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Brian Patrick and Alexander Pan encourage open discussion about mental health and increased safety for student s on campus .

Bryce Regian and Jelani Christopher are focused on university accountability and student fees. They hope to involve students in important decisions.

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After watching his first WSU football game at 8 years old and hearing alumni across the world say “Go Cougs,” Brian Patrick knew the Cougar community was special.

Patrick, second-year business management major, said every student has the same passion for the university, no matter their varying interests.

“It’s the sunsets, it’s the sunrises, it’s, you know, waking up for College GameDay, it’s the community here,” he said. “I love it.”

Patrick is running for ASWSU president. Alongside him, Alexander Pan, fourth-year finance, accounting and economics major, is running for vice president.

The two are close friends and members of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Patrick said Pan challenged him to get more involved with leadership roles. He believes serving as ASWSU president is a great next step.

Patrick said he believes the best way for him to help the entire Pullman and WSU community is to run for ASWSU president.

He is excited to give back and wants to ensure students enjoy their college experience.

“I want to make sure that every student that is at WSU and is coming to WSU has a better time than I do, or at least as much fun,” he said.

Patrick is president of the Society of Human Resource Management club and vice president of recruitment for his fraternity. As president of SHRM, Patrick said he runs various

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events and had all of the executive officers trained in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Pan currently serves as the ASWSU director of community affairs, holding the position for the past two years. As director, Pan coordinates events like Restaurant Week, participates in community service projects and attends Pullman City Council and Chamber of Commerce meetings.

During his time on ASWSU, Pan worked on receiving funding for increased student safety on campus. Pan said he also helped get funding for sexual assault awareness resources in bathrooms around campus.

Pan grew up in Pullman. He said he was born to be a Coug. He said he loves helping students, faculty members and the community.

“If I can make WSU a better place, you know, for the next student, that’s what I want to do,” he said.

The main issue at the forefront of their campaign is mental health. Within the WSU community, Patrick said there are several suicide attempts every year. The two hope to work with Cougar Health Services to implement MESI, a mindfulness-based emotional and social intelligence program, in the Alive! orientation experience.

Patrick said it is also important Greek organizations have delegated mental health chairs trained through the MESI program or other mental health programs offered through CHS. “It’s really helpful to See PATRICK , PAN Page 11

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When one WSU professor heard he had received tenure, a weight lifted off his chest – six years of his life had not been wasted.

The sensation quickly faded, said Joe Hedges, associate professor of painting/intermedia.

After spending countless hours creating exhibitions for galleries, teaching painting classes and assembling a portfolio to present for tenure, he needed to refocus his goals.

“I don’t think of this as a victory lap for me,” Hedges said. “I think about the privilege of tenure and how this system could be improved for folks that may not have found that same level of support.”

Hedges said he believes as a white male at WSU, he had an easier time obtaining tenure than candidates from other

By Steff i Ludahl Evergreen reporter

Amid a pandemic, Bryce Regian believes WSU students need an ASWSU that is experienced and qualified in order to create a bridge between students and university administration.

Regian, junior political science major and ASWSU deputy director of legislative affairs, is running for ASWSU president along with his running mate Jelani Christopher. They met while working in ASWSU and soon became good friends.

“For me, it was a no brainer,” Regian said. “[Christopher] was the first and only person I asked to be my running mate.”

Regian said he originally attended Clark College and served as the president of the Associated Students. He is a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon and Phi Alpha Delta at WSU and previously served in the ASWSU Senate.

Christopher, junior political science major, said he came to Pullman from California and is a member of Alpha Sigma Phi. He is currently the treasurer for the WSU Issues and Forums Committee and is an ASWSU Senator.

Christopher said he wanted to run for office because he is passionate about student government and feels it is a great way to be involved with one’s university. His favorite part of student government is being a voice for students and advocating for them.

“It’s been just a way for me to make sure that I am able to do the thing that I’m most passionate about,” Christopher said, “which is advocacy for people who maybe, they don’t want to do this line of work,

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but they do need someone who’s going to listen, and they need someone who’s going to speak on their behalf sometimes.”

Regian was not planning on running for anything but a position on the ASWSU Senate. However, after becoming more involved on campus, Regian said he fell in love with WSU and the students.

Regian said their campaign would focus on university accountability, college affordability and accessibility, mental health and COVID-19 recovery.

Since student government is the closest students have to a direct line to administration, Christopher said they want to hold the university accountable when administration makes decisions for students.

When the university canceled spring break, students were not a part of that conversation. Christopher said they want to make sure students will be a part of those important conversations.

Another area the two want to focus on is fee transparency or elimination. Christopher said there are a number of fees, such as graduation, late fees and reinstatement fees, that students do not know where the money is going.

“We just want students to either have an idea of where those fees are going, or for the university to get rid of them,” he said.

“Right now, students feel like that is not the best system and that they’re being taken advantage of.”

Regian said he thinks a virtual format for the election debates will make it easier for students to attend.

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Editorial board: Evergreen will take ‘spring break’ next week One day off is not enough for staff; whole paper suffers without prioritizing mental health

By Editorial Staff

At the beginning of this semester, our editorial staff had to make a decision: we could take no breaks during the semester, we could not produce content on the university-approved noclass days, or we could have our own Evergreen spring break.

Ultimately, we voted almost unanimously to take a week off from producing content, both in print and online.

For many students and faculty members, this has been a difficult semester for mental health, not only because of the COVID-19 pandemic. We are no different from anyone else.

As student journalists, we spend most of our time going to classes and working, whether that be writing, taking photos, editing or laying out pages. It takes a lot of work to produce a paper, and we do that on top of our classes.

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Breaking the silence, stigma Surrounding domestic violence Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse’s 24-hour hotline received 3,635 calls in one year; Pullman PD responded to around 100 criminal domestic violence incidents

By Timothy Fairbanks-Clouser Evergreen reporter

Editor’s Note: This story contains themes of domestic violence, which may be triggering to some people.

Domestic violence takes power away from victims and makes them feel helpless. One domestic violence advocate said discussing abuse can help reduce the stigma around a common but often unreported issue.

“We have to break some of the silence that surrounds domestic violence,” said Andrea Piper-Wentland, associate director for Alternatives to Violence of the Palouse.

The nonprofit organization ATVP defines domestic violence as a series of behaviors that takes power away from survivors and makes them feel helpless, said Maria Ramos, ATVP coordinator of domestic violence services.

The spectrum of domestic violence is much larger than just physical abuse, Piper-Wentland said.

Emotional, psychological, verbal and financial abuse are all examples of domestic violence and do not encompass the broad extent of domestic abuse.

Opening the conversation, limiting stigma ATVP worked with 828 individuals in both Washington and Idaho from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, according to ATVP’s annual program statistics report.

Out of the 828 individuals, 257 were a part of the Washington domestic violence program and 117 were involved in the Washington sexual assault program. The Idaho

program had 311 individuals and the Crime Victim Service Center had 143 individuals, according to the report.

ATVP’s 24-hour hotline received 3,635 calls during that period, according to the report.

Society sees survivors of domestic violence as helpless, but this is not the case at all, Piper-Wentland said. Survivors should not be deemed broken and unable to move forward with their lives. Though there is long-term trauma, victims can still thrive.

Victims should feel no judgment, said Chris Engle, Pullman Police Department sergeant. However, the sad reality is people judge victims of domestic violence harshly.

“One of the biggest things that society can do is to drop that judgment,” he said.

Victims are never to blame for the abuse they have endured. Engle said the aggressor is ultimately in control of their behavior; the blame is on them.

