One of the things every American knows is that everyone else in the world hates Americans. They hate our rudeness, our wealth, our snobbery, the way we talk, the way we look — you name it. Yeah, oh well, what are they going to do about it? We have enough military power and technological capabilities to blow everyone out of the water — literally…

I’m almost 22 and I’m still trying to be cool. I can’t quite figure it out, but when being cool started to matter in middle school, I quickly found that I didn’t fit the bill. All through high school and even now, in my last year of college, I’m still a little uncool…

Women, for better or for worse, have always been synonymous with beauty. However, looking through photographs and art, beauty has never been so narrowly defined as it is today. “Pick the smallest girl in the room, and every single other girl wishes she was that skinny…

Nancy Gregory, a registered nurse diabetic specialist, will be speaking at the brown bag luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. today in CUB Room 123. The luncheon, titled “The Faces of Diabetes”, is put on by the Plateau Center for American Indian Studies to cover topics that are not only involved with American Indian issues…

Overtones of the bill and personal heritage motivate coeds and faculty to act. By Ingrid Rachinski Daily Evergreen staff Activism may not be dead yet. As a bill to toughen immigration laws went to the Senate Judiciary Committee this past Monday, more than 500…

Response to the Immigration Bill has included several demonstrations and severe reactions throughout the country. Though most of the reported activism has been in Los Angeles, Calif., some of the responses have reached WSU. The Multicultural Student Services will be joining the Comparative Ethnic Studies department in an effort to raise awareness about immigration in the United States…

Among the long list of archived old books, resources and information that Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections has in the New Holland Library is a collection of underground WSU newspapers that are almost 40 years old. The pages of these independent student-run newspapers are filled with political cartoons…

For many who were at WSU since the late 1960s and ‘70s, political activism at WSU revolved around the the issue of race and racism in the small and primarily white campus. “There was no natural black constituency,” said Tony Phillips, the previous director at the Koinonia House through the late ‘60s and ‘70s…

Kappa Delta hosted an event to teach manners to Pullman Girl Scouts. By Ingrid Rachinski Daily Evergreen staff If tea parties are about one thing, it is etiquette, and that is what the Kappa Delta sorority aimed to teach the local Girl Scouts. “It’s raising them into young ladies…

A peace rally, involving more than 100 people, brought up complaints of political activism among youth and the war in the Middle East. By Ingrid Rachinski Daily Evergreen staff A Peace Rally was held at Friendship Square on Saturday to commemorate the the three-year anniversary of the war in Iraq…

WSU President V. Lane Rawlins presented awards of distinction to five women, as well as WSU’s Woman of the Year, yesterday at a recognition luncheon. Each woman received the award based on the theme “Women, Builders of Communities and Dreams.” The Woman of the Year award went to Rebecca Miles…

WSU Parking and Transportation Services is proposing changes along Spokane Street which would remove parking spaces in order to address safety concerns. “I felt the street needed improvements one way or another for a long time now,” Pullman Transit manager Rod Thornton said…

Stories and history lessons of WWII usually end with the defeat of the Germans and the liberation of the concentration camps; Stanley Weintraub takes his lessons one step further. “[Weintraub] has the ability to make a cataclysmic event, like the bombing of Pearl Harbor…

When it comes to policy making and leadership appointment at WSU, students are given the opportunity to get involved. For most students, this means voting in the ASWSU elections, however many students choose not to vote. Last week reinforced this trend with a 15 percent voter turnout in the primary ASWSU elections…

Patriotism is zealous love of one’s country, says the New Webster’s Dictionary. To be patriotic is our duty, some say. While this may or may not be true, what has been apparent is that those in the Senate feel that the Patriot Act somehow fits into this definition of zealousness and patriotism…