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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

David Cillay, vice president for academic outreach and innovation, supports the Global Campus and students who take advantage of it.

Digital degrees are valuable

TYLER LAFERRIERE, Evergreen columnist March 7, 2017

Online university education is, to many, the ugly stepchild of the traditional four-year degree on a university campus. There is an undeniable stigma to earning a degree online; the University of Phoenix...

ASWSU presidential candidates should stop distracting students

This ASWSU election has so far brought four election violation allegations, three of them filed by presidential candidates. This is the highest number since 2011.These allegations generally accomplish...

Christie Jones, who used a scholarship designed for former foster children, participates in a Women Studies class at the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas, September 26, 2007.

Women’s Studies 101 should be required

GEANA JAVIER, Evergreen columnist March 2, 2017

Identifying as a feminist often yields disrespectful and confused reactions. People ask “why do you hate men?” or make remarks that sexism ended a long time ago, and that feminism is no longer...

Guest column: ‘Have mercy for the powerless and hope that mercy prevails’

DONNA POTTS | Guest columnist March 2, 2017

My first semester at the University of Missouri, my professor raped me a week after my father committed suicide. The professor said afterwards, “I have a lot of power in this department, so it won’t...

Students spoke at the ASWSU meeting regarding a resolution in support of undocumented students on Feb. 22.

Flyers targeting people are dangerous

RIDGE PETERSON, Evergreen columnist March 1, 2017

Flyers asking people on campus to report undocumented persons to Immigration and Customs Enforcement appeared at WSU two weeks ago. Pullman was not the first college campus to see such flyers during...

Reader Reactions: ‘No human is illegal’

March 1, 2017

Readers react to an article concerning the passing of Resolution 46-19, which supports undocumented students on campus. Students spoke at the meeting in support of and in opposition to the resolution....

Desmond Layne discusses the extension of the organic agriculture systems degree to WSU-Everett during a Faculty Senate meeting on Thursday.

Tenure and non-tenure faculty need protection

TYLER LAFERRIERE, Evergreen columnist February 28, 2017

The quality of a free and civilized country can be judged by the freedom its academics and intellectual elite have to pursue bold new lines of inquiry. In the United States, that quality has been falling...

Civil engineering major Kayleigh Fulton at the Technical Career Fair on Oct. 4, 2011. 

Career Center needs to diversify its participants

JOSH MAASBERG, Evergreen columnist February 28, 2017

There were more than 100 recruiters across industry-leading organizations represented at the Career Expo on Feb. 7, but undergraduates and students who attended looking to work while continuing their...

Reader Reactions: Hate speech abuses free speech rights

February 27, 2017

Readers react to a column discussing the difference between hate speech and freedom of speech. The columnist believes opinions that promote violence and intolerance, and disrespect someone’s existence,...

Students develop communication skills while studying abroad.

Studying abroad is appealing to employers

GEANA JAVIER, Evergreen columnist February 27, 2017

Traveling is one of the best experiences a young person can undertake. It enriches one’s life in a way that is unparalleled by anything someone could learn by staying complacent. In the modern...

ASWSU presidential candidate Zachary Anders, left, and vice presidential candidate Kai Amos.

Editorial Board endorsement | Anders and Amos most likely to bring change

​Though both ASWSU presidential tickets are qualified to run the student government, we feel the institution needs more than a continuation of the leadership it has seen in recent years. The ASWSU...

Letter to the editor: Government should help businesses conserve Earth’s resources

CHRISTINA PAOLETTI | Pullman February 23, 2017

Within companies, the health of our planet is often the last considered when building cars, processing food or drilling oil. Excess carbon dioxide omitted into the atmosphere causes global warming in the...

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