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Cougar Country Drive in opened its new location Monday on the ground floor of the Compton Union Building.  The new location is now open from 7:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on weekdays, according to a Twitter post. Cougar Country will be serving coffee and breakfast items and plans to bring more items to the menu later on,...

The Cougar Food Pantry has become a place for some employees to give back to their community and return the empathy they received growing up. Shae McCarron, 35-year-old anthropology and human biology major, works as the pantry’s Palouse Fresh Food Project coordinator. The position is funded through AmeriCorps, they said.  McCarron said they were raised...

ASWSU swore in two new associate justices to the judicial board at a senate meeting on Wednesday night.  Jacob Hersh, one of the new associate justices, said he hopes to bring his experience as a pre-law student, political columnist and political science major into his role.  Hersh said he promises to keep bias and partisan...

Two applicants applied for the open ASWSU Murrow College senator position after Sean Doster resigned several weeks ago.  Doster, senior strategic communications major, said he resigned because he is graduating in December and is focusing on a full-time internship; he thought it would be smart to give the seat to someone who has more availability...

ASWSU Vice President Alexander Pan presented to the Senate a resolution that would allow students to see expected tuition increases over their four years at WSU.  The idea was inspired by work other universities have already done, Pan said. It is meant to keep students from receiving unexpected increases due to inflation.  The Undocumented at...

Media coverage has focused more on issues impacting the Asian American and Pacific Islander community following the shooting of six Asian women in March and other hate crimes toward this group. “There’s been a recent change for the better in coverage of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the media,” said Alexis Tan, WSU Edward...

Many members of the Chicanx Latinx Student Center have their own ways of celebrating their shared backgrounds during Hispanic Heritage Month. One of these students is G. Sam Lopez, senior political science major. Lopez said he is a student mentor who has been a part of the CLSC since he started at WSU.  “I was...

A lot of WSU students make friends during their freshmen orientation. Some are lucky enough to find their lifelong partners as well. This was exactly the case for Dan and Netta Haller when they first arrived at WSU back in 1990.  Dan first met Netta while attending a dance at the Compton Union Building. There,...

Last month, in the wake of being told by a fellow senator to try doing yoga stretches to “help his lack of a backbone,” Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell proposed a new bill that would make giving out any type of unsolicited advice illegal in all fifty states. The legislation went into effect after passing unanimously...

If you’re new to campus or haven’t been here in a year and a half, you may be overwhelmed by the thought of finding a place to hang out on campus. With so many people and buildings, it can be hard to find a comfy spot but not too crowded. Lucky for you, I’ve compiled...