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....
Letter from the Editor: Emphasizing the ‘Ever’ in Evergreen
ANGELICA RELENTE and JACQUI THOMASSON
May 11, 2020
Although it has been weeks since we last set foot in Murrow Hall, we can still picture some of the quotes that line the walls of the newsroom. One quote that is still fresh in our minds is “The job of the newspaper is to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.” Today, there are countle...
ED BOARD: If you can, support local journalism
May 8, 2020
Crazy semester, right? Nearly 125 years ago student journalists began the Evergreen, a monthly edition that went over news from Washington State College. For the milestone in our history, editors at The Daily Evergreen planned our semester thinking we would be able to dedicate an entire edition c...
ED BOARD: Evergreen goes digital, weekly print
March 23, 2020
Following the COVID-19 state outbreak, which recently affected a resident in Whitman County, the editorial board at The Daily Evergreen has decided to switch to a weekly print newspaper while maintaining daily coverage on our website, dailyevergreen.com News will continue to publish stories five ...
Editorial Board: Sports need women writers
EDITORIAL BOARD, The Daily Evergreen
December 6, 2019
The second result that appears when you search for “women sports reporters” is a ranking of attractive female sports reporters. The third article is about harassment and sexism women still face in the workplace. Scroll down further, and there are three more listicles that also rank the “hottest”...
Editorial Board: Students deserve a voice
EDITORIAL BOARD, The Daily Evergreen
November 22, 2019
In late July, The Daily Evergreen published an investigative article detailing sexual harassment by professors in two different departments at WSU. One day later, we received two separate news tips concerning the WSU Department of Psychology. “Your recent article ‘A Beautiful Setup for Predators’...
‘The work we do here serves a higher purpose, and that is Pullman’
JACQUI THOMASSON, Evergreen managing editor
August 20, 2019
After spending my summer in the land of traffic (read: Southern California) I am finally back in Pullman surrounded by my beloved wheat fields. As the managing editor for The Daily Evergreen, I am here to serve you. With that, of course, comes many evenings in the Evergreen newsroom. I watch the people...
Letter from the Editor: Go out on a limb at WSU
Alana Lackner, Opinion Editor
August 12, 2019
I don’t know how to give advice. I’ve never been good at telling other people what they should and should not do, what to do and what not to do. Despite having been here for two years and going on a third, I couldn’t tell you what’s going to make a successful freshman year and what isn’t...
Opinion editors look to spark conversation
ALANA LACKNER, Evergreen Opinion editor
May 30, 2019
As long as I’ve been a part of The Daily Evergreen, I’ve felt pulled to the opinion section. I started out as an opinion columnist myself, then spent some time as a copy editor and life reporter before I ended up back in opinion. Of course, this time I found myself behind the opinion desk, laying...
Working for you: meet the new Editor in Chief
RACHEL SUN, Evergreen editor-in-chief
May 9, 2019
What kind of articles would make you pick up a newspaper? That question is simple, and yet there are countless and equally valid possibilities. Some readers are attracted to breaking news and crime reports, while others are more interested in features or finding out about what band will play over...
Opinion editors hope to encourage civil discourse
ALEX BIVIANO, Evergreen opinion editor
May 9, 2019
The First Amendment grants freedom of speech to those who reside in the United States. This fundamental principle of our democracy not only makes the U.S. a hotbed for new ideas but creates a system where everyone has a chance to feel represented, even on the small scale that social media can offer. ...
Editorial board: Undressing the university address
EDITORIAL BOARD, The Daily Evergreen
March 28, 2019
WSU President Kirk Schulz concluded his third State of the University address on Tuesday doing what most bureaucrats do: telling little more than half the story. During his approximately 28-minute address, Schulz spent most of his time congratulating departments and faculty and outlining progress on t...
A proposal from the Palouse in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter for a mural in downtown Pullman received support from several city officials though no...
