Spring 2015

by Larry Clark

Vanishing act

A re-dress of the West

Stripping away the mythology of the American West exposes a more diverse, more interesting history.

No pain’s a gain

WSU researchers are finding new ways to tackle America’s pain problems.

Voices of the wilderness

From Beowulf to the American West, exploring the idea of wilderness and then finding it in Idaho.

After the war: Mud, floods, and modernization

Thousands of GIs poured into Pullman after World War II. That student boom catalyzed our change from state college to major research university.

Prisoner guardians

Community corrections officers are the invisible guardians of prisoners who move from prison to society.

A Nagasaki letter

WSU manuscript librarian Cheryl Gunselman tracked down a WWII-era letter that withstood the second and, to date, last nuclear attack.

Bringing up babies

Writer and editor Tracy Cutchlow '97 leveraged her personal and professional experience to help new parents with raising children.

Brain rules and brain development

How the brain sciences might influence the way we teach our children and the way we work

We’re one big counterculture

Anthropologist Barry Hewlett's work with the Aka pygmies of Africa shows how developed Western cultures are often outliers.

Gentle commerce

From humankind's long history of violence, two chapters under the scrutiny of WSU researchers could point the way to a more peaceful world.

Views of the American West

Washington Irving, Frances Fuller Victor, and other east coast writers described the American West and created a mythology that did not reflect reality or fact.

Posts for Spring 2015

Letters from readers address the mapmaker mystery, a memory of a favorite professor, and praise for an article on brick roads.

A winning style

WSU basketball coach Ernie Kent teaches his players more than ball skills; he teaches them life skills from his own experience.

A new field of dreams

The WSU women's soccer team has had success on its newly renovated field, as well as off the field in the classroom.

Down “The Drain” in the TUB

In the 1950s and before, students at Washington State College gathered at the Temporary Union Building (TUB) and The Drain to socialize.

Winter Greens—Beyond the kale

Kale's growing popularity leads to a look into a whole world of winter greens, such as Salanova and chicory.

Liz Siler ’78—Hungry to help

Liz Siler and her family advocate and work for food banks in Pullman to help feed the hungry.

Recipe: Serious Pie’s Kale Salad, and more

Delicious dishes with winter greens.

Gallery: Guatemalan arthropods at WSU

Photos in vivo of Guatemalan colorful moths, beetles, and more

Gallery: Self-portraits of Frank Matsura

A Japanese photographer who moved into the Okanogan valley in 1903 captures the lighter side of frontier life.

Terry Ishihara ’49—“You can’t be happy and bitter”

Terry Ishihara went from a teen in a WWII internment camp to a mechanical engineering degree and a successful career.

Eric Marks ’86—Marshalling the deputies

Former U.S. Chief Deputy Marshal Eric Marks hunted down fugitives, and protected judges and witnesses.

Schweitzer receives alumni award

Edmund O. Schweitzer III ’77 PhD received WSU's highest alumni honor, the Regents’ Distinguished Alumnus Award

Alumni Achievement Awards

WSU Alumni Association News

Gaymond ’63 and Cindy Schultz, along with WSU scientist Lynne Carpenter-Boggs ’97, received awards.

Looking Like the Enemy

by Jerry García ’99 PhD

Hunting for "Dirtbags"

by Lori Beth Way and Ryan Patten ’03 PhD

On This Borrowed Bike

by Lisa Panepinto ’05

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss ’02 MA

New and noteworthy

Other books and media from WSU faculty and alumni

The West in the words of Washington Irving

Washington Irving describes the West in his book Astoria.

Do bugs have hearts and brains?

Ask Dr. Universe

Digital versions for Spring 2015

Available as magazine-spread and tablet PDF