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Students of color reflect on COVID-19

By Loren Negron Evergreen reporter

When Alyssa Chan returned to Pullman in August from Hong Kong, she did not want to tell people she was Chinese, worried that others would stigmatize her.

“As we know, the virus started in China,” said Chan, senior public relations major. “I would be scared to tell people I’m Chinese.”

A few days after arriving in Pullman, Chan took a cab home after visiting a grocery store. The driver asked her where she flew from. Chan said she feared the driver’s response if she told him the truth.

“I didn’t want people to think, ‘Oh, she just came back from China,’” she said. “So I said I came back from Canada.”

Going back to Hong Kong in the spring was stressful for Chan. She said the flight home was long, and she had to take three different flights in one day. Chan was worried about traveling, especially internationally, due to COVID-19 concerns.

Chan said living in Hong Kong over the summer made her feel safer than living in Pullman. She said Hong Kong is more prepared to address COVID-19 after experiencing the SARS epidemic in 2003.

Not only has the COVID-19 pandemic caused Chan to fear being stigmatized, but it also made her worry about her family. She said Hong Kong has limited job opportunities due to COVID-19. With her mom not

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having a stable job, to begin with, the employment situation in her family brought more stress.

“There’s a lot of uncertainty for my family,” Chan said.

She decided to move back to Pullman to focus on her studies. If she stayed in Hong Kong, the 15-hour time difference would have been problematic for her Zoom lectures, she said.

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Students worry about stigma, adapting to online learning, spreading virus to family

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Chan is learning to adapt to the Zoom learning environment. However, she said it can be frustrating at times to do online classes because she learns best in person. Keeping track of instructors’ emails and announcements is overwhelming as well, she said, especially when many assignments are due the same day.

Chan has been trying to focus on her mental health while living in Pullman. She said a lot of her friends did not come back to Pullman.

“I think I lost a support system compared to the one I had before the pandemic happened,” she said.

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Mentoring programs still available; student-led conferences to occur soon

By Andrea Gonzalez Evergreen reporter

Programs and centers under The Office of Multicultural Student Services are still virtually accessible to WSU students of color.

The office is trying to come up with programming that follows the public safety guidelines, said Stephen Bischoff, WSU director of MSS. This includes creating Zoom rooms for the programs that students can enter.

Student organization centers like the African American Student Center, Asian American and Pacific Islander Student Center and Chicanx/ Latinx Student Center are continuing to work together to help students of color, Bischoff said.

The office is working with the MSS mentoring program to reach out to students, said Joelle Berg, Native American Programs retention specialist.

The amount of returning students attending virtual programs is equal to the amount attending in-person before moving online, Berg said.

Student mentors are reaching out to new incoming students through social media, phone calls and emails, Bischoff said.

He said it is challenging to receive engagement from new incoming students because the virtual environment does not allow for casual interaction.

“I think there’s a lot of weight on our students as a whole, but

definitely our students of color,” Bischoff said.

He said the MSS office and the mentors are there to help students get connected with resources like Counseling and Psychological Services and Crimson Community Grant.

There are also technology resources like Chromebooks and hotspots.

The Team Mentoring Program led by Manuel Acevedo has been reaching out to students in STEM fields, as well as engaging with faculty and team mentors, Bischoff said.

Student-led conferences like Shaping High School Asian Pacific Islanders for the Next Generation are connected with Student Involvement and will happen soon, Bischoff said.

The Children of Aztlan Sharing Higher Education (CASHE) conference, which focuses on Chicanx and Latinx high school students, will host a conference later this fall, Bischoff said.

The Chicanx Latinx Student Center will host events for Latinx Heritage Month, Bischoff said.

While no other centers are open, the Native American Programs office is open for limited hours, Berg said.

The office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Mondays and Tuesdays to provide services like printing, internet usage and grab-and-go snacks, she said.

However, the center will not be used as a hangout space.

If a student’s basic needs are not being met, it is hard for them to be successful, Berg said.

The center is also hosting events like a virtual bingo game on Sept. 23

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Class streams interrupted

Etsi Bravo reopens

WSU needs COVID crackdown

Lincoln Middle School has had five Zoom bombings, including one sexually-explicit video.

Customers can order to-go options including alcoholic beverages.

Pullman police need to increase enforcement of preventative COVID-19 policies, one columnist argues.