The Me Too movement helped open society’s eyes to the reality of an abuser being the cause and responsible party for domestic violence. The public typically puts a lot of judgment and blame on victims with the questions they ask survivors, he said. “[Judgment’s] not beneficial,” Engle said. “It’s only continuing the harm.”

Eliminating this judgment as a society removes one more obstacle victims face in reaching out for help. Victims want to feel believed, Engle said.

“That doesn’t require political action,” he said. “That’s just about

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If victims share their experiences, it is important to listen and not offer suggestions. Ramos said to remind them of their courage and connect them to the appropriate resources. People cannot assume they would know how to respond in an abusive situation. “[Survivors] are not helpless,” Ramos said. “They are powerful.”

Legal aspects, response to domestic violence The legal definition for domestic violence in Washington is a crime where the offender has an intimate relationship with the victim. Engle said it is extensive and could include various low-level crimes that do not pertain to the stereotypical domestic violence incident.

Illegal activity does not always occur. Although officers cannot do much in the legal domain for these instances, they will advise victims to seek help. Gaslighting is an example of a behavior that does not

always result in a criminal offense, Engle said.

Gaslighting occurs when one party is pretending the objective reality does not exist. It is a deceitful action taken by an aggressor to manipulate a victim into thinking reality is different than it is, Engle said. It makes the victim feel crazy.

An example of gaslighting could be an aggressor turning the lights on right after the victim turns them off when leaving a room. The aggressor then questions why the victim had never turned off the lights in the first place, Ramos said.

If gaslighting or any abusive power-in-control dynamic is apparent, officers attempt to separate the two parties. Officers will speak with the victim regarding domestic violence resources like ATVP. Engle said police try to help the victim recognize the abuse and get help if they want it.

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Mental health days not same as spring break One WSU student said mental health days would be more effective if scheduled over three-day weekend

By Adaline Grace Evergreen reporter

Two WSU students discussed the importance of having spring break to take time off from school, after WSU administrators decided to separate spring break to multiple break days.

“I’m working from nine in the morning till around four in the afternoon on most weekdays, so 70 percent of my life is dedicated to school,” said first-year nursing major Emily Ness. “One day in the middle of the week won’t change that.”

This year, the classic week of spring break has been separated into multiple break days throughout the semester. The days are referred to as “mental health days” and are supposed to be used to relax from classes, she said.

Ness said having them in

the middle of the week seems counterproductive, as she has just as much work as she would have in any normal week day.

“I feel like I just use those mental health days to do work,” she said. “It completely defeats the purpose.”

Lesley Arceo, first-year nutrition and exercise physiology major, said the only improvement is that she gets to sleep a little bit on the mental health days.

“When it’s in the middle of the week, we still have so much homework to do,” Arceo said. “So we’re just going to be using it for work anyway.”

Arceo said the break may be more effective if it was held over a three-day weekend, so students would spend less time studying and more time relaxing. Most of the time

she does not spend Saturdays doing work, but Sundays are used to prep for the week ahead.

“They expect us to have a break but then they put it in the middle of the week,” she said.

Between the two of them, they spend an average of 14 hours a day doing school work, Ness said. Even so, they still try to find ways to exercise and safely spend time with friends.

“It may have been easier to get all of my work done efficiently while I was at home,” Ness said, “but being on campus is so much better for my mental health.”

Having the option to live on campus has been important for her social life, Ness said. The opportunity to be at WSU has opened her up to new experiences with campus life.

Ness and Arceo said they understand separating the

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“ When it ’s in the middle of the week , we still have so much homework to do,” said Lesley Arceo, first-year nutrition and exercise physiology major. “So we’re just going to be using it for work anyway.” week of spring break was to ensure public safety in the midst of a pandemic. However, they both feel as if the school is not taking full advantage of the power to give

time off.

“I don’t care about spring break being canceled,” Ness said. “But I just think that they could have done it in a better way.”

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Freshman forward Andrej Jakimovski drives the ball down the court as he looks for teammates against Utah on Jan. 21 in Beasley Coliseum.

WSU freshman forward Andrej Jakimovski had ups, downs in first year, glad to be in Pullman

By Ryan Root Evergreen reporter

After a memorable season to say the least, one of WSU’s top recruits in program history reflects on his freshman season.

Freshman forward Andrej Jakimovski’s recruitment thrilled Cougar fans coming into this season as the point forward, sharpshooter from North Macedonia was bound to take WSU to new and exciting territories. However, if WSU fans remember correctly, his collegiate career had an above average beginning.

After scoring just six points in his first three games, the third game being his first career start, Jakimovski averaged over 10 points per game in the following eight contests, while

shooting over 40 percent from the three-point line. In the eighth game during this span, he achieved a WSU career high 19 points in a road loss to Stanford.

Compared to playing professional players in his previous league, Serie A2 in Italy, he said the competition was certainly stronger in the Pac-12 and it was a process to adjust to that change in pace.

“All the players are more athletic and faster, in Europe it’s more like a team sport,” Jakimovski said.

Once it seemed like Jakimovski had a good grasp on the atmosphere of Pac-12 basketball, his streak of poor performances started. He would average just over two points per game in the next eight game string. On top of it all, after the eighth game, he would endure a groin injury that sidelined him for two more games.

Jakimovski said it felt weird to go so long without consistently making shots, but his coaches and teammates encouraged him to keep his head up and keep working on his game. But personally, Jakimovski did not want to settle with this type of play.

“I didn’t need to prepare physically on this stuff, I just tried to focus on my mentality before my games,” Jakimovski said.

Jakimoski’s teammates and coaches describe him as a gym rat who’s never satisfied and always strives to be better. Often times after a game, Jakimovski would go back out onto the WSU court in Beasley Coliseum to go through shooting drills and Steph Curry-like dribble workouts to further improve his game.

Junior forward Aljaz Kunc shares a unique bond with Jakimovski.

Kunc, who is from Slovenia, speaks Serbian and will often communicate with Jakimovski, who also speaks the same language. Kunc said this bond helped Jakimovski get comfortable as Kunc himself had to go through the same transition when he came to America.

“I feel like it was good for him, too, to have someone like that,” Kunc said. “The team this year was really close in general, I feel like everyone was close with everyone.”

Towards the end of Jakimovski’s recovery, he said head coach Kyle Smith discussed with him that he should take on a point forward role heading into the team’s back-toback home games against Cal and Stanford. This was mainly due to the thin backcourt that WSU had at the time as starting point guard Isaac Bonton was out with a pair of See JAKIMOVSKI Page 12

Mullins represents WSU in NCAA championship

Redshirt junior Erin Mullins selected as only Cougar athlete to participate in NCAA Cross Country National Championship in Oklahoma

By Daniel Shurr Evergreen reporter

The WSU cross country program had a great season given the circumstances with many athletes getting to stretch their legs during these historic times.

It was Erin Mullins who capped off the season for the Cougars with an appearance in the NCAA Cross Country Championship.

Mullins, a redshirt junior from Leavenworth, Washington and Evergreen tennis reporter, laced up Monday morning and joined 255 of the best collegiate runners in the country for the race of the year.

The event took place in Stillwater, Oklahoma, and Mullins was the only WSU athlete at the race.

“Erin truly had a breakout season,” head coach and director of cross country/track and field Wayne Phipps said.

Mullins finished 13th overall in the Pac-12 Championships on March 5 where she ran a time of 19:56.90. That finish gave her a nod as a second team All-Pac-12 selection.

