Letter to the Editor: Welcome to the Cougar family
CURTIS COHEN and SEAN DOSTER
August 17, 2020
Dear Class of 2024, We couldn’t be happier to welcome you into the Cougar family, even in the middle of challenging times. Coug alumni everywhere will tell you that once you’re a Coug, you will always be a Coug. This fact has not changed even as our beloved Pullman campus has moved online for...
Letter to freshmen: Stay connected despite COVID-19
BRUCE MULMAT, Guest columnist
August 17, 2020
This will be an interesting semester for Cougs everywhere. Obviously, everyone knows that WSU Zoom 2: Electric Boogaloo will make classes more difficult, and it will make labs almost impossible. To all the STEM majors: I give to you my condolences. The best part of school for me was the people....
Letter to freshmen: A completely new WSU experience
JAKOB THORINGTON, Guest columnist
August 17, 2020
Well, this is certainly a different Week of Welcome experience. Hi, I’m Jakob. I graduated last May, and I am a former Evergreen reporter. Like many of you, I graduated during the middle of our country’s shutdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I know the disappointment of seeing all...
Guest column: From peaceful protest to violent riot
GRACE ARNIS, Guest columnist
June 3, 2020
I was one of about 3,500 protesters who walked from Riverfront Park to the Spokane County Courthouse in an organized protest Sunday. The march that started at 2 p.m. was peaceful. It involved many people with amazing signs and chants, most notably being, “No justice, no peace, no racist, police.” Almost...
Guest column: Carbon bill insufficient, needs global action
PETER HAUG, Guest columnist
April 16, 2019
An April 4 column in The Daily Evergreen, "Gas tax bill too costly for minor effects," highlights some excellent issues with Washington state’s proposed carbon tax, House Bill 1110. But it misses the big picture. In fact, that tax is no longer proposed. It passed the House on April 11 after a sim...
Guest column: In defense of WSU college athletics
MATT HORSTMAN, Guest columnist
April 4, 2019
This column is in response to a sports column several weeks ago questioning if it was responsible for WSU to continue to invest in the athletic department based on its recent history of debt and overspending. There are several inaccuracies and misconceptions presented in the original article that I wish...
Guest column: Use reservation in foreign intervention
David McLerran, Guest columnist
March 21, 2019
Tensions have been growing between the United States and Venezuela since Nicolas Maduro won reelection in a flawed election process in May 2018. The subsequent reaction by the United States has been highly reminiscent of Cold War-era policies. For readers who did not live through the Cold War, the...
Guest column: Foreign language leads to success
KEVIN SIMEON, Guest columnist
February 13, 2019
It wasn’t until my sophomore year on the Palouse when I had decided to take on the daunting challenge of learning Mandarin Chinese. It would later become one of the best decisions of my life. I had no idea that soon after one quick semester an intense passion for the language would immediately ignite....
Guest Column: Plagiarism is a blemish on our school’s reputation
JOHN ALDERETE, Guest columnist
November 16, 2018
WSU has numerous websites that address plagiarism, which “has become a central academic integrity issue facing education institutions everywhere,” according to the WSU plagiarism information site. The WSU website on the academic integrity violation process states: “The WSU Academic Integrity Poli...
Guest Column: Greek system is a values-based community
TAYLOR CARNESS, Guest columnist
November 13, 2018
As with groups that do not encompass a universal audience, there are stigmas formed through outside perspective. As I attempt to not stigmatize any group with which I do not have personal experience, I would hope that those who look upon the Greek system with an outside perspective do the same. The...
Guest column: RV tailgating, a townie perspective
MICHELLE PINGREE, Guest columnist
October 4, 2018
Life in Pullman starts in August with move-in and syllabus week. All available dumpsters are crammed full. Items overflow onto the ground, blow around town or are carried off by the local magpie gang. Music, yelling, screaming, racing cars, sirens and more loud music dominate the once-quiet summer nights. Into...
Guest response: Climate Change
PETE HAUG, Guest columnist
September 14, 2018
One of the problems with deniers of climate change is that they don’t understand how science works. The Sept. 6, 2018 column from The Daily Evergreen provides a good example. While claiming, “I’m certainly no climate change denier,” the columnist goes on to deny some basic facts about climate...
A male patient aged over 80 years died today, bringing the total of COVID-related deaths to 14. Five individuals tested positive for COVID-19 today,...
