WSU student fights poverty with social media
ANNIE HAGER, Evergreen reporter
October 29, 2020
She needed an internship. Nathalie Aps was just starting her search to find a nonprofit in need of help when she stumbled upon The Borgen Project. Aps, senior advertising and criminal justice and criminology double major with a minor in French, is now an advocate intern for the project. Since t...
Amplifying Black student voices in public school
SANDI KOBIESA, Evergreen reporter
October 26, 2020
One WSU professor shared with future educators his passion for spreading joy and encouragement in the classroom. Amir Gilmore, WSU assistant professor of cultural studies and social thought in education, hosted a Zoom event Oct. 22 to talk about “Black Boy Joy,” a Common Reading book about youn...
When math, poetry intersect
ELIZA CALLIS, Evergreen reporter
October 22, 2020
Seven-year-old James Owusu Asare sat in his family's home writing lines of poetry — a hobby he has continued to work on. Asare’s father was an English teacher and taught him to read at a very young age, he said. Asare was born and raised in Accra, Ghana. He said Ghanaian culture is family-orientate...
WSU student pursues competitive bodybuilding
JARED BRADLEY, Evergreen reporter
October 22, 2020
After saving up enough money for a gym membership, WSU student Nadya Islas started training and treating it like her part-time job. Two years later, she won the National Physique Committee Teen Collegiate Masters National show in Orlando, Florida. “I never did sports as a kid,” Islas said. “My parent...
Multicultural mentor gives back to program
ELIZA CALLIS, Evergreen reporter
October 19, 2020
As a child of a military family, moving from base to base around the U.S. was the 'norm' for Asiamay Diaz. She chose to attend WSU to be close to her family, who now lives in Spokane. Diaz is a senior at WSU and a member of the Multicultural Student Mentoring Program. Her father is from El Salva...
COLUMN: Allyship in the digital age
JENAE LAXSON, Evergreen columnist
October 19, 2020
The social justice protests over the summer brought allyship and activism to the forefront of conversations on social media. I had several questions about becoming an ally and realized it is not as simple as calling oneself an ally; the same goes for being an activist. People must show up and act...
Creating community for people with disabilities
ANNIE HAGER, Evergreen reporter
October 15, 2020
It all started with a recruitment email from the WSU Access Center looking for students with leadership qualities. Mikayla Beckley responded, and now is the vice president of the Disabled Students and Allies Club. The group focuses on creating an inclusive community for students with disabilities. ...
‘SACNAS embraces the full person’
HANNAH FLORES, Evergreen reporter
October 12, 2020
WSU senior Diana Baldovinos found a family of people who share similar goals and passions within the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science. SACNAS is an organization that aims to create a community for students of color in the STEM field. “We all fa...
Coug plates fund leadership scholarships
SANDI KOBIESA, Evergreen reporter
October 12, 2020
WSU’s Cougar license plate program raised over $673,000 for WSU scholarships this fiscal year. The WSU Alumni Association funds an in-state leadership scholarship through the license plate distribution. The Alumni Association Leadership Award is given to students with a 3.3 GPA or higher, acc...
Ask Emma: I failed a test
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen columnist
October 12, 2020
Dear Emma, I just got a test grade back and found out I failed … hard. I’ve never failed a test before, and I don’t know what to do. This kind of feels like the end of the world, or maybe just the cherry on top of 2020. What do I do? I literally have no idea what to do now. No clue. Please help, ...
Cable 8 goes virtual this semester
MATAYA SIEMION, Evergreen reporter
October 8, 2020
Virtually shooting and creating TV shows and YouTube videos may seem close to an impossible task. However, Cable 8 Productions is still moving forward this fall. Cable 8 Productions is the student-run television station at WSU and has been around since 1986. Cable 8 creates a variety of shows tha...
Graduate leader continues next phase of education
JENAE LAXSON, Evergreen reporter
October 8, 2020
This year's GPSA Vice President pursued a career and a family before coming back to graduate school, which gives her a unique background that allows her to prosper in her position. Samantha Edgerton is a second-year doctoral student in history at WSU, but before she decided to pursue a graduate degree ...
When the Cougars take the field on Nov. 7 against Oregon State University, it will finally mark the end of the longest offseason in recent memory. It would...
