Fall 2013

by Larry Clark

Water to the Promised Land

Booze, Sex, and Reality Check

Student drinking may always be with us, but behavior modification could make it less risky.

If You Don’t Snooze, You Lose

Chances are, you do not get enough sleep. And that could be dangerous.

Constant Coffee

If there’s a liquid for which Olympia is more known than rain, it’s coffee.

Washington’s sweet corn secret

Washington is surprisingly one of the largest sweet corn producers in the United States.

First Words for Fall 2013

A 1950s handbook offered advice for novice farmers in the newly irrigated Columbia Basin Project.

Video: Deadly Force and Fatigue

Studying the effects of exhaustion on police officers

A fitting business

Lucy Stevenson opened her hat and dressmaking business in the late nineteenth century at the age of 60.

Gallery: Businesswoman and tailor Lucy Stevenson's collection

From Holland Library to hacking history

Ralph Barclay's blue box inspired future tech leaders and hackers alike.

Gallery: Irrigation on the Columbia Basin

Recipes: Sweet corn

Apple-a-Day

Danielle ’12 and Megan ’13 LaRiviere deliver apples to Yakima and Bellevue businesses.

Dynamic duo

Eric Brandon '12 and Nick Linton '13 bring together engineering and design to their desire to make sustainable communities.

Fatigue at Sea: A Circumnavigator’s Story

Video: Booze, Sex, and Reality Checks program

Stronger may not be better

Neck strength alone won't help prevent concussions when student athletes head a soccer ball.

A Cougar trade show

The CougsFirst! trade show brought together WSU alumni, Coug celebrities, and 40 Coug-owned businesses.

Composing Cougar soccer

WSU women's soccer coach Keidane McAlpine, a music business grad, brings an up-tempo game.

The tractor beam has arrived

It's not Star Trek, but WSU physicist Phil Marston theorized a real tractor beam.

Cougar Crew Days

Cougar men's crew has competed in rowing for 40 years.

An even playing field

The Access Center at WSU help mitigate circumstances for students with learning or physical disabilities.

Video: How to say "Go Cougs" in sign language

A small discovery

The giant statue nicknamed “Nature Boy”reunites with his four-foot-tall scale model.

The original story of Nature Boy

The Columbia Basin Project’s past and present

Posts for Fall 2013

Letters from WSU alumni on the giant "Go Cougs" sign on SR 26 and more.

Jennifer Merschdorf ’96—A young survivor

She helps fellow young cancer survivors as CEO of the nonprofit Young Survival Coalition.

Kathleen McChesney ’71—Agent of change

McChesney rose from the King County Sheriff's department to the third highest position in the FBI.

Charles Argersinger 1951–2013—Equilibrium

The composer and emeritus professor of music died on April 16, 2013.

Compositions of Charles Argersinger

Sample Argersinger's work on his legacy website

Eugene Rosa 1942–2013—Working for people and the planet

Environmental sociologist Gene Rosa kept his eye on the increasingly threatened natural environment.

Ten years of teamwork

WSU Alumni Association News

Tim Pavish ’80 left Seattle in 2003 and a 20-year career in advertising to become executive director of the WSUAA.

Oceania and the Victorian Imagination: Where All Things Are Possible

By Richard D. Fulton ’75 PhD and Peter H. Hoffenberg

Love Reports to Spring Training

By Linda Kittell

Rugged Mercy: A Country Doctor in Idaho’s Sun Valley

By Robert S. Wright

New & noteworthy

Other books and media from WSU faculty and alumni

Digital magazine

The Fall 2013 issue in fullscreen and tablet-friendly PDF format

Interactive Map of the Columbia Basin Project