The Daily Evergreen

01/24/2025

Former WSU custodian speaks out after rent increase at Campus Vista, University Mobile Home Park. 🛠With homelessness rates quickly on the rise, many are concerned if this number will have any hope of declining shortly. For direct quotes, take a look at the full story here: https://dailyevergreen.com/184383/news/this-is-the-way-homelessness-starts/

Residents of Campus Vista and University Mobile Home Park are facing a 22% rent hike, in addition to new utilities fees and a $50 monthly fee for extra parking. Larry McGee, a former WSU custodian and current resident, said the rent hike will cripple the community. “The lot rent increase, as it st...

01/24/2025

WSU is celebrating an increased number of future Cougs, after the rough patch of dropping enrollment levels, has come to a halt. 😁 Seeing first-year students committing to become cougars has brought hope back to many. To learn more information, read the full story here:

Fall 2024 saw a 2.4% increase in first-time first-year students. This increase translates to 4,350 students enrolled compared to the previous year’s 4,249 students, according to WSU Data and Information’s New Student Enrollment dashboard. Based on this data, both years show an increase from 2022...

01/22/2025

Brrrr! Is it extra icy outside, or what? ☃️Students have experienced hard falls during this Winter season, many have begun to wonder if the WSU Pullmans' heated sidewalks are just a myth...! Find the full story here:

Last week’s snowstorm left many students slipping and sliding on campus. But, heated sidewalks and walkways may have saved some Cougs an icy fall. Yet, those heated sidewalks WSU proudly claims are not necessarily heated. Jeff Lannigan, facility services utilities and energy associate director, sa...

01/21/2025

Just last night, a 20-year-old WSU student was arrested on charges of second-degree assault. The accused is currently being held without bail. Get the full story here:

Police responded to a stabbing incident at Orton Hall early Monday morning, according to WSU Police. Police arrived at 1:18 a.m. to find a 20-year-old victim with a knife wound in his arm. Upon further investigation, WSU Police identified a suspect as 20-year-old Tatiana Martinez. The suspected knif...

01/21/2025

"Make a career of humanity. Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights. You will make a better person of yourself, a greater nation of your country, and a finer world to live in." -MLK. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day, everyone! Today we celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and most of all, change that Dr. King advocated for.

01/18/2025

Due to security issues, Washington State University changed its Okta SMS Verification step for logins. Students could be locked out of their accounts if personal settings aren't changed. For further information read:

Every day students log into their WSU accounts using SMS messaging as their multi-factor authentication method of choice, whether it be signing into Canvas, MyWSU or their email. Starting March 25, SMS will no longer be a MFA option for students to use across the WSU system. According to WSU’s Inf...

01/18/2025

It looks like syllabus week, otherwise known as "sylly week" got a little too crazy this time. 😞 Cases reported individuals falling from roofs, getting arrested, and more. We hope this gets addressed and further precautions are taken. Read the full details here:

As the first week of classes came to a close, crime on College Hill ramped up. Syllabus week, or “Sylly Week,” is often a time of increased crime and a higher volume of calls to local emergency services. These calls tend to be centralized in College Hill and Greek Row as students celebrate their...

01/16/2025

After months of short staffing issues, inconsistencies, and pricing fluctuations, College Cabs is officially under new ownership with Moscow Taxi.🚖How will this change affect Pullman students? Let us know your thoughts down below and read the full story at:

College Cabs sold to Moscow Taxi in May 2024, said Rob Borden, one of the former owners of College Cabs. Borden, along with Phi Gamma Delta fraternity brother Zane Larsen, founded the business in 2012. “The problem was we wanted to be able to go downtown and go drinking safely, and we didn’t hav...

01/15/2025

Wear masks and turn on your air purifiers! Whitman county has reached an all time high with whooping cough cases. 😷 How will you handle prevention? Will you receive vaccines as an extra precaution? Read about the full details here:

Students in Pullman public schools are returning to school after winter break amid an uptick in whooping cough cases. Whitman County Public Health identified four cases in two different Pullman elementary schools in mid-December 2024. After a case was identified in a Pullman public school, WCPH noti...

01/15/2025

Lawsuit? More like a toss-suit. Former WSU football head coach Nick Rolovich lost his lawsuit against WSU for alleged 'wrongful termination'. Read the full story at:

A federal judge sided with WSU on Monday, throwing out former head coach Rolovich’s wrongful termination lawsuit against the university. WSU terminated Rolovich after he refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. Rolovich was terminated in October 2021 after the university denied his appeal claiming...

01/14/2025

In effort to protect the youth of America, President Joe Biden has made history by signing the first federal bill against hazing. What do you think about this? Learn more about this here:

President Biden signed into law a first-of-its-kind federal anti-hazing bill on Dec. 24, 2024. The Stop Campus Hazing Act mandates colleges and universities participating in federal student aid programs to disclose reported hazing incidents in their annual security reports. Colleges and universities...

01/13/2025

Coming to Washington State from South Dakota, WSU football has hired a new coach, Jimmy Rogers! Rogers made his official debut during a recent press conference. Check out his story at:

“This is the next chapter of Washington State football,” Jimmy Rogers said. “This is the next chapter of Washington State Univeristy. We will rise and we will be a national contender.” The next chapter of Wazzu football has indeed arrived. Athletic director Anne McCoy introduced the new head...

01/11/2025

The past ASWSU senate meeting was quite intense, as the state of Washington State University as we know it may quickly change forever. Check out the full story here:

The ASWSU Senate heard Wednesday from members of the Legislative Affairs department. Deputy Directors Bhargav Iyer and Tucker Senter spoke in front of the senate, sharing updates for the upcoming Coug Day at the Capitol on Jan. 26 and 27. Iyer and Senter spoke on behalf of Legislative Affairs Direct...

11/18/2024

https://dailyevergreen.com/182541/news/board-of-regents-votes-to-increase-tuition-by-maximum-amount/

The WSU Board of Regents voted to increase tuition by 3.3% for the 2025-26 academic year Friday, despite continued decreases in system-wide enrollment. The vote passed 8 to 1, with Student Regent Kassandra Vogel being the only dissenting vote. Other regents said it was a difficult vote, but it was n...

11/13/2024

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09/13/2024

Rumors and deliberation have surrounded what would happen to the Pac-12 once just WSU and OSU remained. Now, there is an answer, four new teams have joined the conference starting July 1, 2026:

All is lost – or so some may have thought when the Pac-12 was left with just WSU and Oregon State University following the announced mass annex of the 2023 off-season. But the Pac-12 Conference has gained the reinforcements of four Mountain West Conference schools to put the league at six teams. T...

09/12/2024

The ongoing trial of Bryan Kohberger has a new devolpment. His trial has been transferred to Ada County, effective today:

The Idaho Supreme Court has ordered the transfer of venue in the Kohberger trial from Latah County to Ada County in an order released Thursday. The order, signed by Chief Justice G. Richard Bevan, transferred the trial and all further proceedings to District Judge Steven Hippler of Idaho’s fourth ...

09/07/2024

The USDA awared WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine an $800,000 grant for a research study on the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale. Full story:

The USDA awared WSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine an $800,000 grant for a research study on the tick-borne pathogen Anaplasma marginale. The goal of the study is to create a new vaccine for Anaplasma marginale, a tick-borne pathogen that costs the cattle industry nearly $300 million in loss ann...