The Cougars finished third overall in the women’s race, with 85 points on the scoreboard, and a fifth place standing in the Pac-12 Conference.

The last WSU women’s runner to earn All-Pac-12 honors was when Vallery Korir did it in 2017. Korir was also named an All-American during that season.

In this race, which was packed with All-Americans, Mullins ran a time of 21:41.5 and was the 123rd athlete to cross the finish line.

The race itself was a 6-kilometer course, which translates to just over 3.7 miles.

Ultimately it was BYU who was crowned National Champions of the women’s cross-country world, followed by North Carolina State in second.

The Pac-12 conference did get some recognition at the top, as Stanford totaled 207 points to bring home third place overall.

The first runner to cross the finish line at this year’s NCAA Cross Country Championship was Mercy Chelangat, representing the Alabama Crimson Tide. She won the individual national title after finishing the race with a time of 20:01.1. “[Mullins] had an awesome race today, especially with it being her very first NCAA Championship,” Phipps said.

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Mullins at the NCAA Championship in Oklahoma.

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Rewards decrease alcohol use in Native communities Participants received about $50 worth of culturally-focused prizes

By Madysen McLain Evergreen reporter

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ne WSU study found that American Indian and Alaska Native adults struggling with alcohol use disorders had 70 percent higher odds of abstaining from alcohol when researchers used contingency management.

The research implemented an intervention technique, contingency management, that rewards participants for alcohol-free urine samples through small prizes or words of affirmation, rather than prescribing medications to decrease substance abuse, said Katherine Hirchak, study co-author and WSU assistant research professor.

For the study, published in JAMA Psychiatry, 158 Native community members participated over the course of 12 weeks, said Michael McDonell, lead author and professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine.

Each person left samples for rapid urine tests twice a week, he said. Then the urine went through ethyl glucuronide (EtG) testing, which detects alcohol for up to three days.

Participants would receive a token every time they returned a negative urine sample. The longer the participant went without using alcohol, the greater chance they had for drawing prizes, Hirchak said. However, there were no negative consequences for drinking alcohol.

The researchers used culturally-focused prizes and

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Participants received a token each time they returned a urine sample that was negative for alcohol. The tokens were put into a drawing. The person whose token was drawn received a prize, which could be fishing supplies or beading supplies. personal items as incentives, Hirchak said. Such objects added up to about $50 per person and included beading supplies and fishing equipment as well as gift cards, shampoo and family activities.

“I think it’s a great example of how there can be a genuine partnership between researchers and communities,” McDonell said. “The research addresses what the community would like to have addressed and begins on their own terms.”

McDonell said the team met with partners from both rural and urban areas in three Native communities, one each in Alaska, the Pacif-

ic Northwest and the Northern Plains. The entire study lasted for about seven years.

To lessen potential financial barriers, researchers offered free transportation to clinics, Hirchak said. The team did not find any differences in results between rural and urban locations.

Hirchak, a descendant of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe, said she started on the project as a graduate student and continued with the study as a faculty member.

“I am very passionate and committed to addressing health inequities in Indigenous communities,” she said.

“Substance use is something that continues to disproportionately and negatively im-

pact tribal communities.”

Hirchak said it is often believed that American Indian adults experience alcohol misuse at higher rates than other populations. However, Native communities use alcohol less frequently and show higher rates of alcohol abstinence when compared to non-Native communities.

McDonell said this research is the largest of its kind in any population.

“Usually, when we do treatment development research, researchers see if the treatment works in white people first,” he said. “Then we test to see if it works in specific racial or ethnic groups, or we don’t test it at all in these groups.”

Tribal partners have already implemented contingency management in their clinics based on this research, McDonell said. Other organizations around the U.S. have also expressed interest in applying the intervention technique.

He said the team recently received funding for further research through the Native Center for Alcohol Research and Education. Hirchak was awarded an additional grant to sustain their research in alcohol treatment in American Indian and Alaska Native communities.

“It allows us to expand our work beyond the study to impact more communities,” he said.

Certain fish found to adapt to toxic water If fish were not able to adapt to hydrogen sulfide, they would not be able to produce enough energy

By Sydney Opfer Evergreen reporter

Fish can adapt to living in water with deadly levels of hydrogen sulfide, researchers found.

These Poeciliid fish that the researchers studied are found in four different springs in southern Mexico.

The researchers observed four different drainage sites in the Rio Grijalva Basin, said Kerry McGowan, fourth-year doctoral student focusing in computational biology and evolutionary genetics.

“Each of those drainage sites has the sulfidic springs, and then freshwater sites that we sample from,” she said.

In a normal fish without the adaptation, encountering high levels of hydrogen sulfide would stop their ability to complete cellular respiration because the fish cannot produce enough energy.

Fish that do not have the adaptation will die in an ecosystem with high hydrogen sulfide levels, said Joanna Kelley, WSU evolutionary genomics researcher.

The adaptation occurred when certain fish obtained enzymes that speed up the hydrogen sulfide detoxification process, she said.

Before the fish acquire the adaptation, they are considered freshwater fish, but when they acquire the adaptation, they become sulfidic fish, McGowan said.

The fish’s appearance is affected by the adaptation, she said.

“They’re more narrow, or less bulky, than the freshwater fish, which might be indicative of poor body condition, but they’re healthy, to the point where they’re able to survive and reproduce in these springs quite effectively,” McGowan said.

By observing many different springs of water with slightly different levels of hydrogen sulfide, Kelley said she and her research team can see the distinct steps of the fish adapting to new ecosystems, and some even become new species, which is called speciation.

“We are capturing different points along the speciation continuum with some populations being much more recent and other ones already kind of undergone what we would say is kind of classic speciation,” Kelley said.

Releasing a fish without the adaptation into one of these springs would cause its body temperature to alter, removing it from optimal conditions, and is one reason the fish die, she said.

Hydrogen sulfide is also toxic to hu-

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Researchers studied multiple springs in Teapa, Mexico, with different levels of hydrogen sulfide and saw the stages of the fish adapting to the ecosystems. mans, giving off a rotten egg smell. The smell will go away as a person’s senses are overwhelmed, that could potentially lead to passing out or death, Kelley said.

The adaptation seen in fish is ultimately possible in humans too, although not probable. If humans were put in an environment of high hydrogen sulfide, they could hypothetically adapt in the same way the fish have adapted to the toxic water, she said.

“Humans have the enzymes necessary to detoxify hydrogen sulfide,” Kelley said. “Low levels of hydrogen sulfide are produced in our bodies as a byproduct of assisting metabolism, so we have the genes.”

However, it is not likely that the environment would ever change to a high hydrogen sulfide ecosystem where humans would have the chance to potentially adapt, she said.

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Black women highlighted in ‘Breaking Barriers’ Chardonae Odegard’s painting awarded place in LandEscapes journal; inspired by Black Student Union meeting addressing mental health

By Sheila Johnson Evergreen reporter

Chardonae Odegard, junior fine arts major, received recognition for her painting, “Breaking Barriers,” in the 2020 edition of LandEscapes and continues to make inspiring art about her life experiences.

Odegard started painting at 16 years old when she attended the Tacoma School of the Arts with the intention of working on her drawings of people and places. She loved to draw cartoons. However, she would be required to paint as part of her courses.

“I was too scared of painting at first because I was afraid of messing up,” Odegard said. “I learned by watching how other people painted. My painting teacher assumed that everyone already knew how to paint, and I was too shy to admit I didn’t. I watched other people paint and picked up on their techniques.”

