The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

Rick Flores is grateful for everyone whose made him the first in his family to graduate college.

Thanks to lifelong friends, family

RICK FLORES, WSU Graduate May 3, 2019

Dear WSU, thanks for giving me the best four years that I have ever had. I met lifelong friends, explored an amazing career and found my wife-to-be. If it wasn’t for Wazzu, I have no clue where I...

Letter to the Editor: Jason Gesser

JASON GESSER, Assistant athletics director for the Cougar Athletic Fund September 13, 2018

Editor,   Throughout the last 20 years of my life, I have unwaveringly supported Washington State University as a WSU student-athlete, proud alumnus and now employee of the athletic department....

Letter to freshmen: Help us keep you safe

GARY JENKINS, Pullman Police Chief August 10, 2018

On behalf of the Pullman Police Department, I wish to welcome new and returning WSU students to Pullman! My staff and I are committed to the safety of everyone in our community and we will do whatever...

Letter to freshmen: The start of your journey

KIRK SCHULZ, WSU president August 10, 2018

Welcome to campus for the beginning of one of the most rewarding and enjoyable years of your life! The next few years promise a wide range of exciting experiences for you as a member of our dynamic campus...

Letter to freshmen: Welcome to your new home

SAVANNAH ROGERS, ASWSU President August 10, 2018

To my Cougar Family, it is with great honor that I say, welcome home! Welcome home to the Palouse, to Pullman, to what we call the Promised Land. You are a part of something special and you make this...

Letter to freshmen: An international welcome

GLENN JOHNSON, Pullman mayor August 10, 2018

Welcome to Pullman and Washington State University. And for those of you who already call Pullman home, welcome back!  In a just a few weeks that “welcome” will be expressed in many languages in addition...

Letter to the Editor | Dear President Schulz

June 28, 2018

I was disappointed to read, in Timothy Egan’s column in the New York Times on 23 June 2018, that the head football coach at Washington State University, Mike Leach, “tweeted out a video of a 2014 speech...

Letter to the Editor | Trust issues

June 28, 2018

I am embarrassed to call myself a “Cougar.” Coach Mike Leach has a right to his opinion but he does not have the right to doctor the words of our respected former President, Barack Obama, so that they...

Letter to the Editor | The meaning of “Republican”

Denis Tracy, County prosecutor June 14, 2018

My first reaction was an emotional one, when I read the article about James Allsup quietly grabbing a Precinct Committee Officer position in the county Republican Party. My first thought was: my dad...

Letter to the Editor | Supporting Planned Parenthood

Roz Luther, Pullman June 14, 2018

Yesterday I read an interesting fact, “In 1964 Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harry S. Truman became honorary chairmen of Planned Parenthood.” In 1968 President Nixon called population growth “one of...

The “Washington State Fair” float from 
Mrs. Bozorgzad’s third grade class in McLean, Virginia

Letter to the Editor | Thank you Washington

Shari Bozorgzad, Langley School, Virginia June 14, 2018

This past February, my third-grade students wrote letters to small-town newspapers around our country. The letters asked people in each state to send items of interest that the student might include...

Letter to the Editor | Column about housing and dining not accurate

Robert Tattershall, Pullman April 12, 2018

Note: The allegations Tattershall presents in the following letter are being investigated. In response to the inaccurate opinion article in the April 11, 2018 edition of the Evergreen titled “Don’t...

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