Features
A Little Bronze—Strategically Placed – Although it might be better known for wine and wheat, Walla Walla is also home to one of the most prominent fine-art foundries. For a short time this fall, 32 sculptures cast at the Walla Walla Foundry will reside at 13 locations across the Pullman campus. by Tim Steury
WEB EXCLUSIVE–Gallery: A little bronze—Strategically placed – Photos by George Bedirian
Tracking Trucks – One heavily-loaded eighteen-wheeler can cause the same highway damage as 7,000 cars. Ken Casavant and other transportation economists are trying to make sense of the effects of trucks on the state’s highways. by Pat Caraher
WEB EXCLUSIVE–Gallery: Truck Drivin’ Man – Photos by Rajah Bose
No Hollow Promise – Half of all new public-school teachers quit within five years, and the best and brightest are often the first to go. Worse, the attrition rate at high-needs schools is even greater. The CO-TEACH program at WSU decided to change this situation. by Ken Olsen
An Exquisite Scar – The beauty of the channeled scablands comes from unimaginable catastrophe. by Tim Steury
WEB EXCLUSIVE–Gallery: Images of Washington’s Channeled Scabland – Photos by Robert Hubner
Carlton Lewis—Still Building Bridges – The early 1970s were tumultuous years on the WSU campus. As student body president, Carlton Lewis helped keep things from boiling over. Now he presides over Devcorp Consulting Corporation, a project management company with teeth. by Brian Gunn
Panoramas
Field-burning study proves inconclusive
Imagine: Class combines word and image
Peter Jennings refreshes the Murrow vision
Tracing an elusive cause of panic
The failure of the Teton Dam explained
Recycled shoes furnish kid’s cave
Seeing pollution from a higher vantage
Sleep and run—how do they do that?
As you read this, thank your ion channels
Departments
SEASONS/SPORTS: Big little man Bill Tomaras
Tracking
WSU Mom of the Year listened to her heart
Viewing life through the lens of a camera
The art of communicating by signing
Keating Johnson: A passion for music
Books, etc.
The Renaissance of American Indian Higher Education: Capturing the Dream
Global Media: Menace or Messiah?
On the cover: Edison Elementary teacher Jacqui Fisher ’00 with students Dillon Skedd, Alejandrina Carreño, Jorge Herrera, Kylee Martinez. Read story “”No Hollow Promise.”