Brain trauma survivor Logan Olson captured an audience of more than 400 teenagers with her heartrending story Monday afternoon in the CUB Senior Ballroom. Olson, the 21-year-old founder of Logan Magazine, spoke about her life-changing experience with brain injury…

Poet Anne Waldman stood trembling on stage in Kimbrough 101. Strands of long, dark hair and a saffron-colored robe offset the lines of intellect and experience in her face. Her voice rose to a nearly manic level. “Neurolinguistically…

When water began gushing from our toilet bowl and seeping into the carpet of our apartment living room, my roommate and I went into combat mode. She grabbed the plunger, and I yanked the extra towels out of the closet. We honed in on our bathroom like special ops in a domestic war zone…

Gov. Christine Gregoire revealed her new budget proposal last week with apocalyptic panache. Candor is a social phenomenon rarely seen in today’s political media. It was nice to see our governor spelling out our doom in blunt, yet honest, language. “The decisions that produced this budget … do not represent sound public policy for our state…

Someone should call Mike Leach As a WSU Alumni I’ve found it very difficult to keep up with Cougar football since the 2005 season. My wife and I are avid fans. After all, she was born and raised in Pullman and has lived through the worst and best of times with regard to Cougar football…

In the spirit of the holiday season, shopping blogs abound by offering advice on how to find the best deals on winter purchases. If you go online, you can read any number of articles with tips on budget snipping and holiday steals. At the same time, shoppers are bombarded with advertising for high-brow designer items on billboards…

More than 36 million Americans swipe little plastic cards not containing credit, but government food stamps. They tote their federally funded food stuffs home through the streets of cities marred by abandoned businesses and foreclosure signs. In the midst of our recession…

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women and the second leading cause of cancer death. But this week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reported that women do not need annual mammograms, recalling previous recommendations that women older than 18 be checked by their doctors on a yearly basis…

When the House narrowly passed its health care reform bill, it approved an underhanded check on women’s reproductive rights. Lawmakers added last-minute language that could prevent millions of Americans from accessing insurance that covers abortions. As it was brought to the floor…

Listening to radio in Pullman is like finding yourself stranded in a roadside bar an hour and a half outside of Nashville: You wonder what the hell you are doing. You scan the bar for anything to afford yourself a temporary escape from your plight, but there are not a lot of options…

While the genocide in Darfur has disappeared from headlines and reports, 2.7 million people are still refugees, scattered by the raging storm of war and lost in waves of the world’s apathy. In 2004, Secretary of State Colin Powell defined the violence in Darfur as genocide…

If you walked past the T-shirt laden clotheslines on Glenn Terrell Mall or heard the chanting of Take Back the Night demonstrators Wednesday evening, you witnessed a dialogue about sexual and domestic abuse. This dialogue characterized the Week Without Violence in which student and community organizations collaborated to give a voice to those who suffer in silence…

Planned Parenthood spearheaded a series of events intended to draw attention to the lack of congressional support for comprehensive sex ed programs last week as a part of the nationwide Comprehensive Sex Education Week of Action. Its efforts went largely unacknowledged by the public and policymakers…

In the words of Bob Marley, “Some call it tamjee, some call it the weed, some call it marijuana, some of them call it ganja.” Its aroma lingers in empty stairwells. Its psychoactive substance, THC, makes an exciting addition to baked goods. It has proven medical advantages…

In the words of Bob Marley, “Some call it tamjee, some call it the weed, some call it marijuana, some of them call it ganja.” Its aroma lingers in empty stairwells. Its psychoactive substance, THC, makes an exciting addition to baked goods. It has proven medical advantages…