For the second time this year, Alex Rodriguez has jabbed a knife through my childhood. Even if he is the self-centered, cocky, steroid-using symbol of all that is wrong with professional sports he still had one redeeming trait. The belief that his statistics…

WSU’s proposed budget, released May 1, will not be finalized until the end of May, a point President Elson S. Floyd tried to reiterate during Monday’s budget forum in the CUB Auditorium. Many of the students and faculty in attendance, worried about their programs’ futures…

More than 50 sport management majors and faculty rallied at the Cleveland Hall parking lot Monday to protest WSU’s proposed budget, released May 1. Sport management was one of only a handful of programs – along with the Department of Theatre & Dance, the Department of Community and Rural Sociology and the German major – proposed to be cut entirely in the next budget…

All the students in the Department of Theatre and Dance received notice of an emergency 1 p.m. meeting on Thursday at Wadleigh Theatre. Knowing that the university’s budget was expected to be announced today, the students braced for possible cuts of various positions within the department…

For the first 12 years of her marriage, her husband was constantly on the go, hitting doubles at ballparks across America and establishing a Hall of Fame resume as the game’s greatest designated hitter. Holli Martinez will never forget the loving tribute Seattle Mariners fans gave Edgar at the end of the 2004 season…

Little did I know that I would find my passion so quickly when I came to WSU. Already deep into my evolution as a full-blown political junkie, I walked into The Daily Evergreen newsroom during my second week in Pullman as a freshman. I was handed a job…

James Donaldson was never one to shy away from the competition. More than three decades after leaving WSU as the school’s all-time blocks leader, the former Cougar basketball star is back in the spotlight. On March 26, Donaldson announced his candidacy in the upcoming November election for mayor of Seattle…

Bill to remove tuition cap passes House A proposal to remove Washington state’s 7 percent tuition cap passed its first test Wednesday. The bill, approved by the state House of Representatives by a 50-47 vote, would remove the cap signed into law by Gov…

When junior communication major Scott Perry transferred from Pierce Community College to WSU in January 2008, he felt a little awkward. The new setting inspired his movie, “A Light Behind Brandon Tripp,” which recently took third place at the WSU Independent Film Festival…

The Pullman Police have a suspect in an alleged armed robbery at Check Into Cash on April 8. The suspect, Jeremy D. John, allegedly committed a similar robbery in Wenatchee on April 10, Pullman Police Cmdr. Chris Tennant said. “We are confident we are on the right course…

R. Ozuna* has little connection to her home country of Mexico. Since she was a young girl, Ozuna, the daughter of illegal immigrants, has been immersed in American culture. Growing up picking apples in Eastern Washington, she has no memory of Mexico, a place she has not been since leaving at age 2…

J. Mendoza* seems like any regular WSU student. The sophomore management information systems major is involved in multiple student groups, a fraternity and has big aspirations, including attending an Ivy League school. But Mendoza – whose family immigrated to the U…

The U.S. Senate and House of Representatives are taking another look at the federal DREAM Act, and a group of WSU student groups are campaigning on its behalf. The federal DREAM Act would provide some children of illegal immigrants conditional legal status and eventual citizenship…

When Rob Corddry flew into the Moscow-Pullman Regional Airport on Wednesday, there was a sense of familiarity. First came the terminal. Then the unique landscape. Finally, while riding along Airport Road, the defining landmark appeared. “I saw the bear preserve…

The Pullman Police are investigating an armed robbery that occurred at Check Into Cash on April 8. The suspect was described as a 6-foot to 6-foot-2 white man between 20 to 30 years old with a slim build, fair skin and hazel eyes. He was wearing a green or brown hoodie pulled down over a white baseball cap…