Her skill in painting has not gone unnoticed as her painting, “Breaking Barriers,’’ was awarded a place in WSU’s literary arts journal, LandEscapes. Her painting highlights the need for Black women to be able to talk through their emotions.

She attended a WSU Black Student Union meeting where members discussed mental health and

unlearning bad habits and thought patterns.

“One of them was how Black men have grown to learn that they can’t show emotions or be emotional,” Odegard said. “I think this goes for Black women too. They are raised to be strong and think that emotions make them weak and that’s not true. Everyone shared their story and I did too. I felt like I shared too much, but it was helpful.”

She later saw a post on Instagram of people with talking bubbles. The person talking about their life had a tangled bubble, and the person giving advice was receiving and detangling the thoughts. This led to the creation of Odegard’s finished painting.

Odegard is pursuing her passion and studying fine arts and sociology. She would like to take these skills and apply them to a job in art therapy. Painting is not the only way she would love to help people express themselves.

“I want to use painting, but I also want to do sculpture,” Odegard said. “I took a 3D art class and the teacher had us use recycled stuff to make 3D art, and I thought that was cool.”

One of her projects was to create face masks out of cardboard, newspaper, pipe cleaners and paint. She hopes to include 3D art, painting and drawing in her art therapy practice, Odegard said.

Her passion for art has continued even through the pandemic. During the pandemic, she created a piece called “Finding Your Happy Place,” which conveyed her search for happiness in the middle

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of the pandemic.

She tries to make room for painting even when classes become hectic. She will sometimes do work ahead of time, so she has time to paint.

Take home kits from The Pullman Art Car Founder has English degree, struggles with self-kindness during pandemic; most popular kits are hand lettering, step-by-step canvases

By Taylor Gonzalez Evergreen reporter

The passion of art and creativity is something that never goes away. Katie Bunch Emerson is a perfect model of this notion.

Emerson, the founder of The Pullman Art Car, brings creativity on-the-go to Pullman. The Pullman Art Car is a mobile DIY shop that offers popular take home art projects and online classes.

Before COVID-19, Emerson originally had a studio and was offering in-person art classes.

“When COVID-19 hit, it closed down my studio and we started coming up with all these different kits we could do instead of trying to teach,” Emerson said.

When playing with the idea of opening an art studio and offering classes, Emerson originally wanted to make it a “paint and sip” studio where adults could enjoy a drink while making art.

“I just didn’t like the franchise option because I just don’t like for people to tell me what I can and can’t do,” Emerson said.

Emerson has always been artsy and taken art classes. Although she has a degree in English from East Tennessee State University, she found her way

back to doing what she loves: art.

Members of The Pullman Art Car are always interested in finding new kits they can offer. Their most popular kit at the moment is a hand lettering kit.

“I just kind of released it because I had a lady come to me saying she would love to learn how to hand letter,” Emerson said.

Outside of her business, Emerson enjoys painting and doing zentangle art, which involves drawing using structured patterns. Of their take home projects, her personal favorite is the step-by-step painted canvases.

“It’s my favorite cause I love to teach that,” Katie said.

Emerson found that one challenge with COVID-19 is having to be kind to herself when trying to record her classes. However, she finds that COVID-19 also challenges her in a good way.

“It’s challenged me a lot to make things in a stepby-step process and think it out more,” Emerson said.

Although the kits have been very popular amongst children, Emerson is excited to get out there more and to get college students interested.

In the future, she hopes to transition The Pullman Art Car into The Pullman Art Bar, where adults over 21 can drink and paint.

“To people considering getting into art, I think you just gotta do it, and not have any expectations,” Em-

erson said. “You can’t expect anything, just appreciate it for what it is.”

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Can you try and guess the Catch Phrase?

Game of the week requires two teams; competitive game will raise heart rate while seated

By Sheila Johnson Evergreen columnist

Exhilaration and disappointment, all controlled by the all-consuming, increasingly rapid beeping of one word-producing device. Catch

Phrase is the game for those who would like to increase their heart rate without having to move. This fast game of word association will keep you engaged and sitting on the edge of your seat.

You will need enough people for two teams, each having a guesser and the person on the hot seat. Players will sit in a circle with every other person being on the same team.

Players need to sit close enough to be able to pass the device quickly.

To turn on the game, press the Go/Stop button. Then, as a group, decide on a category to play. There is entertainment, everyday life, fun and games, the world, and variety.

When I play with friends, we prefer variety as it is the most random.

The first person with the device will press Go/Stop to begin the game. The person with the device must read the screen, which gives them a word or phrase. Some examples of what may appear are “hold your horses” and “on the clock.”

The player must then use any hand movements or verbal hints to get the other people on their team to guess the word or phrase. Players with the device cannot say words that rhyme with the word, the first letter of the word, or any part of the word. Players may skip words by clicking Next, although this will

increase their chance of the buzzer going off on them.

Once the team members have guessed the word, the player will click next and then pass the device as quickly as possible to the person on their right. As players guess words and press next, the beeping from the machine will get progressively faster until it signals the end of the round.

Whoever holds the device when it beeps for the last time loses the round for their team. The opposing team scores a point, which can be recorded on the game device.

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Sewing passion led her to Etsy shop WSU alumna created Etsy page to sell three-dimensional quilts, cloth postcards; several years of sewing experience

By Victoria Giomi Evergreen reporter

A local Palouse woman took her love for sewing and turned it into beautiful artwork for all of the world to see. Jennifer Whitted uses her many years of sewing experience to craft one-of-a-kind, three-dimensional quilts and cloth postcards.

Growing up in Salinas, California, Whitted began sewing at a young age. She later moved to Pullman and took classes at WSU while working in the animal sciences department on campus. Since then, Whitted has spent about 40 years on the Palouse.

Whitted lived in Lewiston for the last 20 years, before that she moved from Genesee and Moscow.

Whitted has since been very involved in her community, joining the Board of Directors at the Valley Art Center in Clarkston, Washington.

The gallery Whitted joined is ran by a board of directors, and she is on the board as the treasurer. Their goal is to have a different show every month, and right now there’s a fiber art show going on their there

through the end of March, she said.

Whitted has always had a passion for art, leading her to finding her love for quilt making and opening her own online shop called “Uniquely JenCreations.” Whitted said she gets most of her inspiration from flora and fauna she sees on her walks every morning.

“What inspires me often is either seeing a photograph or even just walking in nature, and thinking: ‘Oh that would make a great quilt!’”

Whitted said.

She takes inspiration from a lot of floral landscape, butterflies, birds, and anything else she finds beautiful.

Whitted makes both full size quilts as well are fabric postcards, which are the best sellers on her Etsy page.

“Postcards are made with fabric also. I made the front fabric and then I put a piece of cardstock paper on the back of it so that you could write the message,” Whitted said. “I show a lot of postcards on my website. They’re right at that price point where people feel like I can buy this.”

Whitted restocks her website weekly with her newest pieces. Some of her products can take up to 10 hours to produce depending on what she creates.

“A postcard I can probably make

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in half an hour. It probably takes me the longest time to gather this stuff, but half an hour pretty good,” Whitted said. “If I’m making the full-size quilt, we’re talking about

anywhere from nine to 10 hours.”

Whitted is still actively making and posting new products on her Etsy page, where she hopes to draw more attention to her store.

Please do not burgle my (string of ) turts!

This week’s plant is gaining popularity fast; little leaves resemble sea turtle shell

By Sandi Kobiesa Evergreen mint editor

Welcome back plant friends. This week’s plant reminds me of “Over the Garden Wall,” one of my favorite cartoons. “I’m here to burgle your turts” reminds me of the desperate desire people have to own a string of turtles.

