Shannon McAfee has found a way to hurt the Huskies and help those with Alzheimer’s – simultaneously. In the spirit of the Apple Cup, the WSU Sigma Kappa foundation chairwoman organized a little competition. Her chapter and University of Washington Sigma Kappa are competing to see who can raise the most money for Alzheimer’s disease research and gerontology studies before Apple Cup…

WSU is beginning a six-month self-examination of its antiquated general education program. The General Education Visioning Committee is looking at ways to make the GER program more coherent and relevant. The program hasn’t been significantly updated in about 20 years…

Former provost Steve Hoch will now teach history at the WSU Tri-Cities branch campus beginning in January, The Daily Evergreen learned Monday. Hoch was originally slated to return to Pullman as a Russian history professor making $245,000 a year. The university has yet to make an official announcement about the move…

For one of the smaller WSU players, Rosie Tarnowski plays loud and she plays tall. The 6-foot-1 freshman forward and guard brings a new vocality to the WSU women’s basketball team. Hailing from faraway Philadelphia, Tarnowski is a building block in Head Coach June Daugherty’s much-heralded recruiting class…

Amid an array of Dad’s Weekend activities, five WSU vocal groups will offer something special. Just once this year, the University Singers, Concert Choir, Opera Workshop, Madrigal Singers and VoJazz will all perform at one event – the Vocal Extravaganza at 7 p…

It felt like they’d been there forever. They spent more than 60 hours waiting at the Whitman County Courthouse, waiting to hear the news. The news that Christopher Jack Reid was guilty of rape and burglary. After embracing his mother and father, Reid left the courthouse in police custody about 9:30 p…

Not a day has passed since Sept. 12, 2007, that Kyle M. Schott hasn’t thought about that night. The night he drunkenly raped a woman sleeping at the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. On Thursday, Schott told the jury his murky memories of the night. His testimony provided yet another version of facts in the Christopher Jack Reid trial…

A third man may have been involved in the alleged Sept. 12, 2007 rape and burglaries on College Hill. In the third day of the Christopher Jack Reid trial, both the defense and prosecutor grilled a key witness who was with Reid and Kyle M. Schott for at least part of that night…

On Sept. 12, 2007, a then 21-year-old female WSU student went out with a few friends. They split a pitcher of beer and then went to the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house. They left for food and came back to watch a movie in a small side bedroom. The woman fell asleep in the bedroom…

Jury selection for the Christopher Jack Reid case should finish around noon today, the presiding judge said Monday. Whitman County Superior Court Judge David Frazier grilled 56 potential jurors about their ability to be impartial during the trial. Each juror also filled out a preliminary questionnaire…

WSU will have to take a hard look at its finances to properly weather the recession, the Board of Regents agreed Friday. The university has to make cuts after Gov. Chris Gregoire announced a $6 million budget cut for WSU on Oct. 7. WSU Foundation Chairman Bob Felton said WSU’s endowment is down about three percent this year…

Provost Steve Hoch took personal leave Sept. 23 because he felt Washington State University misrepresented his position when hiring him, he said Thursday. Hoch said problems began before he arrived on campus. He said WSU purposely created an organizational structure that made the provost position “very…

Washington State University released an internal report Thursday detailing the physical altercation between Provost Steve Hoch and Greg Royer, vice president of business and finance. According to the report, Royer pushed Hoch after the provost confronted him in a hallway after a “very tense…

Washington State University released an internal report Thursday detailing the physical altercation between Provost Steve Hoch and Greg Royer, vice president of business and finance, which took place at a Sept. 10 senior staff meeting. Floyd received e-mails regarding the incident from Hoch on Sept…

Steve Hoch will not return to WSU as provost and executive vice president. The university has yet to give a reason for the sudden shake-up. Hoch will return next semester as a history professor making about $245,000 a year, WSU spokesman James Tinney said…