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GIESORC Hosts Netflix Party Netflix and Chill? At 4 p.m. on Sept. 16, GIESORC will host an online showing of Lingua Franca. The movie depicts the struggles of Olivia a Filipino transgender woman living in the United States without a visa. You can register through https://wsu.co1.qualtrics. com/jfe/form/SV--da62oCPEGMebRt3. Next, make sure to install Netflix Party, login to Netflix and you should receive a URL to join.

Once you do, click on the NP icon to the right of the URL and enjoy the party!

Noise Complaint NE C St, 12:37 a.m.

Officer responded to a call made about party noise coming from a residence. Officer issued a warning.

We dnes day Disabilit y and Intersectionalit y Discussion Actor, comedian and disability advocate Steve Way will discuss how his multiple identities impact his ability to access quality health care.

Join Way as he breaks down the history of the American health care system and why people with disabilities are negatively affected by it. The event begins at 3 p.m. Sept. 16 and can be joined through https://wsu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV--doPYsfbq7azRoLH. To submit, email events to meditor@dailyevergreen.com.

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Suspicious Circumstance NE California St, 5:15 a.m.

Officers responded to a call made regarding to males who were breaking into a fraternity through a window.

Animal Complaint SE Harvest Dr, 2:17 p.m.

Officer responded to a call made reporting that an animal was locked inside a hot car.

Ac cident SE Latah St, 7:49 p.m.

Pullman police and Pullman fire officers responded to a hit and run incident where a vehicle hit a water main.

Large Gathering Violation NE Spaulding St, 9:50 p.m.

Officer responded to a call made reporting an obnoxious party but was unable to locate where the noise was coming from.

Large Gathering Violation NE B St & NE Colorado St, 11:03 p.m.

Officer responded to a call made about a large party in the area.

she was hearing an aerosol spray-like sound outside her window for about 40 minutes .

Welfare Check NW Joe St, 9:53 a.m.

Officer responded to a call made about a “ help” sign on their neighbor ’s door which turned out to be a Halloween decoration.

Sus picious Per s on NE Brandi Way, 11:46 a.m.

Officer responded to a call about an individual attempting to pry their neighbor ’s door with a shovel.

Utilit y Problem SE Dexter St, 3:27 p.m.

Police and fire officers responded to a call made about a tree that had afllen down on a power line.

Tues day Suspicious Circumstance NW Greyhound Way, 12:46 a.m.

An officer responded to a reporting party ’s call about an abandoned fish tank .

Traff ic Violation SE Bishop Boulevard, 6:50 p.m.

An officer responded to to a report about a toddler standing on a moving vehicle.

Monday

Traff ic Haz ard SE Pine St, 7:34 p.m.

An officer was contacted by City Parks and Recreation staff about a fallen tree blocking the road.

Sus picious Circumstance NW North St, 3:03 a.m.

Officers responded to a caller ’s repor t that

Computer Crime SE Dexter St, 8:40 p.m.

Officer responded to a reported attempt to hack into the school district database.

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Stay calm and carry on.

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Scorpio (Oct. 23 - Nov. 21) —— Shared financial goals could face a challenge.

Stay in communication. Talk it over. Find practical solutions for short-term objectives. Pull together. Support each other.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 - Dec. 21) —½ — Negotiate and compromise around an obstacle. Postpone travel. Two heads are better than one. Handle the basics first. Strengthen infrastructures. Update schedules and plans.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 - Jan. 19) —½— Balance a busy day to support health, energy and vitality. Exercise, beauty and nature energize you. Old assumptions get challenged.

Nurture and nourish yourself.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 - Feb. 18) —½ — Ease up on imaginative suggestions and take small practical steps to advance a passion project. Enjoy familiar games, sports and arts.

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Pisces (Feb. 19 - March 20) — — Your domestic fantasies may not match realit y.

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National Guard administers 135 COVID-19 tests in two days

Members equipped with suits, face shields; center relocated to ride-share parking lot today

By Brooklynn Hillemann Evergreen reporter

The Washington National Guard administered 45 COVID-19 tests at the Steptoe Village Apartments on Wednesday and 90 on Tuesday, but the testing location will change today where they will remain for the rest of the week.

The National Guard has relocated from the upper parking lot of Steptoe Village Apartments to a ride-share parking lot located by the Chief Joseph Village apartments and the Valley Road Playfields, said Phil Weiler, WSU vice president for marketing and communications. The change is due to the site’s lack of street visibility at the previous location.

