I leave for Ecuador tomorrow for a semester abroad. I was nervous for a while, but now I’m just excited. I'll be staying with a family in Guayaquil, a large, industrial city that sits on the bank of the Guayas River, which flows into the Pacific. I’m studying through a program called the International Partnership for Service-Learning and Leadership (IPSL)…

Eleven models donning red gowns strutted down the runway during the third annual Project Red Dress event in Seattle on June 4. The gowns were designed by fashion design students from schools around Washington for a competition that is a spin-off off the popular television show…

Deep red lights shone over roughly 1,000 faces as the crowd whooped and hollered when members of Eclectic Approach took the stage Saturday night at The Showbox in Seattle. Everyone squeezed toward the front of the stage, filling most of the floor space and nearly every seat in the 21-and-over lounge…

Neil Waldbjorn succumbed to inevitable sleep after being injected with anesthesia as doctors removed two screws from his left ankle May 5. The screws were remnants from another surgery after a hit-and-run accident at WSU left Waldbjorn with two broken bones in his right leg and left arm…

Lacey Wilmot, a recent apparel merchandising, design and textiles master of arts graduate, wants to bring the American denim industry back to its roots. Wilmot, whose thesis project was called “Designing Culturally and Environmentally Sustainable Denim Jeans…

The Department of Apparel Merchandising, Design and Textiles is selling pillows made from recently retired WSU band uniforms to raise money toward moving into a new building. The department is currently located in Kruegel-McAllister Hall, a renovated residence hall…

Pullman Transit may become more eco-friendly and cost-efficient during the next six years. The city council approved a six-year plan for the service Tuesday. A major part of the plan is to replace seven older buses with hybrid buses. “I’m glad to see you’re moving the way of hybrids…

Neil Waldbjorn hobbled across the room to grab his crutches Tuesday, waving goodbye and thanking his fraternity brothers for their help paying for his mounting hospital bills. Waldbjorn, a freshman nutrition major, was hurt in the Dec. 7, 2009, accident after a driver hit him while he was walking to class on the Stadium Way sidewalk that morning…

A WSU employee was charged with fourth-degree assault earlier this year after a fight in the Information Technology Building. The charges were later dropped. Jonathan Davis pushed co-worker Michael Mock after a heated argument between the two on Jan. 27…

Washington residents will see more cuts to higher education if it keeps being put on the back burner of spending priorities, Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, said Friday. Schoesler and Rep. Susan Fagan, R-Pullman, came to WSU Friday and spoke with The Daily Evergreen about the final state budget…

Hundreds of students packed Beasley Coliseum for the concert that wrapped up Springfest 2010. Springfest, put on by the Student Entertainment Board, was split into an afternoon festival in the Bustad Hall parking lot with an indoor concert later on. WSU Battle of the Bands winner Genevieve opened the concert with enthusiasm…

After two consecutive years of record-setting numbers of incoming freshmen, WSU will sustain a much smaller freshman class this fall, WSU President Elson S. Floyd said. There will also be a 14 percent tuition increase. Floyd spoke alongside Provost Warwick M…

One minute WSU freshman Neil Waldbjorn was just another student walking to class. The next moment he was lying on the pavement with multiple shattered bones. That was Dec. 8, 2009, months later, he is still struggling to recover from severe injuries and mounting hospital bills after he was hit by a car on Stadium Way that morning The driver…

The state House and Senate came to a compromise early Tuesday morning for the final state budget, cutting WSU programs by $13.5 million but keeping most financial aid. Legislators worked until 1 a.m. to close the 30-day special session. The WSU operating budget…

Wajma Arif, a senior biology major and Pakistani immigrant, said she felt like a fish out of water her first day at WSU. Arif was one of four panelists that led a discussion Tuesday night in Todd Hall called “Being a Muslim Woman in America,” which was the final lecture of Islamic Awareness Week…