I remember first hearing about this plant, and I fell in love without even seeing it. Turtles, one of the most majestic creatures of the sea. I searched high and low to find this glorious plant, and boom, add to cart on Etsy.

For $20, I bought a two-inch pot of turtles last May and was just in

awe. I babied that plant so much, I’m pretty sure all of my other plants were jealous.

Near the end of 2020, this plant started to rise in fame, and now a small two-inch pot can cost anywhere between $25 to $50.

String-of plants are very difficult for me to care for, in all honesty. I have killed a string of pearls, a string of dolphins and two strings of hearts.

Basically, these plants are part of my plant graveyard.

My turtles were the first string-of plant to thrive so well. Trial and error of course, I almost killed it once when I first moved back home. They require a lot of light, like a crazy amount of light.

Mine is currently about nine inches below a grow light, but it would thrive in an east facing window or a south facing window. For this plant to grow, not only does it need light shining on the hanging parts, but also on the top of the plant, if that makes any sense.

Hero’s journey: Okami Columnist reviews Okami; video game considered work of visual art

By Dana Scott Evergreen columnist

Welcome back to The Hero’s Journey, a weekly review focusing on video game design.

“Ah ... Amaterasu. Origin of all that is good and mother to us all...

For too long, I, Kazegami, god of wind, have walked a shadowed path.

At last, light shines upon me. Use my power to manipulate the wind!

Banish those who would seek to shroud this world in darkness!”

Much like its goddess/wolf protagonist, “Okami” is a force to be reckoned with. It is perhaps one of the best representations of a video game as a work of visual art. Its highly-stylized environments and characters are a living painting,

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I butt chug my string-of plants, meaning I fill up a small Tupperware with water, enough to cover the bottom half inch of the pot. With this method, the plant is able to absorb as much water their roots need without a worry of over watering.

Propagating this plant is really easy, you cut a little piece of the plant, and place it in soil. Grab a bobby pin, or break a paperclip, place it over the cutting into the soil so it doesn’t move. It will eventually grow roots that way and boom, new plant!

drawing inspiration from traditional Japanese folklore, the ink-wash painting style Sumi-e, and a reverence for the natural world.

The setting is one of its strongest features. Set in a fictionalized feudal Japan, it is a world where gods slumber, waiting for the return of Amaterasu. She is the sun goddess of the real-world Shinto religion who has been incarnated as a white wolf to destroy the evil forces that have overtaken the land.

It has the feeling of a real epic adventure, and it does a great job of living up to its “playable legend” concept. There is a reason the story of “hero goes off on a journey to become stronger and vanquish evil” is

one of humanity’s oldest and most compelling, no matter how many times it is told.

Central to everything in the game is the theme of restoring balance to nature and bringing life back to a destroyed landscape. It is inarguably beautiful, but it also delivers on gameplay with its fantastically inventive “celestial brush” mechanic.

Used both in combat and while exploring, the brush gives you the ability to paint ink directly over almost anything, defeating foes and altering the world. This allows you to do everything from creating gusts of wind, slowing time or making cherry blossoms bloom on trees.

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A song to inspire future WSU generations They wanted “Back Home” to emulate what it means to be a Coug; include the best moments of football

By Jenae Laxson Evergreen Roots editor

The Andy Grammer Song, “Back Home” has become synonomous with the WSU community. It has been played at football games at the end of the first quarter since 2015.

Anyone who has attended a football game probably knows that when this song is played the entire stadium goes crazy.

People cannot help but sing the lyrics to this catchy song that represents what it means to be a Coug.

The WSU marketing department wanted to create a video that told the story of Washington State University and what it is like to attend.

WSU video producer Jared Prenguber said the WSU marketing department asked him to create the video after the homecoming game.

“Cougar football was kind of on an upswing, we were starting to catch fire,” he said.

The WSU Cougars played Oregon State University that year. Prenguber said it was one of those games that everyone would remember.

“There was pandemonium on the field, a ton of Cougar fans in the visiting section at Oregon just going crazy,” he said. “This was one of those times that I’ll never forget as a Cougar fan.”

Prenguber had been a part of the WSU community for eight years as a student and alumni and felt he had a good understanding of Cougar history, he said.

Jennifer Hanson, former WSU Athletics director of marketing and promotions, said the marketing department always tries to make the game experience bigger and better for the fans.

Originally, the games included a single video in the fourth quarter, she said.

Former communications consultant Jonathan Ingham found the Andy Grammer song the summer before the video was created and it was initially a one-time use video idea, Hanson said.

They wanted the video to emulate the past, future and uniqueness of WSU, she said.

Hanson said head of communications Bill Stevens was tasked with coming up with the greatest moments of Cougar football. They used a lot of footage the university had recorded in the past.

They wanted to include the best moments of football, the campus and not let anyone question whether or not they should have included something, she said.

“We wanted this video to either make you run through a wall or start crying,” she said.

Prenguber said they followed the lyrics to the song to decide what to include.

The video has evolved over the years, but there are some moments, like the 1916 Rose Bowl, will always be included.

“At the same time, I’m pretty sure the black and white 1916 Rose Bowl clip is a keeper,” he said.

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Prenguber cannot think of a better song for WSU and he hopes “Back Home” remains a part of it.

The video was previewed by several people and all of the feedback emulated the same thing, Hanson said.

This also would not have been possible without Marty Northcroft, former WSU assistant director of marketing. He supported it from day one, she said.

They aired the original video the following Saturday, he said. But before the video aired, Prenguber’s father was able to view the video.

Prenguber said his feedback was that the song had a lot of “la’s and da’s.” He did not seem impressed.

People were not really singing, Hanson said. But during the line, “oh no the city won’t change us” someone cheered and people have cheered ever since.

“The better part of 35,000 fans have been singing it out loud for five or six years now including my Dad, so he came around eventually,” Prenguber said.

The video still circulates today. Hanson said it is not uncommon for people to share it online, especially last fall when people were really missing the song.

“I can’t think of a better song or better title for the video, I hope Pullman and “Back Home” are linked forever,” Prenguber said.

“It was really one of my alltime favorite projects to be a part of.”

Prenguber said the original video currently has 1.3 million views.

Leditor: A day in the life of the news editor

News editor finds napping to be a skill; when not napping she is in class Loren Negron Evergreen news editor

My life mirrors that of a bat whose energy runs on caffeine and multiple hours of napping per day.

Upon waking up at around 8 a.m. from the sound of a ringtone I composed via GarageBand, I shrug and tuck myself back to sleep. My body, thankfully, wakes me up about 10 minutes before my 9:10 a.m. class every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

I stumble across my room, frantically searching for my glasses. The darkness in my room does not help me find my glasses at all. I keep my curtains closed most of the time, so my room looks like a cave.

After finding my glasses, I go to the bathroom to wash my face and hope the cold water splashed on my skin awakens my brain. Sometimes it does; sometimes it does not.

Covering my legs with my wool Cougar blanket, I log on to Zoom for my journalism class. Students are required to have their cameras turned on for that class. Turning my camera on often gives me a panic attack because I worry my eyes would not stay open during the entirety of the class session.

But, alas, my body perseveres through the class, anticipating the smell of coffee to permeate the air of my tiny apartment. By noon, I usually would have drank two cups of Folgers coffee already.

I continue to drink coffee throughout the rest of the afternoon

and schedule naps in between readouts with reporters. I can take two to three naps per day. Each nap can take anywhere between 20 minutes to four hours. It is a skill of mine to nap anywhere, anytime — too bad I cannot put that on my resume.

