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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

Whitman county should vote in favor of library levy restoration

JACKSON FERDERER, Evergreen opinion editor February 13, 2018

If you haven’t voted for the Whitman County Library levy yet, you should. Today is the last day to vote to restore the levy, which is currently 46 cents, to 50 cents. The libraries offer too much to...

Alana Evey, a junior software engineering major, contemplates the benefits of cutting the engineering department.

Satire: Engineering department should be cut next

HANAH GOETZ, Evergreen columnist/opinion editor February 8, 2018

After the elimination of the Performing Arts program, WSU is starting to grow cocky, throwing budget cuts left and right in haymakers of social suffering to the student body. But they’re not going to...

Reader Reactions | WSU community should embrace biking culture with new bike racks

February 8, 2018

Readers react to a column calling for students to utilize the 30 new bike racks coming to campus which cost $22,000. Funding for the bike racks came out of fees from parking passes sold by Transportation...

GIESORC Director Matthew Jeffries emphasizes how important education is regarding awareness for the LGBTQ community.

Military should not ban trans individuals

ALAINA BEAULAURIER, Evergreen columnist February 7, 2018

Emotional reinforcement and acceptance for trans service members from their peers is necessary to dismantle the toxic environment they serve in. Programs that promote education and normalize trans individuals...

Debate on new bill turned into personal fight between Washington lawmakers.

Reader Reactions | WSU player receives award for court ordered community service

February 7, 2018

Readers react to senior rush linebacker Logan Tago receiving the Center for Civic Engagement Fall 2017 Community Involvement Award. Tago took part in community service after pleading guilty to second-degree...

Reader Reactions | Smoking ban doesn’t allow students freedom to decide for themselves

February 6, 2018

Readers react to a column calling for more designated smoking areas on campus. Smoking should be restricted but designated smoking areas would be a compromise between keeping the air clean and still allowing...

Biking will not solve the problems of parking on campus, but it will alleviate some of it by offering an alternative to driving.

WSU community should embrace biking culture

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter February 6, 2018

Transportation Services at WSU purchased 30 bike racks to meet bike parking demands and replace outdated racks on campus. This decision is intended to help encourage bike commuting as a way to ease overcrowding...

JESSE WAITE, Pullman February 5, 2018

Judge Lanese’s ruling against legislative exemptions to the Public Records Act was definitive and obvious: the legislature is a state agency and hence subject to the act, as a rational person would conclude....

Letters to the Editor | Higher student voting turnout necessary for change

WILLIE DICKERSON, Snohomish February 1, 2018

Only 7 percent of the student body voting raises questions. (“Server issues didn’t impact turnout, chair says” by Linh Nguyen, The Daily Evergreen, Tuesday) Is this a mistake? Do these elections...

Dungeons and Dragons is one of many role-playing games students can utilize for bonding, comradarie.

Role-playing games offer students escape

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter February 1, 2018

Storytelling is the surest way to connect with one another. By telling a story, you invite someone else to hear and understand the way you see the world. Deeper than that, however, is the act of collaborative...

Reader Reactions | WSU launches Spanish financial aid information

February 1, 2018

Readers react to WSU Student Financial Services launching a Spanish version of its website. The new website is a reaction to both the growing Hispanic population and calls from parents of future students...

Letters to the Editor | Pink Pussyhats should not divide feminists

RUTH GREGORY, Pullman February 1, 2018

It saddened me to see the opinion article “Pink Pussyhats problematic for populace” in The Daily Evergreen on Tuesday, which criticized the wearers of the political hat without any context. I say “without...

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