Longtime Pullman resident and WSU Professor Emeritus of Architecture Don Heil remembers when some city residents didn’t realize there was a body of water in town. “For many years, people didn’t know a river existed unless it flooded,” Heil said. Now with the opening of the Riverwalk project…

Student enrollment for summer is expected to stay steady this year, according to the Summer Session office. Approximately 5,000 students are enrolled currently for classes, typical of the past few years, said Joe Merrill, assistant to the director of summer session…

Six out of six isn’t bad. If my mom was a baseball player, she would be batting 1000. Well, with her children’s educations anyway. When I graduate this May, I’ll be her last child to receive a college degree. She has raised one mathematician, one engineer…

Free food and music will welcome back students at two outdoor events beginning with the 21st Annual All-Campus picnic on Aug today at the Grimes Way Field, near the Lighty Student Services Building. The menu includes smoked turkey sandwiches, German sausages…

Constuction work replacing lids on a steam tunnel has torn up sidewalks and put up fences in the front of Kimbrough Hall. Gary Wells, facilities and operations senior civil engineer, said the steam tunnel lids were wearing down and are being replaced before becoming too dangerous to walk on…

The Filipino American Student Association will hold one of its largest events of the year from 6 to 9 p.m. today in the Lighty Atrium. Filipino Culture Night is an event to have fun and celebrate Filipino culture and educate others, said Marco Del Fierro…

Senior Jocelyn Thompson was glad to see a Pullman Transit bus pass by her friend’s apartment at Providence Court around 1 a.m. two Saturdays ago. Thompson hopped on the bus and 10 minutes later, she found herself a block away from her house, near Greystone Church…

Moms can get their thirst for knowledge fulfilled today through three lectures by College of Veterinary Medicine professors. The topics range from the future of medical technology to functions that control the body’s appetite. All lectures are free and will be held in Animal Disease Biotechnology Facility Room 1002…

Students who are applying to certify in the College of Business and Economics this spring will have to face some new changes. Applying for certification is now available only online, and students might face some competition getting in. The college has decided to limit the number of certifications accepted for majors and minors starting for next fall…

The aftermath of the recent Student Conduct Board finding has left a mark on administration and students, forcing them to take a closer look at the campus climate. On March 1, conduct board officers found that two students, Alex Kirk and Robbie Cowgill, did not violate the university’s code of conduct when they were accused of harassing a female student…

Just more than 52 percent of voters approved the CUB renovation during the ASWSU General Elections on Tuesday and Wednesday. The renovation would cost $86 million and will close the CUB in Fall 2006 for two years. It would also charge students a fee of about $120 a semester starting in Fall 2008…

More than 35 students attended a preliminary meeting Tuesday facilitated by the WSU Students for Equity and Diversity to discuss students’ demands for a better campus climate with administrators. President V. Lane Rawlins, Charlene Jaeger, vice president for student affairs and Provost Robert Bates met with eight student representatives from the group to address five demands the students felt were needed on campus…

A Cable 8 show has been picked up to air on KWSU Channel 10. “Voices,” a student-produced community affairs show, will air at 6:30 p.m. each Monday, starting today on the PBS affiliate, and will be broadcast to the Palouse, including parts of Spokane, and the Pullman-Moscow and Lewiston-Clarkston areas…

When professor of multicultural education Bernardo Gallegos was hired in August, one of his objectives at WSU was to promote diversity. Gallegos hopes to do just that at the Globalization and Diversity conference starting today through Saturday in the CUB…

Senior Ericka Rivera isn’t sure how she would have made it through college without TRiO programs. In fact, Rivera probably wouldn’t have considered pursuing a double major in finance and international business without the guidance of TRiO when she was a sophomore…