPARD, Evergreen reporter October 30, 2019

The WSU School of Music hosted Tulalip elder Johnny Moses at Bryan Hall Theater to perform traditional Indigenous songs and stories. Moses was raised by his grandparents on Vancouver Island, British...

Roberta Paul speaks at Terrell Library about her family’s experience in boarding schools and her grandfather’s trunk, which held many items with cultural significance.

‘If we don’t tell the story, the truth will not be heard’

ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen editor-in-chief October 28, 2019

At some point, a wooden crate that housed an upright piano became the ideal hiding spot for Jesse and Lydia Paul’s young daughters. “Grandfather Jesse and grandmother Lydia did not want their young...

U.T.O.P.I.A Eastern Washington is affiliated with U.T.O.P.I.A Seattle (pictured above). They will be hosting a potluck on Friday, which will be their first social event as a club.

Inclusive club to hold community potluck

MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen roots editor October 25, 2019

The United Territories of Pacific Islanders’ Alliance Eastern Washington, otherwise known as U.T.O.P.I.A, will host their first social event as a club on Friday. The club will host a community potluck...

People gather to support the opening of WSU’s own Center for Arts and Humanities on Thursday evening in the Honors College Lounge. The event was led by Jon Parrish Peede, chairman for the National Endowment for Humanities, who announced the recipients of the Pollart scholarship.

WSU launches Center for Arts and Humanities

SHANEL HAYNES, Evergreen reporter October 25, 2019

WSU opened its new Center for Arts and Humanities during a reception held Thursday afternoon in the Honors College Lounge. During the event, WSU faculty spoke about the goals of the CAH to encourage...

Jhordin Prescott, ASWSU vice president, discusses the ASWSU press release regarding the Dan Hargraves trial case Monday afternoon in the ASWSU office. Prescott says she stands with the statement ASWSU released saying the prosecution failed to represent the victim.

Students address decision to not retry Hargraves

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter October 23, 2019

The Whitman County Prosecutor’s Office and ASWSU addressed the prosecutor’s decision to not retry Jerry Daniel Hargraves for first-degree custodial sexual misconduct. Hargraves, former Pullman police...

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