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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

Mary Jane Oatman, storyteller for the May 18 Culture Day event at the Nez Perce Historical Park, is a registered member of the Nez Perce Tribe.

Restoring Nez Perce language for future generations

DAISY ZAVALA, Evergreen managing editor July 3, 2019

The Nez Perce Tribe and Lapwai School District in Idaho have made several efforts in restoring the tribe's language through programs to regain what has been lost and give the language to the younger generations. Mary...

The Outdoor Learning Lab, an experimental classroom designed to give students more outdoor exposure, is being prepared at Jefferson Elementary School for the upcoming school year.

Pullman School District addresses mental health

JAKOB THORINGTON, Former Evergreen reporter June 27, 2019

A classroom space designed to give elementary students more outdoor exposure will be completed for the upcoming school year at Jefferson Elementary. The fundraising chair for the project said one of...

The new Cougar Cards, already in circulation, display a list of emergency numbers.

Emergency numbers added to student ID cards

GABRIEL BRAVO, Evergreen reporter June 27, 2019

WSU’s student ID cards now come with emergency contact information printed on the back. These additions are in effect across all WSU campuses. All CougarCards will come with the National Suicide Prevention...

Jenna Sepa, a drag performer, entertains the crowd at last year’s Palouse Pride Festival in Moscow’s East City Park.

“Straight pride” ignores why Pride began

RACHEL LENTZ, Evergreen columnist June 27, 2019

Pride parades are a uniquely inclusive events that not only connects LGBTQ+ people to their communities, but allows for visibility for those who used to be forced into hiding. Rainbows, parades and glitter...

The Humane Society of the Palouse will have its annual Paw-louse 5k on Saturday in Moscow.

People, their dogs run for animals on Palouse

ELAYNE RODRIGUEZ, Evergreen reporter June 27, 2019

The ninth annual Paw-louse 5K Fun Run and Walk will kick off June 29 near University of Idaho campus to raise operating costs for animals in the community. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with the race starting...

Tegan Horan discusses challenges she faced in her hometown and at WSU in 2005 at Cafe Moro Sunday morning.

Becoming Tegan

KATIE ARCHER, Evergreen reporter June 20, 2019

Tegan Horan arrived at WSU in 2005. Since then, she helped develop a club for LGBTQ+ graduate students, studied abroad, and earned four degrees. Horan, 32, is a transgender and queer woman. She came...

Rachel Olsson, a doctoral candidate at Washington State University, describes what theyve experienced being out on the Palouse at the Entymology Greenhouse Tuesday afternoon.

‘Tomboy’ to Rumble Bee: Story of Growth

RACHEL SUN, Evergreen Roots editor June 20, 2019

Rachel Olsson was considered a “tomboy” as a child. They hated wearing dresses, liked sports and playing outside in the dirt. Now 32, Olsson remembers quickly learning to toe the line between a rough-and-tumble...

Aquasha DeLusty performs at drag bingo July 10 at One World Cafe in Moscow.

LGBT bingo nights ends for summer

SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen reporter June 13, 2019

A local LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization will host its final Drag Bingo night until August on Monday. The popular bingo night will begin selling cards at 6:30 p.m. at the 1912 Center, 412 E 3rd St. in...

“It’s our responsibility to be great off the field and if we can do that, we can be great on the field,” new head baseball coach Brian Green said during a press conference Wednesday afternoon in the Rankich Club Room.

WSU hires head baseball coach

KATIE ARCHER, Evergreen reporter June 6, 2019

WSU announced Brian Green as the next head baseball coach for WSU on Tuesday afternoon. Green, 45, previously coached at his alma mater New Mexico State for five seasons. Under his leadership there,...

Anyone who believes they could have measles should self-quarantine, according to a statement from the Gritman Medical Center in Moscow.

Measles case confirmed in Moscow

MAGGIE QUINLAN, Evergreen reporter June 5, 2019

Gritman Medical Center in Moscow treated a patient infected with measles Friday May 31, according to a statement on Gritman Medical Center’s website. This is the first confirmed case in Idaho since 2001,...

Pullman Regional Hospital is designated as a “critical access hospital” meaning it provides 24-hours service and is 35 miles or more from another hospital.

Inslee signs state-wide healthcare legislation

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter May 30, 2019

A new bill signed by Gov. Jay Inslee requires the state to develop standardized public health insurance plans and analyze the effect of offering only standardized health coverage on the individual market...

Medicinal cannabis research expected to begin this summer

Medicinal cannabis research expected to begin this summer

GABRIEL BRAVO, Evergreen reporter May 30, 2019

WSU and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians have joined efforts to track the effects of medicinal cannabis use with patients. Michael Thompson, communications director for the tribe, said the lack of medicinal...

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