Without coffee and naps, I do not know how I can interact with other humans, whether the interaction is done in person or virtually.

As an introvert, I spend a lot of time with me, myself and I. Self-investment is a form of self-preservation — a way to maintain my sanity.

I do occasionally socialize to ensure my social needs are being met.

When I am not napping, I do things students typically do — watching lectures, taking notes, reviewing, etc. I also like to stare at my ceiling whilst music plays in the background.

I like to listen to blues, classic rock and country. Lately, I have been playing Jon Pardi’s “Head Over Boots” and Procol Harum’s “A Whiter Shade of Pale” on repeat. Music helps me get through the day, and it most often helps me nap more.

Despite spending 90 percent of my life in my room, I do try to go outside from time to time to walk or ride my bike to get some sunshine and breathe fresh air. I sometimes think I am allergic to the outdoors because I end up sneezing a ton after spending time outside.

Working for the Evergreen newsroom encourages me to be a little more extroverted. It forces me out of my comfort zone and improves my socializing skills.

I love my job as news editor. I get to mentor my reporters and see them

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Evergreen news editor finds coffee to be an essential commodity. She finds readouts with reporters funny sometimes and playing music to be relaxing. grow as writers. Some days, life gets too complicated, busy and challenging. But my Evergreen colleagues and friends bring me joy — sometimes flowers and a hand-written letter to make me smile. Readouts with reporters sometimes make me laugh,

which is a great relief after a stressful day.

It is an honor to serve as news editor.

It might take some coffee, music and naps to help me do my job, but every minute I invest in my role is worth the time and effort.

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Is the junior writing portfolio necessary?

Graduation requirements often unclear to some, junior writing portfolio is one of them

By Grace LaPierre Evergreen columnist

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had to take the junior writing portfolio timed write early because I was seen as a junior, despite not actually being in my third year of college. I love writing, but I hate the way that the portfolio is set up. I cannot remember if anyone told me about the portfolio before I saw it as a hold on my account.

“Honestly, I understand the need for it and as someone who is a writer, I don’t personally mind sending in my stuff. I was okay with turning in my writing for the university to see,” said Allyson Pang, junior double major in multimedia journalism and creative writing.

I was fine with submitting work too, but the timed write was my problem. Scheduling it ended up being a pain, then I went and did the timed write, only to find out as the next semester hit that it was no longer a requirement.

I begrudgingly submitted my work, surprised by how easy it was but annoyed that I did the timed write in the first place.

Pang said she thinks the writing portfolio is important for everyone because everyone will have to write for their job and use the skills the portfolio looks for, even if the career

is not writing-centric. Even in emails, writing skills can be helpful to have, she said.

Personally, I have yet to decide how I really feel about the portfolio. While I agree with Pang that it is good to have a baseline, I have also heard two different arguments against the portfolio that I partially agree with.

The first argument I’ve heard is that since English majors write all the time, we shouldn’t need to send in our work. I understand this argument because if you write well enough to get through 300 level and 400 level English courses, you should be fine to pass the portfolio.

On the other hand, that means we have a ton of papers to choose from, so just submitting work is easy. It is a mild inconvenience at best.

The other argument is that STEM students should be exempt from the writing portfolio, and these writing skills should be covered in the UCORE writing courses, because they might not have many essays. I do think people who don’t get graded for writing essays all the time probably need the portfolio more, but it does make it more stressful.

Pang said she also works at the WSU’s Undergraduate Writing Center Services and recently helped someone choose what papers to submit to the portfolio, but she has noted that some students have no idea about the writing portfolio at all.

She and I also agree that it is stressful to worry about it when you hit junior credits before you are in your third year, if you come

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to WSU with a significant number of existing credits.

Neither of us are sure if transfer students can use non-WSU work, but I would hope we could.

For me, that wasn’t the problem.

The problem was that no one told me about the writing portfolio until it was time to do it.

Pang said she remembers talking to some English 102 students who had no clue what the writing portfolio was, so she explained it so that they would know to save their papers.

“It is not talked about as much as it should be, considering it is required to graduate,” Pang said.

Pang and I thought it might be good to nix the junior aspect of the junior writing portfolio and just require it before graduation. Beginning courses for writing should absolutely remind students of the portfolio, to make sure they are aware of it.

Having the timed write gone is

a perk, as timed writing cannot be used to represent a student’s best writing. Pang said she finds timed writes a fun challenge, but everyone writes differently, so it lacks a real benefit.

I can’t think of a job that will ask me to sit down, read an article, and write an academic essay on it in forty minutes. My assumption is that I will be given a deadline to meet, the requirements and then the rest is up to me.

Overall, I think making it a general portfolio and discarding the timed writing for good, would be more beneficial. As for whether or not I think everyone should have to do it, I’m still uncertain.

Grace is a junior double majoring in English and history from Liverpool, NY. She can be contacted at 335-1140 or at opinion@dailyevergreen.com. The views expressed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of The Daily Evergreen, its editors or publishers.

Is there really an alternate universe?

Astrophysists, laypeople alike theorize the possibility we live in one of many simulations

By Alexandria Osborne Evergreen columnist

In a conference in 2016, Elon Musk said the odds of us living in a reality is one in billions. The “reality” we currently live in is what we consider a base world, according to an article.

The article mentions astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson’s theory about living in a computer simulation.

“If so, the simulation would most likely create perceptions of reality on demand rather than simulate all of reality all the time—much like a video game optimized to render only the parts of a scene visible to a player,” according to the article.

I do not necessarily think we are living in a simulation or a false reality, but I have witnessed so many different things that seem a little abnormal.

Many of you have heard about deja vu, the feeling where you have seen something before, but not a lot of people have heard the term deja

reve, the feeling where you have dreamed something happened before it actually happens.

Personally, I experience deja reve more often than deja vu, and I think it is insane that my mind can make up a whole scenario by itself, when most of the time, I never encounter the people or location I am in until later on in life.

Makayla Thomas, freshman nursing major, has witnessed out of the ordinary situations, as well.

Thomas said she has had multiple recurring dreams since she was young, and they happen randomly throughout the years.

“There are [times] where you walk into a room and you walk around for a little bit and completely forget what you were doing there, and then you walk out and remember what you were doing so that kind of reminds me of a Sims game,” she said.

“It’s funny that happens so much.”

She said even though she has come across weird scenarios, she does not think it could be a false reality kind of thing.

Thomas also mentioned she gets deja vu a lot.

Deja vu has been noted to be a “glitch in the matrix” situation, according to another article.

The article mentions the con-

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The question lies within ourselves, is it crazy to believe there is more out there? nection between deja vu and a false reality is made because we are never expecting deja vu to happen.

Like Thomas, the article relates these out of the ordinary situations to the Sims.

“Scientists have attempted to bring on deja vu using virtual reality,” according to the article.

“One study found that participants reported experiencing deja vu when moving through the virtual reality Sims video game, when one scene was purposefully created to spatially map to another.”

The experiments led scientists to believe that deja vu is more focused

on the memory part of the brain.

This being said, we all encounter situations that lead us to believe we are in an alternate reality. Yet, I do think these encounters can screw with our brains a little, and make us believe the strangest things.

We are all human, and humans come up with the craziest theories. Even so, it is kind of cool to think about there being alternate universes somewhere out there.

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Letter: Spring breakers turn spring broken

Students facing more work during virtual semester; some will travel despite schedule

By Meghan Henry Evergreen columnist

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SU has worked long and hard to keep us all healthy and happy for a year now.

