Fall 2015
Briefly noted
New media by WSU alumni and faculty noted in the Fall 2015 issue. » More ...
Notable Alumni
Fall 2015
Cuba, adiós
Lorenzo Pablo Martínez '67 fled Cuba, but still found his music. » More ...
Fall 2015
What to do with toxic soil?
Fukushima soil remediation proves promising. » More ...
Fall 2015
Dr. Dan
WSU reinforced a sense of hard work and humility that carried Dan Doornink through graduation, his NFL career, and medical school. » More ...
Fall 2015
In the USFS hot seat
U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell '76 on his WSU education and managing 0wildfires in a warmer climate. » More ...
Spring 2015
Bringing up babies
If only babies came with instruction manuals.
A simple set of operating guidelines might help new parents navigate the necessity of naps, manage mealtimes, and teach a toddler to share.
While there are thousands of books and guides and websites, the situation is far from simple. Well-meaning childhood experts, doctors, and parents have blanketed early childhood with good, bad, and often conflicting advice. “The problem is, no one has time to read all that’s out there,” says Tracy Cutchlow ’97, a journalist, book editor, and (fairly) new mother.
Raising a baby can be confusing, confounding, and complicated, Cutchlow admits one afternoon over coffee in Seattle. … » More …
Spring 2015
The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss ’02 MA
DAW Books, 2014
A darling of the sci-fi/fantasy set, Pat Rothfuss has diverted from the long-awaited third part of his bestselling Kingkiller trilogy and, instead, taken the time to explore the story of lovely, lonely Auri, one of the secondary Kingkiller characters.
Warning his readers that this book may not be for them, not even for the most serious fans of his first two meaty novels The Name of the Wind and Wise Man’s Fear, Rothfuss nonetheless draws them in to this bittersweet tale of the fair-haired mysterious woman who … » More …
Spring 2015
On This Borrowed Bike
Lisa Panepinto ’05
Three Rooms Press, 2014
Rivers flow through the poems in Panepinto’s slim volume. They whisper of the Northwest, of young people who have jumped in, of silvery fish and poison in the water. In her first collection, the Spokane native writes with a deft lyricism and of a sense of place in poems like “river metallic as veins of saints”:
“the land creates
its inhabitants
here I am low
down bog like”
Her other poems speak of Spokane and rural roads, and music festivals and blues … » More …
Spring 2015
Hunting for “Dirtbags”: Why Cops Over-police the Poor and Racial Minorities
Lori Beth Way and Ryan Patten ’03 PhD
Northeastern University Press, 2013
In this day of increased scrutiny of police, many people wonder about policing styles and how officers use their unassigned time. The high rate of minority arrests and stops as well as the higher level of surveillance in poor communities have also come into question.
With these things in mind, two political science colleagues at California State University, Chico explored what factors influence police officers’ decisions on their policing strategies. Patten and … » More …
Winter 2014
The right color back on
Ask Jason Gesser ’02 about the finest decision he’s made and his answer is as pinpoint as each of the 70 career touchdown passes he threw at Washington State.
“Coming to Washington State was the perfect and best decision I made in my life,” he says. “Besides marrying my wife,” Gesser is quick to add, with a laugh. He married his college girlfriend Kali Surplus ’02, a former WSU volleyball player, and the couple has three children.
In his new role as the assistant director of development with the Cougar Athletic Fund, the fundraising arm of the Washington State University Athletic Department, his … » More …