Features
The pull of rowing – Because rowing is more timing and rhythm than just strength, top athletes sometimes become frustrated. They must learn to be patient and accountable to their teammates. by Pat Caraher
WEB EXCLUSIVE – Gallery: Photographs of WSU crew by Robert Hubner
Is nothing sacred? – Never heard of C4 photosynthesis? Now you have. It’s rare, it’s cool, it could help feed the world. And WSU plant scientists just rewrote the textbook on it. by Mary Aegerter
Pants that fit…In search of a cure for misfits – "The more I sewed," says Carol Salusso, "the more I got frustrated with the fact that the patterns didn’t fit me." So she began designing her own. by Andrea Vogt
A Titan’s Tale – Bill Nollan didn’t like not understanding. So he drove his athletes and his students ever harder. As if their lives depended on it. by Bill Morelock
Field Notes
Ukraine: Witnesses to an Uncertain Revolution – How do you offer a reasonable criticism of America’s consumer culture to an audience waiting desperately for basic goods that we take for granted? by Paul Hirt
Ukraine: Mining Every Opportunity for Hope – There are many toasts, to friendship and Ukraine and its women, who maintain what is left of its social fabric. story & photos by Tim Steury
Panoramas
Sure pigs play. But what does it mean?
Washington sets a record for home sales
An English import invades Puget Sound
Forcing students to think critically
Departments
OPINION: "You can’t just keep sweeping this stuff under the rug"
SPORTS: Six join hall of fame
RESEARCH: What does Pim-1 really do?
Tracking the Cougars
Kleene keeps "influenza watch" at CDC
School superintendent recognized on state, national levels
Early leader of WSU’s Native American students
Alumni Association honors past presidents
Ehlo inducted into Pac-10 Hall of Honor
Lt. Col. Stinemetz wanted to convey his condolences
Frances Penrose Owen dies March 9 at 102
Books
Prostate Cancer with a Dose of Reality and a Slice of Humor
The Cayton Legacy: An African American Family/a>
The Dynamics of Change: A History of the Washington State Library
On the cover: Washington State University varsity crew members Dorothea Hunter, Emily Raines, and Jaime Orth bend their backs to the oars on the Snake River. Read the story “The pull of rowing.”