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Pullman police officials outline policies, policing philosophy
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Students need diversity education
Learning is the first step toward a more inclusive world By Adam Hureau Evergreen columnist
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Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins said officers attended a week-long training on use of force after the department was scrutinized for using force on a former WSU football player in 2017.
Complaints can be filed by calling, emailing department or completing online form
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By Loren Negron Evergreen reporter
n Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins’ open letter, he wrote that he is committed to holding himself and his department accountable so the tragedy in Minneapolis will not repeat itself in Pullman. “Condemnation of unacceptable conduct by law enforcement officers is not enough,” Jenkins wrote. “Law enforcement leaders must take a stand
and take action.” In his letter, Jenkins linked an accompanying six-page document that states several of the department’s practices, training and policies. This includes information about complaints, use of force, body-worn cameras (BWC’s), and the department’s policing philosophy. “Providing this information is not an attempt to say we have done everything that we need to do,” he wrote, “it is to say that we are giving our best effort.” Filing a Complaint
ways, Jenkins said. A person can call or email the police department or fill out an online complaint form on the department’s website titled “Feedback Form PPD.” The form can be dropped off at the PPD’s office or sent via mail. During this process, the officer’s supervisor will review the complaint and will contact the informant for follow-up questions. Jenkins said the supervisor will initiate a formal investigation if the complaint is serious, such as an officer using excessive force. The investigative process includes Filing a complaint against a Pullman notifying the officer about the nature of Read online HERE police officer can be done in several
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A Cougar Gold Cheese origin story
By Annie Hager Evergreen reporter
If you ever wondered why Cougar Gold Cheese comes in a tin can, you first need to take a trip back to 1940. Norman Shirley Golding, then-food science professor at WSU, researched and received a grant to work on Cougar Gold in the 1940s. WSU Creamery Manager John Haugen said the name Cougar Gold comes
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Shortly after, tins became an essential method of storage for Cougar Gold. “We’re probably one of the only people that [use cans for] cheese,” Parker Baker, student worker at WSU Creamery, said. “That itself is kind of unique.” Haugen said throughout the years, the U.S. government and the American Can Company gave funds to WSU so it could keep the cheese in tins. “They wanted to be able to get cheese to the troops more easily in World War II,” he said. Read online HERE
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from Golding. “Not cause it’s gold, because it’s not, it’s white,” Haugen said. Golding added a lactic starter culture — bacteria that is added to milk at specific temperatures — to make the unique flavor in Cougar Gold, he said. “He put in another culture called an adjunct culture that doesn’t really produce acid, but having that extra culture in there produces a different flavor,” Haugen said. In the 1940s, plastic was not available as far as packing options, he said. The main packaging the creamery used was wax.
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If you ask, Mike Long may tell you about the time he killed someone with an umbrella. Well, not really. As a sound effect designer, producer, writer and director for the Pullman Civic Theatre, Long is used to finding unusual ways of setting the sounds of a story. If the script calls for the whooshing sound of a knife passing through the air, Long grabs his umbrella and opens it. If characters are struggling their way through a storm, he has his homemade “thunderboard,” which is common in films and plays that record live weather sounds. Recently, the shutdown of in-person plays changed how he’s done this job, Long said. He still keeps a stump and even fruit on stage with him — for sound reasons — but works without his usual group of PCT colleagues. “The biggest change is that I’m at the theater by myself,” Long said. “No cast members or crew. Just me alone in the very dark theater.” Since the shutdown of in-person theaters, the Pullman Civic Theatre has uploaded largely
Cougar Gold Cheese is made by student workers at the WSU Creamery. Cheese of all flavors comes in tins.
Cougar Gold Cheese tins resulted from World War II shortages; legacy continues
The death of George Floyd has sparked a nationwide conversation about the state of our nation, especially in regards to racial issues and discrimination. More and more people are realizing that problems with racism stem from a lack of education. Many Americans are just not educated enough on other cultures, myself included. However, if we start to focus more on diversity education and its benefits, we can begin to make a change. In order for this to happen, however, we all need to step up. We can start by taking part in diversity education and training. Now is an especially important time to start taking action and getting informed, Jaime Nolan, associate vice president for community, equity and inclusive excellence for WSU’s Division of Student Affairs, wrote in an email. Nolan said education is needed now more than ever. “This moment has laid bare the