As the month of love comes to an end, WSU alumni reminisce on their days as Cougs when they met their significant others. WSU alumnus Jill Harvill said she met her husband, Steve Harvill, in an American...

Chronic illness is a buzzword often used to describe a medical condition that is undiagnosed and could be a life-long condition with no cure. This is the definition someone would find if they searched...

One WSU alum did not want his newly born daughter to see him as a pizza delivery driver. At age 30, Dale Braunger enrolled in courses at WSU in 2003 to study history then graduated from the University...

Lorien Smith will represent Whitman County in the Mrs. Washington Pageant as Mrs. Colfax. The pageant will be held in person again this year after a successful and socially distanced in-person experience...

Dear Emma, I dated this person on and off for four years, and I just found out they are dating someone else. Needless to say, I am distraught. Sure, we were “off” at the time they started dating...

Michele Kophs’ husband knew he married into a Coug family when Butch made a special appearance at their wedding. Gary Petersen, a 1965 Coug alum and Michele’s father, planned the whole event. He...

Graduation for WSU students will look different for the third semester, and WSU students still have strong emotions about it. Keilah Shaw, senior criminal justice major, said it is extremely difficult...

When Ian Wells, sophomore mechanical engineering major, interviewed to join the WSU HYPER Lab in October 2019, he did not expect to be working on a project for NASA the next summer.  Wells had an...

Pullman locals and WSU alums Molly and Tim Schotzko share a passion for central-Texas style barbecue. They hope to bring the joy of conversation and great food to the community with their food truck, Miss...

Sergey Lapin’s math teacher had it out for him. While he did not know why, this motivated him to prove her wrong.  When the other students in his high school math class were scoring A's, he would...

Before 2000, Pullman and Moscow did not have a family-oriented bowling alley. A group of bowlers decided to change that and went on to build a new business named Zeppoz.  Zeppoz became an idea when...

Dear Emma, I don’t get along with my boss. It makes doing my job really difficult. I try to be professional around them, but it is really hard sometimes. I feel like I am constantly walking on eggshells.  Do...