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The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

Rhea Gonzaga, Services and Activities (S&A) Fee committee member, left, asks a question about a proposed budget while Alec Solemslie, S&A Fee committee member, listens during the S&A hearing on Tuesday at Lighty Student Services building.

Groups present budget proposals to committee

CAMERON SHEPPARD, Evergreen reporter April 3, 2019

The Services and Activities Fee Committee held one of two hearings in which student groups and service organizations presented their budget proposals for the next year. Student representatives from...

Alex Merrill, head of systems and technical operations, says changes include changing the operating system from Drupal to WordPress and making it more accessible.

Library wants to develop new website

CODY SCHOELER, Evergreen reporter April 3, 2019

WSU Libraries plan to revise its website in hopes of making the user experience more accessible and easier to use. Ben Rearick, web services and usability librarian, said he is the project manager,...

WSU S&A fee committee member Debbie Majano reviews the 2019-2020 WSU service and activities
budget at an S&A meeting Monday in Lighty. The committee meets with groups later in the week.

Committee discusses student fund requests

LAUREN ELLENBECKER, Evergreen reporter April 2, 2019

The Service and Activity Fees Committee met Monday to discuss its approach to organizations that have requested funding, which total to about $10.5 million. The committee viewed a spreadsheet with base...

Stephen Bischoff, associate director of Multicultural Student Services, talks about the impact of multicultural history on campus culture in the Asian American and Pacific Islander office.

Clubs honors culture, heritage with month full of events

DAISY ZAVALA, Evergreen managing editor April 2, 2019

The Hui Hau'oli 'O Hawai'i Club kicked off WSU's celebration of Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a dance performance in the CUB on Monday. The month will be filled with a variety of events...

Roads in Pullman will be swept by trucks like this one to remove excess gravel that was left over from winter.

Residential areas to be swept weekly

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter April 2, 2019

Scheduled sweeping will occur in residential areas to remove gravel, debris and other materials from the streets Wednesday and Thursday of every week. Pullman Maintenance Supervisor Brian Druffel said...

WSU Panhellenic Council President Ani Duni says community outreach and transparency are two of the goals laid out in ‘Forward 19’ Thursday afternoon in the CUB. Duni says Panhellenic hopes to include more diverse programs and to improve overall inclusivity on campus.

Panhellenic Council looks to improve safety

CARMEN JARAMILLO, Evergreen reporter April 2, 2019

The WSU Panhellenic Council may revise bylaws in the coming months to focus on safety as part of an initiative called “Forward 19.” Panhellenic President Ani Duni said traditionally Panhellenic...

“My injury is quite old, so I don’t know what opportunities for recovery I have at this point,” abuse survivor Victoria says.

Domestic abuse, brain injury link inspires bill

LAUREN ELLENBECKER, Evergreen reporter April 2, 2019

Victoria records daily conversations, transcribes the recordings, refers to her notebook and studies material until it becomes a memory. “If I don’t write something down, it doesn’t exist in my...

ASWSU Vice President Tyler Parchem says the organization has cut down on its programming costs as part of a university-wide drive to eliminate cost during an interview Friday in the CUB. GPSA was also affected by the push to reduce spending, and received less in the 2018-2019 school year than they asked for.

ASWSU, GPSA prepares for S&A deliberations

CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter April 1, 2019

As the Services and Activities (S&A) Fee Committee begins its 2019-2020 budget deliberations this week, members of ASWSU and GPSA are preparing to present their budget proposals. ASWSU ASWSU...

Denise Yost, WSU faculty senator and FAC chair of CAHNRS, responds to faculty concerns regarding a proposed change to the WSU faculty manual that would potentially affect job titles and tenure tracks at the faculty senate meeting on Thursday at the Food Science and Human Nutrition building.

Faculty raises concerns on proposed title changes

ELAYNE RODRIGUEZ, Evergreen reporter March 29, 2019

Faculty Senators discussed concerns about proposed changes to faculty titles at the meeting Thursday.   Denise Yost, assistant professor for the College of Agricultural, Human and Natural Resource...

Sports Economist Andrew Zimbalist, left, speaks about college sports funding Thursday afternoon at Bryan Hall.

Athletics experts address department’s deficit

RACHEL SUN, Evergreen Roots editor March 29, 2019

With WSU’s multimillion dollar athletic deficit, WSU Athletics Director Pat Chun said at a talk Thursday that although the university is working to reduce its deficit, money spent on athletics goes to...

Sports Economist Andrew Zimbalist says college basketball and football coaches are overpaid, and college athletes should be compensated Thursday at the CUB.

Sports economist tackles problematic NCAA money race

CAMERON SHEPPARD, Evergreen reporter March 29, 2019

The Foley Institute hosted Sports Economist Andrew Zimbalist to speak about the problematic money race occurring in college sports across the NCAA, citing coach salaries among the reasons some college...

“This dance is huge and successful because students and alumni from all backgrounds come [and] people from different universities come as well,” Salomon Martinez, Brown Style public relations chair, said.

O eMe Te to host Brown Style dance

NAPHTALI CALLES, Evergreen reporter March 29, 2019

La Hermandad De O eMe Te is hosting its annual Brown Style dance at 10 p.m. Saturday at Ensminger Pavilion. “Brown Style is a dance for the public, and it is completely free,” Michael Jaramillo,...

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