Spring 2005
Pumpkin Physics
". . . two, one, drop!" the crowd roared. It was a smashing way to demonstrate Galileo's law of falling objects.
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Spring 2005
No Blank Slates
A WSU researcher uncovers the ways parents can help babies develop emotionally.
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Legends of the Palouse
Spring 2005
New Zealand mud snails: A tiny gastropod is a major problem here—not there
They have already invaded the Snake River, Yellowstone National Park,
and lots of other sites. They can reach population densities greater
than 300,000 per square meter, carpeting stream beds and changing the
way nutrients cycle through the ecosystem. It was a little difficult,
though, to explain all of this to the gentleman who wanted to
confiscate my snails. » More ...
Spring 2005
Alumni Achievement Awards
Spring 2005
Where Water Meets Desert
Among locals, you occasionally hear the word "wasteland" used to
describe sagebrush-studded lands that biologists prefer to call native
shrub steppe. It's impossible to take such a harsh view when Robert Kent is your guide to the Columbia Basin Wildlife Areas. » More ...
Spring 2005
The Tie That Binds
No matter what you want to blame--predatory pricing, vertical
integration, foreign competition, globalization, urban sprawl--the fact
of the matter is, rural America is packing it in. At least the rural
America of our memory or imagination. » More ...
Spring 2005
Baseball is a Family
We hear about his time with the Padres; about teammates Dave Winfield,
Willie McCovey, and Tito Fuentes; how he'd faced Hank Aaron and Johnny
Bench and Pete Rose and Joe Morgan; and how a tear of his rotator cuff
had brought an end to his major league career. » More ...
Fall 2009
WSU Presidents—An evening of honors
In late June nearly 200 people gathered to recognize Washington State University’s presidents emeriti Glenn Terrell (1967–1985), Sam Smith (1985–2000), and V. Lane Rawlins (2000–2007). The event kicked off a fundraising effort for need-based scholarships for students who might have to drop out of school because of tuition hikes and the poor economy.
Welcoming the crowd to the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, WSU President Elson S. Floyd said he seized the opportunity to get all the presidents together, “so that we could say hello, share stories, and have some photos taken together.”
“These were dedicated men,” said Rawlins of his fellow presidents. “During their tenure … » More …
Fall 2009
S.R. Martin Jr.—A life in the West
“Rudy” Martin started out with a plan to collect the history of his family from its Texas roots to his home in Washington. It was at first a project for himself and his children. But the American studies scholar yearned for context, color, and regional history. He had to build a more complete story. He sought out distant family members, dove into ancient county records, and culled through population research in his quest to understand how he and his family have been shaped by race, religion, and, most importantly, place.
His book, On the Move: A Black Family’s Western Saga, is not simply a memoir, … » More …