About 15 prospective Butches filled Bohler 186 Wednesday evening to get applications and information on how to become WSU’s beloved mascot. Ivy Wang, WSU spirit program coordinator, said she hopes to hire three outgoing, energetic candidates in good academic standing…

Bryan Clock Tower will soon undergo a $200,000 renovation. Richard Kizer, a WSU Facilities Operations project officer and architect, said although maintenance workers sparked discussion about the project years ago, it wasn’t until 2006 that FacOps began seriously considering replacing the clock’s faces and operating mechanism…

An average high school student hears “That’s so gay” about 26 times per day, Kristo Gobin said Thursday night. Gobin spoke to about 30 people in the CUB Auditorium about supporting the GLBTA community and coming out. He used his experiences as a member of the Catholic Croatian community to explore how the phrase “That’s so gay” affected his self-discovery…

Laura Lavine, an entomology professor at WSU, spends her days sifting through dung. Lavine is studying environmental effects on dung beetle genetics. Specifically, she is seeking to figure out why there are such extreme variations in the beetles’ horn sizes from region to region…

Pullman’s Toyota dealership felt the impact of the Toyota safety recalls with a sales drop of 4 percent during the months of January and February compared to a year earlier, said Jeff Hill, co-owner and manager of James Toyota. According to a Newsweek article…

The men of FarmHouse Fraternity auctioned off their hairstyles Wednesday night to raise money for charity. They raised more than $900 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. They are also supporting a FarmHouse member in Minnesota as he receives treatment for lymphoma…

Bess Hull tears up at the thought of leaving her student staffers. Hull, office support supervisor for WSU Dining Services, officially retired Tuesday after 26 years of service. More than 60 of her friends, family, and colleagues filled the Lewis Alumni Centre with smiles…

By taking advantage of WSU’s enthusiasm for undergraduate research, former undergraduate Kayla Simons’ work was published in “Nature,” a international academic science journal, in February. Simons, a professional student in pharmacy, contributed to a research project on the defensive immune system of plants as a WSU undergraduate…

At the Pullman American Civil Liberties Union meeting Feb. 9, six ACLU members shared their favorite constitutional amendments as an icebreaker to the session. The answers ranged from freedom of the press to states’ rights to due process. Despite its small numbers…