Moscow dance academy provides flexible options for students
JENNA GEELAN, Evergreen reporter
July 13, 2020
For about 40 years, the Festival Dance and Performing Arts Association in Moscow has trained local youth the art of performing. With everything up in the air this year, the business has created alternatives so students can continue practicing. The association works in conjunction with the University of Idaho, which also...
Ask Emma: How do I make friends with online classes?
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen columnist
July 13, 2020
Dear Emma, Is it hard to make friends in college? I have a few really close friends from high school, but none of them are going to WSU with me. I’m worried I will close myself off to new people, or that I won’t have any opportunities because my classes are mostly going to be online. How do ...
College student takes on governor race
ANNIE HAGER, Evergreen reporter
July 13, 2020
Dylan Nails hopes to use his youth to bring a fresh perspective during his run for Washington state governor. Nails’ desire to run for governor sparked when he picked up a local paper outside of his hometown, Colfax. He said he saw protest coverage on the eastern side of Washington. “Obv...
‘This will help … people to develop a stronger sense of self’
JENNA GEELAN, Evergreen reporter
July 13, 2020
For the WSU Honors College students questioning the meaning of life, the college now offers a certificate program called the Mindfulness-Based Emotional and Social Intelligence Certificate. Honors College Dean Grant Norton said the new certification is granted to those in the Honors College with the compl...
WSU student confronts reality of being bisexual, biracial woman
JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter
July 13, 2020
Finding accepting people and an accepting community who acknowledge her as a multifaceted being is something Samantha King-Shaw, a biracial and bisexual woman, has been working on for a while now. “Once I was introduced to sexuality as a spectrum ... That was when it clicked,” said Samantha...
‘This is like the movies’
ANNIE HAGER, Evergreen reporter
July 7, 2020
From family inspiration to mindless scrolling through Pinterest, Elizabeth Nalbandian started learning to make pastries when she was a young girl. Pastry-making became a passion for Nalbandian while she grew up in Jerusalem, and she said she continues to expand it through her experiences at WSU. ...
WSU students react to US Supreme Court’s DACA ruling
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
June 29, 2020
Linda Vargas was shocked by the texts she saw on her phone when she woke up on June 18. “My friend … she messaged me, ‘They blocked it,’” Vargas said. “I couldn’t believe it.” Vargas, senior environmental sciences major, said she did not expect the Supreme Court to block the rep...
‘She speaks for what she believes in’
JENNA GEELAN, Evergreen reporter
June 29, 2020
WSU alumna Kaylah Blas took a leap of faith by leaving her Californian home to attend WSU, being the first in her family to do so. Blas packed her schedule by being involved with the Asian Pacific American Student Coalition, Hawaii Club and the Center for Fraternity and Sorority Life. She was also an ori...
Doctoral candidate researches gender, religion in Hindi soap opera
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
June 29, 2020
One WSU student turned her love for movies, soap operas and other media into the driving force behind her research. Sreenidhi Krishnan, doctoral candidate in WSU Vancouver's anthropology department, said she won a dissertation grant of $500 to study the culture of Hindi soap opera productions in India. Krishnan sa...
WSU athletes find success in academics, sports
JENNA GEELAN, Evergreen reporter
June 29, 2020
It was an unusual season for WSU athletes competing in spring sports, to say the least. Regardless of COVID-19 implications, 64 athletes made the Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll this spring. Marie Lund-Hansen, fifth-year senior strategic communication major, plays on the women’s golf team. Lund-Hanse...
Reading enthusiasts to assemble virtually, discuss social issues
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
June 22, 2020
A book can put you in the shoes of Michelle Obama or transport you to Oakland, California. For members of the Social Issues Book Club in Pullman, reading and discussing books is a way to inform and broaden their worldviews. Many book clubs are fiction-oriented, but the Social Issues Book Club tends...
GUIDE: Canceled, postponed events in Whitman County
ZACH GOFF, Evergreen reporter
June 22, 2020
As the Palouse shifts to the summer heat, people had to be creative with how they spend their time as annual events in Whitman County are canceled or postponed due to COVID-19. Braydon Miner moved to Pullman in late 2019. He said he was looking forward to getting more involved with local events plan...
A proposal from the Palouse in Solidarity with Black Lives Matter for a mural in downtown Pullman received support from several city officials though no...
