Ever feel like things aren’t expensive enough…well, sometimes it
doesn’t matter when you’re supporting your own. Cougs have a chance to
help students at WSU Tri-Cites by supporting a new "Taste of History:
20 Years of Washington Wines"
From WSU News: RICHLAND, Wash. — The inaugural “A Taste of History: 20 Years of
Washington Wines” offers a rare opportunity to taste two decades of
wines while supporting Washington State University Tri-Cities.
This
exclusive event on July 17 raises funds for scholarships and vineyard
development for the viticulture and enology academic program at WSU
Tri-Cities.
“Taste of History” features a guided tasting of
interesting and exquisite library wines donated by four of the state’s
most established wineries: Chateau Ste. Michelle, Columbia Winery,
Gordon Brothers Cellars and Woodward Canyon Winery. For the list of
specific wines to be served, visit www.tricity.wsu.edu/historyofwine.
“This
unique tasting is a great opportunity to relive the last 20 years of
Washington wine and gain an appreciation for the progress we’ve made —
and truly appreciate the excellence that has always been there,” said
Vicki Gordon of Gordon Brothers Cellars. “It shows me that support for
Washington State University’s very own V & E program is not only
warranted, but long overdue.”
{mosimage} After being convicted of theft and attempted assualt Xavier Hicks has been suspended for 3 games. More from the AP: Washington State football coach Paul Wulff has suspended jailed Cougars cornerback Xavier A. Hicks Jr. for three games next season.
Spokesman Bill Stevens said Wulff decided on the punishment after consulting with a conduct council of players and coaches.
The 21-year-old defensive back from Fullerton, Calif., is serving a 45-day sentence in the Whitman County Jail after pleading guilty to third-degree theft and third-degree attempted assault.
Hicks was accused of putting rubbing alcohol in the contact lens case of former teammate and roommate Grady Maxwell in a payment dispute and of using a stolen credit card.
According to an Associated Press story the local Human Society experiences significant spike in the number of animals it takes in after spring graduation.
From the AP: The society says 30 percent of the animals it takes in all year arrive after the Washington State University graduation.
The Humane Society president, Greg Wust, says the staff tries to find homes for unwanted pets, but the departing owners leave a burden for staff and city of Pullman. Read the rest of this entry »
" target="_blank">. Two University of Idaho students are suing WSU over the Common concert held at Beasley last fall. The pair claim they presented the Student Entertainment Board with an proposal for a urban (hip-hop) concert. The SEB said they didn’t have the money but then went forward and held the same type of concert at the same time and same venue. This is the first time we have heard of this.
(editor’s note: we are tad late posting this but it is still great final column, thanks EmJaye!)
What a difference four years makes.
Four years ago, I was nineteen and finishing my freshman year here at WSU. I lucked out somehow and managed not to have any finals that semester, so I arranged to leave campus a whole week early, entirely excited to know that I would be home a week earlier than expected.
Now, I’m twenty-two and once again living through a finals week without any finals, but the idea of going home early makes me want to cry. I’ve somehow fallen in love with this city and this school and I don’t want to leave it, even though I’m excited to be graduating on time.
During these four years in the dorms, I’ve learned that people are not who you think they are when you first meet them, although that isn’t always a good thing (for an example, my earlier column about the creepy guy named B). I’ve learned that, even though we are all adults now and we’re living away from our parents, we’re all still pretty much high school students at an extended sleep over.
I’ve made friends and I’ve met people that I wish I hadn’t and I’m so glad that this is the school I decided to come to because six years ago, I thought that the best school for me was UW (I’ve since learned how wrong I was).
This WSU grad is searching for a friend he had when he went to school 20+ years ago. The video has a funny story of some hijinks his group pulled back in the day. It is worth watching.
The Spokesman Review has more details on WSU football player
Andy Roof. Roof was arrested for assault a few days ago. He has been in trouble
with the law a couple times. It seems likely he will be leaving the football
team for good after this most recent incident.
WSU student Amanda is having a problem with one of her professors, Miyuki Vamadevan (technically her former professor, and the prof is a grad student). It all started in January after Vamadevan, changed the time of a test for Soc 362 (Juvenile Delinquency) which then ended up conflicting with a class Amanda taught, Psych 106. After giving permission to take the test at another time Vamadevan emailed Amanda and said she looked up the university record and saw that Amanda was not enrolled in the class, and that Vamadevan did “not like any kind of dishonesty”. Well it turns out while Amanda teaches the 1 credit Psych 106 (the don’t be dumb about alkee, sex, etc class), she is actually enrolled in Psych 497 (internship). Amanda got quite upset about being called a liar.
How do we know all this? Because Amanda, AKA poshspice, posted it all on her public livejournal Diary of a Frat Girl. For some reason strange Amanda doesn’t list Vamadevan’s last name, but lists her first name and initial of her last name (like this (Miyuki V—)), the class she teaches, and posts her picture, um…does Amanda really think readers will not figure out who the prof is?! Lesson here if you post something in public on the internet people will read it.
We most note that we are only hearing Amanda’s side of the story, and not Vamadevan. There certainly are professors who have less then stellar behavior and teaching skills. On the other hand we are amazed sometimes at the lack of respect some students give professors. We would not put up with it and we wonder why you profs (we know you read Cougster) put up with it. Profs should spend some time in Dr. Ahn’s class and study how he runs his classroom (though Ahn needs to be more helpful to students during tests…but that post of another time).
Back to the Amanda vs. Vamadevan saga, Amanda ended up dropping out of the Soc 362. She was looking to take it this summer, but guess who is the only one teaching it… Vamadevan and she emailed Amanda about this fact. All this and more is on Dairy of a Frat. We hope that both Amanda and Vamadevan handle the situation with care…we don’t want to see this get nasty…err…nastier.
Update: needless to say the post we refer to is no longer accessible. Update 2: We removed Amanda’s last name.
