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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

Water main breaks on Illinois Street

CARMEN JARAMILLO, Evergreen reporter August 27, 2018

Residents on parts of Indiana and Illinois streets were without water Monday for about six hours as crews worked to fix a water main break on Illinois Street. The 600 block of Illinois Street and the...

Treasurer Noah Thompson, right, and Executive Officer of Media and Outreach Matthias McFarlane, left, discuss the large Octocopter modified by the club Friday in Dana Hall.

Aerospace club builds hydrogen powered drone

HANNAH WELZBACKER, Evergreen reporter August 27, 2018

Two seniors from the WSU Aerospace Club are working to design a hydrogen powered drone. Their goal is to break the current flight record. Casey Adam Doan, a senior computer engineering student, is the...

Post-graduate Jinfeng Ma points out the signature he received from astronaut Samuel Durrance during his journey across the United States this past summer.

International student shares Coug pride in travel across the US

CARMEN JARAMILLO, Evergreen reporter August 27, 2018

The Yellow River is the second largest in Asia and sixth in the world. It runs about 3,400 miles through northern China from west to east before emptying into the Bohai Sea. Along that river in central...

Workers begin repaving Stadium Way near the Stephenson Complex on July 11.

Stadium Way closed through Wednesday

RACHEL SUN, Evergreen Roots editor August 26, 2018

Beginning this Monday through Wednesday, a section of Stadium Way will be closed for construction between Wilson Road and Ferdinand’s Lane. The construction crews will add new utilities for the Plant...

Tony Poston, owner of the newly reopened Cougar Store, talks about the reopening Thursday afternoon.

Coug Store hosts grand reopening, sells apparel

CARMEN JARAMILLO, Evergreen reporter August 24, 2018

College Hill Custom Threads, a custom apparel and merchandise store, started in an apartment above The Coug in 2011. Since its beginnings, Tony Poston, owner, president, founder and WSU alumnus, has...

Office assistant Alejandrx Martinez welcomes newcomers to the open house at the Women*s Center.

Women*s Center holds open house for students of all genders, identities

JULIA GOLAN, Evergreen reporter August 24, 2018

The WSU Women*s Center held an open house yesterday afternoon to welcome students and discuss plans for the upcoming year. The Women*s Center wants students to know it is a safe and inclusive environment...

Director of the School of Languages, Culture and Race Dr. Carmen Lugo-Lugo discusses new changes to foreign language classes on Wednesday in Thompson Hall.

Language classes cut due to low enrollment

ANGELICA RELENTE, Evergreen editor-in-chief August 23, 2018

Several foreign language courses such as French, Arabic and Japanese were cancelled due to insufficient student enrollment. WSU requires all courses to have a minimum of 15 students enrolled for the...

WSU President Kirk Schulz addresses university finances and future admissions trends while talking with reporters at a press conference held Aug. 22 at the Lewis Alumni Centre.

Schulz talks mental health, budgets, enrollment

IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter August 23, 2018

WSU President Kirk Schulz fielded questions regarding mental health resources, budgets and this year’s largest-ever freshman class during an hour-long press conference to mark the beginning of the school...

Co-director of Diversity and Inclusion Mariela Frias speaks at her confirmation at an ASWSU meeting Wednesday, Aug. 22 in the CUB.

ASWSU Senate confirms director positions

YASMEEN WAFAI, Evergreen assistant editor August 23, 2018

The ASWSU Senate confirmed several directors and co-directors for the semester at the first general meeting of the 2018-19 school year yesterday evening. The director of community affairs, co-director...

Leadership and management were listed as the least enjoyed portion of WSU’s workplace climate in a fiscal year 2018 survey conducted by Human Resource Services. Co-workers was the most enjoyed.

Supervision quality main reason for employee departure

IAN SMAY, Evergreen reporter August 22, 2018

WSU recently released employee exit survey numbers with outgoing staff and faculty, marking quality of supervision and lack of career advancement opportunities as the most-disliked aspects of their time...

The WSU-UREC sees thousands of patrons every day and maintains specific dress code policies  for hygiene reasons.

UREC emphasizes dress code with new signage

CARMEN JARAMILLO, Evergreen reporter August 22, 2018

The Student Recreation Center posted new signage over the summer about their dress code after student concerns arose. Two students spoke to the Evergreen in April about being asked to change because...

Self*ish exhibit opened at WSU Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art yesterday morning.

New art exhibit highlights selfishness

JULIA GOLAN, Evergreen reporter August 22, 2018

A new exhibit at the WSU Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art features artwork from three different university faculty members that focus on selfishness. The new exhibit, titled “Self*ish”, explores societies’...

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