100 years later, where is the physics department now?
MADYSEN MCLAIN, Evergreen reporter
April 24, 2020
Since the WSU physics and astronomy department’s founding 100 years ago, researchers have made developments that make the program known worldwide. Brian Saam, physics and astronomy department chair, said the history of the department started with three men that helped lift the department ...
OPINION: Support gene researchers
NICOLAS ARGON, Evergreen Columnist
April 17, 2020
Gene editing is the future and we should embrace it. I don’t mean a wholehearted approval of the technique but to recognize that it’s here. We must be thoughtful about its applications and aware of its potential. We’ve been gene editing all throughout history. Selectively breeding animals an...
Residents challenge food insecurity head-on
LAUREN ELLENBECKER, Evergreen reporter
April 9, 2020
Community members challenge food insecurity in Washington’s most food insecure county by addressing its origins and the stigma surrounding it. More than 37 million people in the U.S. face food insecurity, according to the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA). Fo...
OPINION: Be proactive talking about your mental health
DANIELLE DENNEHY, Evergreen Columnist
April 8, 2020
In the last decade mental health has gone from a taboo to something heavily discussed in pop culture and the media. This rise in awareness for other people's mental well-being has sparked a conversation about how we should handle the subject. The important part of this conversation is distinguis...
OPINION: Research should be available to all
JACOB HERSH, Evergreen columnist
April 8, 2020
Research is meant to be shared. For multi-billion-dollar corporations to lock scientific, sociological and historical knowledge behind a paywall, and demand as much as $50 to $100 for the rights to read a research paper, written by a hard working graduate student, is not only unfair, it’s immoral....
MAPS supports minority students in pre-health
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter
April 7, 2020
The Minority Association for Pre-Health Services, or MAPS, focuses on helping all students of color in pre-health. Members of the club, which runs under the Health Professions Student Center, do not need to be in pre-health nor do they need to be a minority, but the club is focused on promoting m...
Mental health care stigma and resources in Pullman
RACHEL KOCH, Evergreen reporter
April 7, 2020
Though changes are occurring, many people still experience stigma connected to mental health issues and attending therapy. “We know from research that there is a stigma toward people with psychological disorders or mental illnesses,” said Aurora Brinkman, a graduate student in the clinical ps...
NSBE creates space for black engineers
JOEL KEMEGUE, Evergreen reporter
April 7, 2020
For years the National Society for Black Engineers has promoted diversity in STEM across the nation, and the WSU chapter is no different. NSBE is an organization in college campuses across the US, dedicated to helping black students in engineering and other STEM majors. The WSU chapter has bee...
OPINION: Sexual health should be taught to women earlier
DANIELLE DENNEHY, Evergreen columnist
April 3, 2020
Sex education means something different everywhere you go. A Catholic school in comparison to a public school, a school in an urban city versus one in a more rural area, all of these differences mean the conversation around sex is a little different for everyone and the lack of uniformity often cau...
Three individuals tested positive for COVID-19 today, bringing Whitman County’s total to 1,312 cases. Of the new cases, one female and two males...
