A Web site is sparking controversy in the Greek community. Launched last fall, Juicycampus.com is a college gossip Web site that references more than 500 college campuses nationwide. Interfraternity Council President Josh Palmer said defamatory posts have been written on the site concerning individuals in the Greek community…

Students need to know more about sustainability – at least that’s the goal of the Student Entertainment Board, ASWSU Environmental Task Force and other student groups this week. The groups will put on Global Green Week on the Glenn Terrell Mall starting today and running through Thursday…

WSU President Elson S. Floyd said early learning research should be a priority for WSU. Floyd delivered the keynote speech to begin the Fall 2008 Early Learning Coalition Summit on Thursday. He began his talk with a Q-and-A on the subject. “This is a significant priority that needs to be addressed…

The Valley Road Playfield is set for an overhaul. The fields, which have been plagued for years with sewage and maintenance problems, are often used for intramural sports. Plans are now in the works to replace the grass with artificial turf. “The grass at Valley Road and Grimes Way is in poor shape…

With the sun cresting and the greens sparkling with the reflected light, the Palouse Ridge Golf Club opens for another day of golf. It has been a month since the course opened. The course contains 18 holes of rolling greens surrounded by sprawling wheat fields…

More than 10 million young people failed to voice their opinion in the presidential election in 2004. The Obama campaign has made it a priority to reverse the trend. Michelle Obama held a conference call for college newspapers Monday morning, with the hope of relaying the importance of voting and higher education issues…

Amid the recent crisis in Georgia and the well-publicized foreign policy disputes between President George W. Bush and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during the past few years, U.S.-Russia relations are at a crucial juncture. This fact has not gone unnoticed by the Russian Club…

Francisco Salinas has jumped across the state line. But after a year and a half as director of Student Support Services, Salinas is a “proud Cougar.” “WSU will always hold a very special place in my heart,” he said. This week, Salinas began working at Boise State University…

A little more than three weeks after the CUB doors opened to the WSU student body, the building received a long-awaited ceremony to officially crown the renovation project. The ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Friday afternoon to conclude the week of events celebrating the building’s reopening after a two-year closure…

After four years as dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Erich Lear has a new set of priorities. “I plan to convert 20,000 phonograph records into CD media,” he said. Lear, who stepped down as dean in early August, is enjoying himself at the Kimbrough Music Building…