We’ve seen the cute signs on the President’s lawn and the play-on-words captions posted on the mirrors in the Chinook and Student Rec Center: “Practice safe six!”

It’s so cute how the administration can joke about safe sex but miss the mark on what we actually need to stay healthy.

It is so painful. Kind of like watching your dad try to dance.

But I laughed the first time I saw it. They did at least try, no?

As we have heard about the possible light at the end of the tunnel for quarantine coming in June, we have all let out a heavy breath of relief. Finally.

But as I submitted my last midterm paper this Sunday, I realized that there was no moment to breathe for any of us when it comes to school.

Instead of a moment to lean back in one’s chair, surveying their hard work and taking a minute to rest, there is only more work.

More deadlines.

More papers.

More exams.

More time on their blessed Dell, MacBook or family desktop.

More virtual sticking needles in my eyes, I’d say.

Instead of relief, a curse came to mind. And one that would make my very proper, no-trash-talk-atthe-table mom cringe.

I realized the only time for rest I had to look forward to was one day. That’s all we get.

We cherish spring break for the opportunity to break out our newest bikinis and cutesy overused Instagram captions.

I suppose this means we all will be nice and pasty white come this summer.

I petition adults everywhere, from our administration to our parents:

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College students are really going through that (not) “Summer time sadness” this semester.

We need a chance to log off of our computers and onto our phones. Mindless scrolling is honestly such a good break from mindlessly staring at a Zoom screen, swear.

Truly, it’s so nice to have the option to sleep in and make no set plans for at least seven days.

To the surprise of many, it has been proven that all people, no matter what age, cannot work without a bit of a break for long periods of time. Ask any teacher what their favorite day of the week is, and they’ll all tell you with a grim smile, “Saturday.”

We students – and come on, teachers, too – actually don’t work like racehorses. Our minds are not robots, constantly taking in material and information and transmitting it into lasting knowledge.

And our professors and TAs cannot be expected to keep up the same level of positivity and commitment while looking at the same Zoom profile pictures for the ninth week in a row!

Our brain is a muscle, and we’re running ours to death without a break.

The remaining random days off are not generous – they should be the bare minimum provided for students who are working a full-time job to get a

degree.

In reality, this “no spring break” thing is not keeping anyone from going on long trips out of state or even out of country.

I can name five people who are living on the beach right now. That idea of control is about as serious as those cute “practice safe six” signs.

But I get it. The administration has to put the responsible foot forward, showing that they are “doing everything they can” to stop the spread of COVID-19.

“Doing everything they can.” Tell that to my computer battery and my numbing brain.

I just wish it were not at the detriment of my mental health.

Bummer.

I’ll see you all in class today!

Happy Spring Break Day-ing.

Meghan is an English major from Austin, TX. She can be contacted at 335-1140 or at opinion@dailyevergreen.com. The views expressed in this column do not necessarily represent the views of The Daily Evergreen, its editors or publishers.

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“It’s really helpful to kind of be proactive about mental health and mental health awareness,” he said.

Having a biweekly meeting with multicultural groups is also something the two will start if elected.

Pan said the idea is to have conversations discussing how ASWSU can better represent the organizations.

Patrick said he is passionate about ASWSU transparency with students.

To increase communication between student government and the student body, Pan said they would like to collaborate with ASWSU Senators to send out monthly surveys and receive student feedback.

When deciding who would run as president and vice president, Pan said the two went with what their strengths are as leaders.

Pan said Patrick is a natural leader. If elected, Pan said he likes the idea of working with the AS-

enough for us to recover from the stress of what we do. And, even if we did take a day off, that does not guarantee staff members would not be free from working. Sometimes you have a story or photo due the next day. Sometimes there is breaking news. Journalism is unpredictable.

Additionally, we would need to decide whether we would not work the night before a no-class day and have no content that day, or not work on the no class day and have no content the following day.

Either way, our schedule was not aligning with the university’s.

Even if we cannot take time off from classes during that break, being able to focus on school and not worry about the Evergreen will be a much-needed reprieve.

WSU Senate and various committees to make sure everything is getting done.

“I think we work really well together because I have a lot of experience. I’ve had a ton of leadership roles throughout my life,” Patrick said, “but Pan has a lot of inside knowledge and has worked so diligently with ASWSU … it’s nice that he has that insight.”

Streamlining the process for students to receive timely help and answers is something Patrick said they want to work on. The two have talked to students and university organizations over Zoom, social media and through mutual connections to advertise their campaign.

“I hope that we’re actually able to go out and make change and make measurable and beneficial impacts for all WSU students,” Patrick said. “At the end of the day, we want to have open and honest conversations with WSU students and we’re here to listen.”

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“I think the whole system of tenure is not well suited to attracting more diverse faculty,” he said.

“People are talking about revising the process in such a way that it is more equitable.”

Dozens of faculty members received promotions this year and 36 were granted tenure, according to WSU Insider.

“COVID-19 did not affect tenure decisions this year,” Laura Hill, WSU senior vice provost, wrote in an email. “Tenure-track faculty were granted an automatic one-year extension, but most of those who were up for consideration this year did not take the extension.”

Steve Hines, faculty affairs committee chair for WSU Faculty Senate, said the committee started working about four years ago to establish fairness for both career-track and tenured faculty members.

A new proposal would act as a guide for university

furloughs and salary reductions in case a future budget crisis hits. It is not a plan to impose furloughs at this time, he said.

If approved at the Faculty Senate meeting on March 25, university administration would need approval from the Senate Steering Committee and the Faculty Senate for faculty furloughs and salary reductions, Hines said.

WSU would only be able to request temporary furloughs if there was a university-wide budget cut of more than five percent per fiscal year.

“I hope this is something we never have to use,” Hines said.

The two most recent budget crises, caused by the 2008 Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic, threatened the job security of career-track faculty, he said. Department chairs and deans are faced with making decisions with limited budgets.

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Taking a whole week off will allow us to come back fresh in a week, ready to cover what our readers need to know.

We will still cover breaking news stories during our week off.

We also intend to cover hearings for the Services and Activities Fee Committee. However, all other content will be put on hold for a week.

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REGIAN, CHRISTOPHER | Pg. 1 His main concern is making sure proper closed captions are available and that students are actually aware of the debate.

“Debates are important,” he said. “You can get a lot of questions answered without having to meet with candidates individually. That’s one of the great benefits about public debates.”

Regian said students should vote for Christopher and him because they make themselves accessible and want to have an open door policy where students can talk to them at any time.

They have plans to help the

student body and will do the work needed to succeed, he said. Regian and Christopher love WSU and want to make it a better place for students.

“You step on campus and you feel like you’re at home, and that’s what it felt like for me,” Regian said.

Students can attend the debates via Zoom through a link emailed to students. The first debate, focusing on WSU multicultural organizations, is scheduled for 6 p.m. today.

The second debate, focusing on both presidential and vice presidential campaigns, is scheduled for 6 p.m. March 25.

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Time to change name of Martin Stadium

WSU Athletics has key opportunity to build off of beneficial name change

By Aarik Long Evergreen columnist

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ews broke on Friday that WSU had reached a ten-year, $11 million deal with Gesa Credit Union to name the field inside of Martin Stadium. This is an incredible deal for Pat Chun and appears to be the first time a corporation has purchased the naming rights for a WSU Athletics facility.

However, it should not be the last time. It is time to change the name of Martin Stadium.

When Martin Stadium was opened in 1972, it was named after former Washington Governor Clarence D. Martin. Martin did a lot of good during his time as governor, but he has no connection to the school. In fact, Martin was a Husky and graduated from the University of Washington in 1906.

