Number of students in quarantine hall cannot be provided, WSU official says
LOREN NEGRON, Evergreen reporter
October 14, 2020
Students living on campus who test positive for COVID-19 will quarantine at McEachern Hall, but the total number of students living in the hall is unknown. The number of students currently quarantined in McEachern, and the total number of students who have quarantined in the hall so far, cannot b...
Recycling bins removed without warning or explanation, student claims
SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen reporter
October 12, 2020
WSU removed recycling bins from several student housing complexes without telling residents, claimed one graduate resident at Yakama Village, who raised concerns that the WSU administration no longer cares about sustainability for its students. When Jose Riera, doctorate student at WSU’s College of Educati...
WSU holds hearing for live-in policy changes
EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen reporter
October 8, 2020
WSU held a public comment hearing on Wednesday on proposed changes to the first-year live-in requirement of the Washington Administrative Code. Freshman undergraduate students are required to live in university-recognized housing for one academic year, according to the undergraduate housing requirement. Changes to the policy will allow for flexibil...
University to hold meeting on proposed changes to first-year live-in requirement
ANDREA GONZALEZ, Evergreen reporter
October 6, 2020
WSU will hold a public hearing 4 p.m. Oct. 7 via Zoom about the proposed changes to the state’s first-year live-in requirement established by the Washington Administrative Code. Over the summer, WSU’s Office of Procedures, Record and Forms added an emergency rule to the Washington Administra...
WSU Housing residents face cable outage
CHERYL AARNIO, Evergreen reporter
July 13, 2020
On-campus residents have been experiencing a cable outage since June 30. They do not have cable, HBO GO or streaming TV. However, they do have access to PAC-12 streaming because it is independent of the cable contract. WSU Housing is transitioning to a new cable service provider and expected it to be...
WSU amends housing policy after petition gains over 5,000 signatures
SYDNEY BROWN, Evergreen reporter
July 8, 2020
Writer’s note: The comments made by Curtis Cohen and Riley, the other student quoted, were made before either student, or myself, was aware of the amendment made to the addendum. WSU updated its housing policy, which originally told students it would not refund housing costs should the coronav...
When the Cougars take the field on Nov. 7 against Oregon State University, it will finally mark the end of the longest offseason in recent memory. It would...
