Features

Bridges to Prosperity – When Ethiopian partisans blew up a bridge to stop the advance of Mussolini, they also split a region. Ken Frantz put it back together. by Teresa Wippel

WEB EXCLUSIVEGallery: Bridges to prosperity – photographs of Ethiopia by Zoe Keone

A matter of survival – One of the simplest truths of nature is that if a species is to survive, it must reproduce. faculty researchers explore reproduction’s mysteries and threats. by Mary Aegerter

Friendly People – William Hewitt built his dream on Blake Island. Hewitt is gone, but his dream lives on in Native tradition and the rich aroma of roasting salmon. by Pat Caraher

Taking the University to the people – Cooperative Extension still offers advice on how to can your tomatoes or care for your chickens. But it also does much more, probing needs and providing solutions in every corner of the state. by Tim Steury

The Puyallup Fair – Every year in late summer, more than a million people gather in Puyallup to eat cotton candy, endure the latest thrill rides–and watch 4-H-ers show their stuff. by Pat Caraher

Panoramas

Faculty research tops $100 million

A bizarre, slimy animal shows its stuff

Designed to compete

The sink’s nearly full

Don’t panic yet

What’s protein got to do with it?

Mystery of the Martian mummies

A common reader: Trouble in Dusty Gulch

A summer job that meant something

Senseless shootings send snowy owls to Pullman

A Sense of Place: Living and Gardening in the Pacific Northwest

Departments

PERSPECTIVE: A compass, not a roadmap

SPORTS: Volleyball—European tour builds lifetime memories

SPORTS: Lone Star Dietz left a football legacy

MONEY: Same dance, different tune

Tracking

Columbia Valley wineries double

From Belgrade to Pullman—Living the American dream

Hyslop, Damon earn WSU Alumni Achievement Award

Ershlers complete Seven Summits with Everest climb

Deeter recalls demise of college boxing as a sad day

Overseeing the Davenport Hotel with an appreciation for history

Herbert Eastlick mentored thousands

Paul Castleberry sharpened minds

CLASS NOTES

IN MEMORIAM

Books, etc.

The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers

Sojourner

Gardening in the Inland Northwest

Seasoned with Love: Favorite Heart-Healthy Recipes with Reflections about Food, Family, Friends, and Faith

Sonata Concertante for Cello and Piano and other works

Down Along the Sunset

 

On the cover: Ken Frantz ’71, right, founding executive director of Bridges to Prosperity, Inc., participates in a ribbon cutting ceremony with Ethiopian provincial officials and an Ethiopian orthodox priest. The ceremony marked the reopening of Second Portuguese Bridge, which spans the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. Virtually impassable since World War II, the bridge had been repaired by Frantz and his crew of volunteers from Bridges to Prosperity, ending years of isolation for communities on both sides of the river. Read the story “Bridges to Prosperity.”