Students’ Choice Awards – The Daily Evergreen

College Cabs willing to go the distance

March 29, 2019

College Cabs Driver Greg Taylor hears a ring and reaches to the phone attached to the dashboard interior and answers, “College Cabs, this is Greg. How can I help you?” Taylor said it was a pickup request from a student who needed a ride back to a WSU dorm. He said College Cabs is one of only two transporta...

Communication voted best degree on campus

SAM GRANT, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

The students voted communication as the best degree at WSU. The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication offers three distinct and unique degrees within the field. The college is best known for its bachelor’s degree in journalism and media production but it also offers degrees in strategic communication...

Local beauty parlor specializes in eco-friendliness

CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

Nicolette Glover, a hair stylist, uses the back of her hand to smooth down her customer’s hair underneath a piece of plastic wrap. She is dyeing Taylor Minshall’s hair and has a few sections of Minshall’s hair entirely wrapped with plastic wrap. Poppy Salon and Spa is a beauty parlor that offers cutting, styl...

Satori aims high for cannabis products, buyer experience

CAMERON SHEPPARD, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

The people of Satori pride themselves on excellent customer service and providing a wide variety of cannabis products to both experienced cannabis-users and individuals who are new to the scene. Ronee Nemechek has been a manager at Satori since late summer 2016. “Business [in Pullman] has been...

Bowling enrollment spikes, earns award as best one-credit class

ISAAC SEMMLER, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

WSU offers numerous one-credit courses each semester that are all unique in their own way. However, the one students voted best for on-campus is bowling. Yes, that’s right. You can take bowling at WSU. It is Instructor Jacob Herriges' first semester teaching. He said he had all of his classes fill up, w...

Students choose both South Fork, Cougar Entertainment Center as go-to date spot

TY EKLUND, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

Deciding where to go on a date can sometimes be hard. Luckily, Pullman holds places that stand out to people for obvious reasons. The “go-to date spot” of the 2019 Students' Choice Awards was so close that it drew a tie between South Fork Public House and the Cougar Entertainment Center. ...

Students recognize Murrow’s Tami Vik as best academic adviser

KURIA POUNDS, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

Tami Vik, academic adviser for the Murrow College of Communication, has worked as an adviser for 13 years and strives to be accessible for students. Vik was voted as the best academic adviser by WSU students and specializes in helping students make a four-year plan. Vik began her career at a different...

Jordan Frost voted as best student leader for leaving mark on WSU

ALEX BIVIANO, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

Jordan Frost has served WSU every day for the past six years. The former ASWSU president graduated WSU last year but has served as the student regent this year while student teaching in Spokane. Frost is well known for his progress on sexual assault prevention and mental health resources on campus....

The Coug voted most dog-friendly business

KATIE ARCHER, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

The Cougar Cottage, known locally as The Coug, won favorite dog-friendly business in the 2019 Students' Choice Awards. Social Media Manager Lance Lijewski, 24, has worked in different roles at The Coug for three years and is a WSU alumnus. From his understanding, The Coug has always been a dog-fr...

Crimson Cube holds best Pacific Northwest art on campus

MILA WIDMAYER, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

The recently completed Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is the best place to, well, look at art. Winning this year’s Students’ Choice Award for best art on campus, there’s a reason why this building has got it going on. “This building always relaxes me when I’m super stressed about school,”...

Intramural soccer provides accommodating experience for all

ANNA YOUNG, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

If anyone knows WSU intramural soccer, it’s sophomore animal science major Avery Lane. Lane has played intramural soccer during her two years at WSU, including in both the spring and fall outdoor leagues. She said the team rotates positions based on what is needed, but she prefers midfielder or forwa...

Tattoo parlor strives for creativity, welcoming environment

SANDY VO, Evergreen reporter

March 29, 2019

A tattoo artist at Blood Diamond Ink describes the parlor's environment as a social place that feels like a bar — without the alcohol and the idiocy. “That’s what it should feel like in a tattoo place,” Dan Garceau said. Garceau said he has been working at the tattoo shop for three-and-...