WSU needs more advisers and longer advising sessions, students reported in a recent survey. Roughly 1,700 undergraduates took the survey last year, said Susan Poch, associate vice president of education development and director of Student Advising and Learning Center…

District 9 residents elected Susan Fagan as the new district representative Tuesday. Washington state residents also approved Referendum 71 and voted down I-1033. As of 10 p.m. Tuesday, Fagan beat Pat Hailey with a vote of 11,421 to 9,222, a total of 55…

WSU Health and Wellness Services has increased coverage on its student health insurance policy. Once limited to $200,000 for the entirety of a student’s lifetime, the policy now offers students $200,000 per year for medical bills, surgery costs, prescriptions…

Chris Wuthrich, WSU director of Student Conduct, is taking on a second job. He will now serve as the next dean of students. Mike Tate, vice president of the Office of Student Affairs, Equity and Diversity, announced the news Wednesday at the ASWSU Senate meeting…

ASWSU President Derick En’Wezoh and Vice President Jay Hendrickson earn $55,818 per year combined, or $27,909 each, Senate Pro Tempore Riley Myklebust said. As for the 18 senators and 13 executives at ASWSU, their pay is noticeably less. ASWSU pays senators up to $1…

Two taxi drivers are driving around the streets of Pullman, despite failing background checks. Pullman City Council and ASWSU Senate addressed the matter Tuesday at the first of two biannual joint meetings. The drivers – after failing a background check for their previous job in Moscow – were hired at the Pullman level because neither the city nor the state enforces a mandatory background check for taxi drivers…

WSU Police sent out an unprecedented number of alerts in response to three campus assaults in August. Though the assaults were later proven false, police sent the alerts because of a federal law that compels the university to disclose certain reported crimes to the campus community…

To enhance communication between student government and students, ASWSU recently tried to bridge the gap by streamlining its Web site. The main changes to the site include making it easier to find cell phone and e-mail contacts of Senate representatives…

In hopes of unraveling myths created by TV shows such as “CSI” and “Law & Order,” WSU Police officers put on a forum about crime scenes, victims’ rights and myth-busting on Tuesday afternoon at the CUB. The forum – the second of three this semester – is part of the Week Without Violence and was presented by the WSU Police Advisory Board…

Since its creation in the late 1800s, the road leading to Fairmount Cemetery has remained gravel. This is soon to change. Recently, an anonymous Pullman couple donated $20,120 toward the paving of the road, Pullman Mayor Glenn Johnson said. Motley-Motley…

Dining Services’ effort to expand campus food options and provide new healthy eating alternatives was the center of attention at ASWSU’s Senate meeting on Wednesday. Associate Director of Dining Services Shawn Hoch presented the Senate with news of WSU Dining Services’ improved reputation…

An academic building on the Glenn Terrell Mall is James Wilson Hall no more. After James F. Short Jr.’s 45-year career at WSU, the College of Liberal Arts memorialized the Sociology Professor Emeritus’ achievements by rededicating the name of the building as the Wilson-Short Hall on Friday…

Updated H1N1 statistics dominated the agenda at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. Dr. Timothy Moody, Whitman County public health officer, presented the department’s most recently obtained statistics related to the seasonal flu and the H1N1 virus. He also spoke about how the seasonal flu is not yet circulating…

ASWSU held a special election for senators of District 1, 7 and 9 from 11:59 p.m. Monday to 8 p.m. Tuesday. District 1 relates to the off-campus housing, District 7 relates to the Stephenson Complex and District 9 encompasses the hill halls of Community…

Pullman Police Chief William “Ted” Weatherly Jr. has seen it all – gangs, shootings, stabbings and the murders of his fellow officers. But once he retires on June 30, he will see the world and travel the globe. After 45 years of law enforcement – 30 years of which came with the Pullman Police Department – Weatherly has announced to hang his badge and turn the duties over to a new chief of police…