OPINION: WSU needs to provide more housing assistance to students
SARAH DANIELS, Evergreen columnist
July 22, 2020
Like it or not, WSU has decided to offer as many in-person courses as possible. WSU administration consistently, and I believe truthfully, claims that students’ lives are a priority. However, there are certainly some eyebrow-raising reactions that make it seem like maybe WSU wasn’t prepared to deal...
OPINION: Local businesses deserve support during COVID-19
MACKENNA ROWE, Evergreen columnist
July 22, 2020
We live in a time where Prime delivery offered by Amazon comes in a few days. Walmart can deliver groceries and gaming systems to cars. Food service companies can drop off food right to a front door. What about neighbors or even friends who own local businesses? The story for small businesses is a little...
OPINION: Learn a foreign language
ADAM HUREAU, Evergreen columnist
July 22, 2020
Learning a foreign language is something every student can benefit from. Though many students take foreign language and culture classes as part of UCORE or Honors requirements, most do not go beyond that requirement and take advantage of the great classes offered at WSU. Taking additional foreign language...
OPINION: Freshmen have to make a choice this semester
ADAM HUREAU, Evergreen columnist
July 22, 2020
There is no question that this fall is going to look different. Classes, football games and even parties will all have changed. This might leave freshman uncertain as to whether or not they should come to college. For some, postponing college could be an extremely viable option, maybe even the best...
OPINION: Performative activism benefits nobody
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen mint editor
July 15, 2020
While the Black Lives Matter protests are centered around specific issues, the end goal of the protest doesn’t have a consensus. Some people believe we need to defund the police to deter brutality and some people believe it needs to be fully abolished. Others just want laws enacted to ensure more accountability....
OPINION: A radically different freshman experience
MACKENNA ROWE, Evergreen columnist
July 15, 2020
In March, schools across the world had to switch formats and completely shut down due to COVID-19. As August approaches, accommodations are still needed to continue with the 2020-2021 school year. Many first-year students had high hopes for the fall and being back in-person at WSU. Though this is...
OPINION: Restructure WSU parking
SARAH DANIELS, Evergreen columnist
July 15, 2020
As a commuting college student, I can’t help but hear and feel WSU students' frustration at the cost of WSU parking permits. There is certainly a lot of — I believe — understandable animosity toward WSU Transportation Services and a lot of things are problematic. But there are a lot of things...
OPINION: Keep DACA in place
CLAIRE PADILLA, Evergreen columnist
July 8, 2020
In mid-June 2020, President Donald Trump moved to end the DACA program and its protection over undocumented immigrants. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Trump is unable to end the program because he did not go about the correct way of revoking it. Diana Rivera, DACA recipient and sophomore digital...
OPINION: Rediscover reading
ADAM HUREAU, Evergreen columnist
July 8, 2020
We are reading less and less. About 27 percent of U.S adults haven’t read a book in the past year, according to the Pew Research Center. Another study from the Washington Post found a 30 percent decline in the number of Americans who read on any given day. This is staggering. What used to be a prominent form of entertainment has gradually been replaced by TV, video games and s...
OPINION: The pineapple pizza predicament
SARAH DANIELS, Evergreen columnist
July 8, 2020
Gordon Ramsay already settled the debate on whether pineapple belongs on pizza: it doesn’t. However, there are still some people who swear it isn’t an abomination to pizza-kind. My biggest dislike is the sweetness of the pineapple. I understand the pairing — cheese and fruit is a classic pairing,...
OPINION: Support the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act
DAN CURTIS, Evergreen columnist
July 1, 2020
Right now, hunter- and angler-led activist groups are driving the meteoric path of the Great American Outdoors Act. If enough people call their house representatives, then the Great American Outdoors Act could pass the House and be signed by the POTUS. As big a win as that would be, it would only allocat...
OPINION: Touchless payment is the way of the future
ADAM HUREAU, Evergreen columnist
July 1, 2020
More businesses need to use mobile payment systems. Mobile payment, or touchless payment as it is sometimes called, has become one of the most convenient methods of transaction. In an age where technology rules over everything, there is no reason why this hasn’t been (or shouldn’t be) widely implemented...
Whitman County received 19 more reports of positive COVID-19 tests this week, which brings the county’s total case count to 114. Nine cases were...
