Features
Where Have You Gone, Edward R. Murrow? – Edward R. Murrow ’30 broadcasted reports from a London rooftop during the Blitz. He confronted Joseph McCarthy on national television. And he admitted “an abiding fear regarding what…[radio and TV] are doing to our society, and our heritage.” by Val E. Limburg
WEB EXCLUSIVE–Interview: The Battle Against Ignorance – An Interview with Bob Edwards
Diabetes: It’s Still Up to You – Although Mary Ellen Harvey ’58 knew about her type 2 diabetes for nearly 20 years, she wasn’t managing it very well on her own. That changed when she joined thousands of other diabetics across the country in a diabetes management trial. by Lorraine Nelson
WEB EXCLUSIVE–Recipe: Tortilla soup for diabetics
How Coug Are You? – Would you paint your airplane crimson and gray? Or drive hundreds of miles to wave the Cougar flag at a non-Coug game? Or keep a concrete cougar in your yard? Well, how Coug are you? by Hannelore Sudermann
WSM Special Report – Drinking on Campus
How WSU is helping to change the culture of alcohol
More Thinking, Less Drinking – “Everybody knows this place as a party school,” says a student about WSU. But what everyone knows is starting to change. by Hope Tinney
Our Drink – Toren Volkmann and his mother, Chris Volkmann ’70 have co-authored a book about their family’s experience with Toren’s alcoholism. What they learned through direct experience dovetails with what counselors and researchers are discovering at WSU and beyond. by Hope Tinney
Two chapters from Our Drink: Detoxing the Perfect Family, by Chris Volkmann ’70 and Toren Volkmann
Panoramas
WEB EXCLUSIVE–Gallery: Bringing couture to campus – A gallery from the 22nd Annual Mom’s Weekend Fashion Show
WEB EXCLUSIVE–Gallery: If clothes could talk…but they do! – What WSU students are wearing on campus.
Camp Larson—a heritage reclaimed
Departments
FOOD AND FORAGE: The spice of life
PERSPECTIVE: Thinking about Washington State
A SENSE OF PLACE: Bounty on the bluff
SEASONS|SPORTS: I never said thank you.
SEASONS|SPORTS: Legends of the Palouse
WEB EXCLUSIVE–Story and video: An affair of the heart – In his documentary film, Legends of the Palouse, Jeff McQuarrie ’98 seeks to answer the question, “What is this love affair we have with our school?” Includes an exclusive video excerpt of Junior Tupuola and Rod Retherford from the film.
Tracking
What I’ve learned since college: Judy Dann ’85
Dillard finds the world in a village in Africa
Home run at the bottom of the world
WEB EXCLUSIVE–Elegy: May 18, 1980 – In memory of a friend and the geologic event that marked her passing. by Bill Morelock ’77
Books, etc.
Common Courage: Bill Wassmuth, Human Rights, and Small-Town Activism
The Actual Moon, the Actual Stars
Cover: Edward R. Murrow ’30. Read story “Where Have You Gone, Edward R. Murrow?”