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Junior fine arts major Roy Rand relies on criticism to help him improve his work.

Brutal honesty yields high quality

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter • September 6, 2017

It was the French essayist Luc de Clapiers who said, “The art of pleasing is the art of deception.” In many cases this sentiment is proven correct by the intricacies of our social lives. People of...

Give students their bookstore back

Give students their bookstore back

MOHAMED SALEM, Evergreen columnist • August 31, 2017

For over a century, The Bookie has served WSU students, but now it primarily serves the interests of a corporation. In a struggle to pursue education despite tuition costs, many students find their back-to-school...

Freshman architecture studies major Nicholas Heay works out regularly and likes to target areas that need improvement.

Self-criticism leads to improvement

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter • August 30, 2017

If you want to get better at something, you should try hating yourself a little bit. Many people think that you have to love yourself in order to be motivated, and that self-esteem and motivation are...

Pranksters are a threat to public safety

RIDGE PETERSON, Evergreen columnist • August 29, 2017

This fall, Pullman has seen an uptick in a very specific crime — theft of street signs. This practice, while it may seem humorous and juvenile, is also dangerous and reckless. Pullman is burdened...

Ikigai is a person’s calling; it is the combination of passion, societal need, being able to provide for yourself, and what you are skilled at.

Don’t follow your passion, it could poison you

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter • August 24, 2017

Follow your passion. This phrase, commonly uttered to high school and college students alike, is one of the most misleading bits of advice they can receive. Usually doing what one loves is a good thing,...

Robert Wielgus, then-director of the Large Carnivore Conservation Lab, talks about the lethal measures being taken on the Profanity Peak wolf pack Aug. 29, 2016. Weilgus agreed to a settlement with WSU leading to his resignation.

WSU disavowal of researcher ruins credibility

RIDGE PETERSON, Evergreen columnist • August 23, 2017

Robert Wielgus, director of the WSU Large Carnivore Conservation Laboratory, was the center of controversy earlier this year when the university punished him for speaking out against wolf pack removal. This...

WSU implemented the mandatory Green Dot training program to Week of Welcome in 2014 to increase bystander intervention.

Green Dot needs more student support to be successful

MOHAMED SALEM, Evergreen columnist • August 11, 2017

WSU has been strongly committed to preventing sexual assault, dating violence and stalking through accessible resources to all students. One of its best resources is the Green Dot workshop during Alive!...

Alive! students browse local and campus organization tables at a resource fair as part of Alive! orientation June 15 at the CUB.

Week of Welcome start date isolates new students

GAVIN PIELOW, Evergreen columnist • August 11, 2017

Learning what it’s like to be a Coug; that’s what Summer Orientation and Week of Welcome are about. Both preparatory programs have witnessed significant modifications this year. The mission of...

Utilize opportunities and resources on campus early

RIDGE PETERSON, Evergreen columnist • August 11, 2017

For those entering college, starting this new stage of life can be a daunting and stressful experience. Luckily, there are strategies that new students can use to help adjust to the college lifestyle and...

If air traffic control is privatized, larger airports could have preferential treatment to smaller, local airports.

Privatizing air traffic control affects Pullman

RIDGE PETERSON, Evergreen columnist • July 19, 2017

The Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport, which is currently undergoing expansion, would be among the many small airports affected if President Donald Trump’s plan to privatize air traffic control is implemented. One...

MSA President Adel Almesmari ran for office to keep the current MSA room, CUB Room 307. Students utilize resources at MSA to learn more about Islam, but the room size discourages participation.

MSA prayer room inadequate for Muslim population

MOHAMED SALEM, Evergreen columnist • July 12, 2017

Muslim students are one of the most significantly increasing minorities on WSU’s campus since the 1980s, and students have raised concerns about a bigger prayer room. Muslim students have a registered...

On a semester system, one semester is one-eighth of a four-year college career, which gives little room for error for students who want to graduate on time. On a quarter system, one quarter is one-twelfth of a four-year career, which offers more flexibility.

Quarters are more flexible than semesters

GAVIN PIELOW, Evergreen columnist • July 5, 2017

Only one public university in the state of Washington compels students into a semester-based academic calendar. Even every community college in the Evergreen state employs the quarter system. WSU would...

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