Cougar Crew: Continuing a legacy
LAURENCE SINCLAIR, Evergreen reporter
September 24, 2020
Created in spring 1970, Cougar Crew recently marked its 50th year here at WSU. With its long history, the team has a vast array of traditions and stories. “We are super lucky to have a really strong alumni base,” club treasurer Ciara McCall said. “We have all these people who have seen the impac...
‘It all happened within a matter of 10 minutes’
MATAYA SIEMION and SYDNEY BROWN
September 17, 2020
For Hannah Smith, her house in Malden was everything. Her family not only collected antiques and thrifted items that had hundreds of years of history behind them, but sometimes sold them to make a living. When the Malden fire on Labor Day burned the Smith family home to the ground, those antiques – opals,...
WSU gains new assistant swimming coach
HANNAH FLORES, Evergreen reporter
September 10, 2020
The WSU women’s swim team will welcome Kate Moore as the assistant coach after the swim program's funding was cut at her previous institution. Moore coached at her alma mater, East Carolina University, for 10 years before taking the job at WSU. “ECU is essentially where I got my start, so I ...
Upbringing influences student regent’s leadership
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
August 27, 2020
Arliegh Cayanan's upbringing in Hawaii fueled his style of leadership to be centered on community, a trait he hopes to promote in his new role as WSU student regent. “[Hawaii] is very family-centered and community-based,” said Cayanan, fourth-year doctor of pharmacy student at WSU Health Sciences ...
WSU Global Campus appoints two alumnae as first vice chancellors
BROOKLYNN HILLEMANN, Evergreen reporter
August 25, 2020
Two WSU alumnae will serve as the first vice chancellors for WSU Global Campus. Rebecca Van de Vord, WSU Global Campus vice chancellor of academic affairs, said she will also continue her current position as assistant vice president of academic outreach and innovation where she hopes to see students fr...
‘He has always been humble’
ANNIE HAGER, Evergreen reporter
August 24, 2020
Steve Gleason spent most of his time as a young adult in football and baseball uniforms. When he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, his priorities shifted. For Gleason, nature continues to be a significant source of healing. At night, when he wants to spend time with his family, he ...
Pullman residents practice public speaking
ZACH GOFF, Evergreen reporter
August 17, 2020
There are two words that strike fear into most people’s eyes: public speaking. The Pullman Toastmasters is a group devoted to helping people improve their public speaking skills, Pullman Toastmasters president Joy Blace said. The international organization began in 1924 and grew to its present membership...
‘I am Ana Karen Betancourt Macias, and I’m undocumented’
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
July 20, 2020
When Ana Karen Betancourt Macias introduces herself, she openly identifies herself as undocumented. “I introduce myself all the time as ‘I am Ana Karen Betancourt Macias, and I'm undocumented.’” Betancourt Macias, WSU Vancouver graduating senior, said. “That was to make the people in the r...
‘I get to play with yarn all day’
SARAH DANIELS, Evergreen reporter
July 20, 2020
COVID-19 hit some small businesses harder than others. For Yarn Underground Owner Shelley Stone, she is ready to move forward with her community. In the heart of Moscow lies a yarn store: Yarn Underground. Inspired by her visit to a Portland yarn store, Stone and her friend worked together to make...
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...
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...
‘Coming out is something powerful’: Student finds acceptance at WSU
JENNA GEELAN, Evergreen reporter
May 31, 2020
Nicole Snyder knew she was gay in sixth grade. Snyder, junior agricultural education major, grew up in Southern California. She said she came out to her family and friends by bringing home her first girlfriend during her sophomore year of high school. “Coming out is something very powerful,” S...
Sixty-nine individuals have tested positive for COVID-19 since Friday, bringing Whitman County’s total to 1,309 cases. Of the new patients, 19 females...
