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OPINION: Sex ed must be taught earlier

GUS WATERS, Evergreen Columnist

March 27, 2020

The recent comprehensive sex education bill passed by the Washington state legislature mandating that public schools follow eight guidelines protects both family values and promotes sexual safety. The bill will make children and teenagers safer in a world where sexual assault overwhelmingly affects ...

Tags: Amy Walen, Katy Payne, Mary Dye, Monica Stonier, Office of the Superintendent for Public Instruction, Sex Education, Washington State

OPINION: WSU’s party rep must change

DAYANA FAIRCHILD, Evergreen columnist

March 25, 2020

In 2002 Playboy magazine published a list of top party schools, WSU took 18th place on the list. In 2009, we rose up to 16th place on Playboy's list. So maybe that's where it started, or perhaps the reputation goes back even further. But WSU's reputation for being a party school still stands stro...

Tags: academics, greek, Hannah Guillien, Isabella Wilder, pullman, social problems, WSU, WSU students

OPINION: Pullman is not as safe as it seems

DANIELLE DENNEHY, Evergreen columnist

March 13, 2020

I remember looking at the brochure for WSU Pullman in 2018 and reading that it was the third safest college town in America. There was no need to fact check it because I thought I felt it throughout the campus and the town. And yes, Cougs helping Cougs plays a major role in our community safety. But t...

OPINION: Emergency loan shouldn’t be repaid

GUS WATERS, Evergreen columnist

March 11, 2020

The emergency short-term loan program at WSU is a way to start to help financially insecure students stay in school. It needs to be better funded so that it can expand into a financial relief package program with no payback required. Jill Creighton, the dean of students at WSU, said the emergency sh...

Tags: financial need, Jill Creighton, Karen Fischer, Loans, Student debt, WSU

OPINION: Don’t focus on studying in Europe

JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen columnist

February 12, 2020

I’m in love with the idea of studying abroad. Immersing yourself in another culture and seeing your major, and hopefully your passion, from a different viewpoint is wildly interesting to me, and studying abroad is one of the main things I want to do before I graduate. I’m not that in love with E...