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

Tobacco ban is not the best solution

The WSU Board of Regents’ decision last Friday to pass the ban against all forms of tobacco use on campus, while well-intentioned, will only throw fuel on the fire it seeks to extinguish.The ban, set...

Focusing on the wrong issue: Who’s at fault for Russian plane crash

A Russian plane crashed in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, killing all 224 people on board, on Oct. 31.Unfortunately, most of the media outlets have centered on whose fault the incident is, rather than analyzing...

Protecting the lions and tigers and bears

Initiative 1401, the Washington Wildlife Trafficking initiative, is on the Washington state ballot today, and is an easy way to make a difference in the conservation of the world’s endangered species.I-1401...

No excuse: Domestic abuse more complicated than society assumes

She stayed at my apartment after she called the police because he could get into her apartment and he had hit her before.She was being abused by someone she loved, and she didn’t want to leave without...

The GOP focuses more on complaining and blaming than implementing valid political reform.

The grumpy old party is inaction in practice

The GOP focuses more on complaining and blaming than implementing valid political reform.

Exxon, Big Oil should be excluded from climate conversations

EMRY DINMAN | Evergreen columnist October 30, 2015

There are not two equal and logical sides to every argument. For this reason, the political narrative of climate change, particular that which is held through news media, should no longer allow Big Oil...

Cougs wear costumes, not cultures

Halloween is an incredibly fun time of the year.For a day (or a week, or a month), you can delve into as much candy as you want; decorate everything you own with eerie fake cobwebs, ghosts, bats, witches...

Democratic socialism does not deserve the negative stigma

Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders plans to deliver a speech before the next Democratic debate on Nov. 6 in which he will define his much-publicized political philosophy of “democratic socialism.”Since...

Letter to the Editor: ‘I completely mischaracterized the confidence I have in my staff’

Gary Jenkins Chief of Police | Pullman Police Department October 29, 2015

Dear Editor,When I read the article in the Oct. 28 Daily Evergreen with coverage of the Oct. 27, 2015 City Council meeting (“Asking to rename Nevada St.”), I cringed over my quote about body-worn cameras....

Incorporating people of various ages in a shared atmosphere is an alternative approach to both education and care for senior citizens.

Cross-generational integration

Incorporating people of various ages in a shared atmosphere is an alternative approach to both education and care for senior citizens.

The high, hidden costs of being poor

While scrolling through my feed and admiring some friends’ pregnancy pictures, pumpkin patch collages and delicious comfort food, there was a post about the “New American Way of Life.”It was a post...

A conservative manifesto of the current generation

This will come as a shock, but conservatism is the antithesis of the Tea Party and the modern Republican Party. The reason for this is the meaning of conservatism itself. Conservatism, in short, aims to...

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