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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

Kamie Ethridge, women’s basketball head coach, discusses the importance of mental health and its effects on her career as a basketball player Monday at the GPSA meeting.

GPSA talks voting, UREC hours, athlete mental health

CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter October 9, 2018

At the GPSA meeting Monday night, members discussed mental health, University Recreation hours and voting at WSU. Guest speaker Kamie Ethridge, head coach of women’s basketball, discussed efforts...

Special education assistant professors Don McMahon, left, and Brenda Barrio, right, relay
information about the program April 12 in the Education Addition.

WSU ROAR program takes in five new members

MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen roots editor October 9, 2018

The Responsibility, Opportunity, Advocacy and Respect program at WSU welcomed five new students this fall to participate in the two-year program. ROAR is a WSU post-secondary education program specifically...

“I have always wanted to write music for the movies, but never had the opportunity,” professor Greg Yasinitsky says as he discusses the music he wrote for “The Cross-Up” Monday at Kimbrough Music Building.

Professor conducts soundtrack for new film

MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen roots editor October 9, 2018

In the new short film “The Cross-Up,” a WSU professor composed and performed the complete soundtrack for the film which released in February. Greg Yasinitsky, a professor of music, saxophone, composition...

Jonathan Wallis, Cougs For Recovery president, left, and doctoral candidate Noel Vest, right, discuss Cougs for Recovery on Wednesday at the Compton Union Building.

Group helps Cougs in drug, alcohol recovery

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter October 8, 2018

For students recovering from drug or alcohol addiction, the WSU student group Cougs for Recovery provides resources and advocates for the reduction of stigma surrounding drug and alcohol dependence. The...

“It’s a very vacation-y flavor for sure,” said Dave Soler, Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe assistant manager, as he discusses the process of making the flavor Friday in Ferdinand’s Observation Room.

Throwback flavor brings vacation vibes

ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen editor-in-chief October 8, 2018

Ferdinand’s Ice Cream Shoppe is giving customers a throwback to the 1960s with its reintroduction of Tropical Dream, a mango and coconut flavored ice cream popular during that decade. Dave Soler,...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day has become an increasingly popular celebration as an alternative to Columbus Day in places like Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and many other cities and college campuses.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day grapples with history

ISAAC SEMMLER, Evergreen reporter October 7, 2018

It’s time to say goodbye to Columbus Day and start celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day. That’s the message the Native American clubs on campus are advocating. This celebration, also known as...

Zumbathon supports center for parents on campus

MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen roots editor October 5, 2018

The WSU Women’s Center and local Zumba instructors will hold a Zumbathon on Sunday afternoon to collect food items and baby supplies for Rosario’s Place, a resource on campus for student-parents. The...

Bees swarm Provost Dan Bernardo on June 17, 2016, giving him an unusual beard. Alumni donated $1 million toward the new Honey Bee and Pollinator Research Facility.

Donators contribute to planned pollinator facility

HANNAH WELZBACKER, Evergreen reporter October 5, 2018
Center would include diagnostics lab, molecular lab, controlled atmosphere rooms
WSU President Kirk Schulz speaks at the WSU Faculty Senate meeting about the university’s fiscal health and how the administration plans to work with the faculty Thursday in the Food Science and Human Nutrition building.

Schulz talks fiscal health with Faculty Senate

ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen editor-in-chief October 5, 2018

President Kirk Schulz provided an update of WSU’s fiscal health and enrollment growth while being met with constituent questions and concerns Thursday at the Faculty Senate meeting. Schulz referred...

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-WA, answers questions during a town hall at the Pioneer Center in Pullman on May 31. Rodgers is running for her seventh term as 5th District representative.

WSU says McMorris Rodgers needs to stop using university trademarked phrase

IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter October 5, 2018

WSU has asked the Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., campaign to stop using a trademarked university phrase on campaign flyers handed out during home football games at Martin Stadium this season. Phil...

Kurt Andersen speaks about the border between opinion and fact in the age of fake news at the Foley Talk in the CUB Jr. Ballroom on Thursday afternoon.

Author shares thoughts on changing country

CARMEN JARAMILLO, Evergreen reporter October 5, 2018

Novelist Kurt Andersen shared how he believes America has fallen into a “Fantasyland,” one where facts are subjective and opinion rules all, with faculty and students Thursday in the CUB Junior Ballroom. Andersen,...

WSU Planned Parenthood Generation Action members hold up signs in protest of Kavanaugh’s potential confirmation Wednesday on Glenn Terrell Friendship Mall.

Students protest Kavanaugh following multiple claims of sexual assault

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter October 4, 2018

Several students and student-led organizations held a protest outside of Todd Hall on Wednesday over the nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals judge, to the Supreme Court. Also...

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