The reason the stadium is named after him is simple.

His son, Dan Martin, made a $250,000 donation when the stadium was being built in early 1972. Martin’s widow, Charlotte Martin, also donated $250,000 in 1978 and $150,000 in 1979 for expansion projects.

When adjusting for inflation, that initial donation was $1,585,231.38. The two follow-up donations bring the total to $3,211,821.44.

That is less than 30 percent of the amount that Gesa is paying for just ten years of having their name on just the playing surface. It also breaks down to just under $67,000 in today’s money per year.

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The turf inside Martin Stadium will now be called Gesa Field.

A stadium name is worth far more than a field name, so there is big money to be made. The current name does not honor a legendary coach or any sort of iconic name within WSU. That is the difference between Martin Stadium and either Bailey-Brayton Field or Beasley Coliseum. Both are named after major influencers either in their program or the university as a whole.

Maybe it is easier for me to say since I am not a life-long Cougar, so there is not as much of an emotional connection to the name, but it is certainly time to move on from the name, especially with it currently honoring a Washington graduate.

Naming rights are much more common in pro teams, but in the last decade has started to become much more prevalent in college sports.

There is also a lot of money that the Cougars could certainly use. In 2014, the Houston Cougars signed a $15 million deal for ten years of naming their stadium.

Additionally, Boise State and Albertson’s have a $12.5 million for 15 years.

Both of those schools have significantly smaller football programs than WSU does and were able to

command a large amount of money. For a Power Five football program, the money would be even more extravagant.

If the Martin name is a major thing for you, look no further than what Texas Tech did with AT&T. When their stadium was built in 1947, Clifford and Audrey Jones made a sizable donation, and the stadium was named Jones Stadium.

In 2000, SBC Communications purchased the naming rights. Instead of dropping the Jones name, they simply changed it to Jones SBC Stadium. Since then, AT&T has purchased SBC and continued the deal under the name Jones AT&T Stadium.

So, if the Martin name is that important to WSU Athletics, they can keep it and still grab a ton of money for WSU. And the money is super important for the Cougars.

Currently, WSU and Athletics specifically have some debt they need to handle. A big money deal to rename Martin Stadium could be just what they need to fix their current situation.

As a whole, it just makes sense to change the Martin Stadium name and to change it now.

Cougars head to Corvallis

Baseball follows away game against Portland with three-game road series

By Kuria Pounds Evergreen reporter

WSU baseball continues their current road trip as they head down to Corvallis, Oregon to face the No. 23 Oregon State Beavers in their first Pac-12 series of the year starting Friday.

The Cougars (10-2) just came off a 6-4 win against the Portland Pilots on the road Wednesday, as they head down to Corvallis to start conference play.

The Beavers (11-3) are coming off a series loss at home to the Oregon Ducks this past weekend, where Oregon State lost two out of three games.

This is the beginning of a nine-game road trip for the Cougars, before coming back to face Stanford on April 1.

Oregon State is currently on a three-game winning streak against WSU, where the Beavers swept the Cougars the last time these two teams faced off in 2019.

WSU has not beat Oregon State since April 16, 2016, where the Cougars won 8-3 at Bailey-Brayton against the Beavers.

The Beavers also lead the all-time series record between the two programs at a record of 48-22-1 throughout the years of contests.

Meanwhile, the Cougars have matched the best start to a season since 2010 with a 9-2

record, and now 10-2 after the game against Portland.

WSU is led by senior outfielder Collin Montez, who is hitting .410 from the plate, the best on the team, and he is paired with junior infielder Kyle Manzardo, who has 20 RBIs and five homeruns.

Manzardo, the preseason All-American, also had a 27-game hitting streak before it ended against Seattle in the Cougars’ last game played but looks to start this new hitting streak to tie or pass the current WSU record of 28 games.

Junior right-handed pitcher Zane Mills has dominated on the mound this year for the Cougars. He is 3-0 in his three starts with a 0.42 ERA and 23 strikeouts. Expect to see Mills starting on the hill in the opening game on Friday.

The Beavers have been led offensively by senior infielder Andy Armstrong. He is hitting .396 on the season with 21 hits and a home run. Redshirt junior outfielder Joe Casey leads the team with three homeruns and 13 RBIs. First pitch for game one of the series is set for 5:35 p.m. Friday from Goss Stadium at Coleman Field. The second game of the series is slated to start at 1:35 p.m. Saturday and the series finale is set for 1:05 p.m. Sunday.

All three of these games can be viewed on the Oregon State live stream and lineups will be announced one hour before the first pitch.

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JAKIMOVSKI | Cont. from pg 4 ankle injuries. However, Smith believed this role for Jakimovski would be the best adjustment for him and his abilities.

Smith said Jakimovski’s day-to-day work ethic is unbelievable and about as good as a freshman can get. This motor from Jakimovski shows Smith that this is exactly why he wanted him in Pullman in the first place.

“That’s an area where he can hopefully become that point forward type player where he can really help us in that capacity,” Smith said.

The weekend of Cal and Stanford came around and Jakimovski, needless to say, silenced the doubters. Against Cal, he returned to the starting lineup for the first time in over two weeks and finished the night with 11 points, nine assists, and seven rebounds, a near triple-double.

Then against Stanford, not only was it a double-overtime thrilling win for WSU, but Jakimovski finished with 11 points, nine assists, and six rebounds across 52 minutes played, the second most minutes played in a game by any Coug this season.

Jakimovski said he had no idea he was so close to a triple-double against Cal, but he was more so happy that the Cougars defeated the Golden Bears by 31 points. However, against the Cardinal, he confirms that it was the craziest game he’s ever been a part of throughout his entire basketball career.

Jakimovski said winning that Stanford game with limited fans in the stands made the victory that much sweeter. He felt more like a “Coug” in that moment.

“I kind of feel the vibe here in Pullman,” Jakimovski said. “After the game, I was walking down the street, and all the people [would yell] ‘Go Cougs!’, I felt the energy of Pullman. It was really nice.”

As the 2020-21 season wrapped up and WSU suffered a firstround exit in the Pac-12 Tournament, Jakimovski finished the year averaging 5.5 points per game across 25 games played and 19 starts.

He said his shooting percentages were too low and he didn’t attack the basket enough this season and he wants to change that moving forward. This offseason, he wants to develop his finishing ability at the rim, as well as get his body in prime condition to avoid any more injuries.

Although Jakimovski reviews his season with critique, his coaches and teammates evaluate his season with praise.

Kunc said the sky is the limit for Jakimovski after playing just one season with him. Jakimovski has the ability to take basketball to the next level and his potential shows that he’s on a path to do so, Kunc added.

“We can all see the potential, it’s now up to him to put all the elements, put all the great games he had, and be consistent with them.” Kunc said.

In terms of a season report card for Jakimovski, he gets an ‘A’ according to Smith. Despite having the high expectations and the brief period of struggles, Smith believes.

“I thought he did well, I think his offensive efficiency will catch up,” Smith said. “He got a lot of the heavy lifting out of the way.

What you need to do to play at this level, to get on the court, to be competitive, there’s more to be gained.”

Despite getting offers from other Division I colleges such as Utah State and Georgia Tech before signing with WSU, Jakimovski is certain that he’s in the right place. With goals of playing professionally either overseas or in America, he believes WSU is the place where he can work on making those dreams come true.

“I think I made the right decision,” Jakimovski said. “Couldn’t be more happy that I chose to come to Pullman and play for coach Smith.”

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