Starting today, they will be testing at the new location through the end of the week, Weiler said.

“We want to see if we get more traffic there than we did at the Steptoe Apartments,” he said.

Weiler said the testing site location may change again, possibly near the Cougs Corner Mart and Azia parking lots.

Results from tests administered at the National Guard or Cougar Health Services sites can be expected within 24 to 48 hours, Weiler said.

The National Guard unit is tak-

ing precautions to keep the students and testers safe, he said.

National Guard members are equipped with Tyvek suits, gloves and face shields. The 26-member unit is also assigned a healthcare professional to ensure the guards are not experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, Weiler said.

A total of 813 students have been tested since last Wednesday, he said.

He said the William A. Crosetto Mobile Health Care Unit and Cougar Health Services tested a total of 573 students from Wednesday through Friday before Labor Day. The mobile health unit was stationed near WSU President Kirk Schulz’ residence on Greek Row. “This is not a one-time event,” Weiler said, “students need to continue to be tested throughout the academic semester.”

Twenty-six new people have tested positive for COVID-19, five of which are over the age of 30.

The total number of positive cases for the county has reached 870, according to Wednesday’s press release from the Whitman County Department of Health.

One person who tested positive lives in an assisted living facility in Pullman, said Troy Henderson, Whitman County director of public health.

Local mandates restricting social intermingling to reduce the potential spread of the virus are not

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National Guard testing site relocated to a ride-share parking lot located by the Chief Joseph Village apartments and the Valley Road Playfields. yet being considered, he said.

“We may implement the existing plan, but we’re not ready to do that today,” Henderson said. “We’re still watching it very closely.”

Any measures taken to reduce the spread of COVID-19 will most likely be localized to Pullman, such as closing in-person dining and entertainment venues, he said.

He said one of the new cases is a student living in a WSU dorm.

Students living in residence halls who test positive for COVID-19 will

be isolated in McEachern Hall, Weiler said. McEachern is the designated hall for self-isolation because every unit has a private bathroom.

He said WSU staff check in with self-isolating students on a daily basis and will deliver resources like food.

“If there’s other needs that they might have, like laundry, [the staff] can help make sure that students get what they need so they don’t have any reason to leave that room until they’ve completed their isolation period,” Weiler said.

District switches platforms after hackings

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The Zoom bombings began on Sept. 2 and continued onto the next day. The district switched from Zoom to Google Classrooms to prevent future hacks.

Four hacks included interrupting Zoom streams with inappropriate language; one included a sexually explicit video featuring an animal; person responsible for hackings has not been found yet

By Hunter Orcutt Evergreen reporter

The individuals responsible for recent Zoom bombings have not been caught, leading Pullman Public Schools to switch their online courses to Google Classroom.

Lincoln Middle School experienced five Zoom bombings over a two-day

period starting Sept. 2, said Bob Maxwell, superintendent of Pullman Public Schools. The most recent Zoom bombing included explicit video content.

Four of the Zoom bombings consisted of a hacker interrupting teacher’s Zoom streams with inappropriate language, Maxwell said.

The fifth hack interrupted a class with a streamed video that contained sexually inappropriate and disturbing content, he said. This occurred Sept.

3. The video shown included pornographic material featuring an unspecified animal, said Pullman Police Detective Sgt. Greg Umbright.

The teacher in charge of the class shut down the video as soon as he saw what was going on, Maxwell said. Parents and students expressed the hackings have left them feeling disturbed, he said.

“I think they are disappointed in the actions of the pretty disturbed individual who would do this to the school district, to a class,” he said.

Pullman Public Schools use password-protected classes and invite-required Zoom meetings. He said he does not know if the hackings will continue.

“Just about anything can be hacked,” Maxwell said.

Lincoln Middle School and the district are planning to implement more security measures, he said. This includes creating online district profiles for students and switching to Google Classroom instead of Zoom, but Zoom may still be used if teachers pre-record their classes.

The district’s information technologies department is currently investigating the matter and is looking into finding those responsible for the hackings, Maxwell said.

Once the district has any leads on anyone involved, police officers will look into the matter, Umbright said.

Those responsible for the Zoom bombings have yet to be found, Maxwell said on Tuesday.

“Safety and security is our utmost importance,” he said.

Administration discusses budget, strategic plan

University had $30 million in reserve balance during 2020 fiscal year, disbursed it among campuses to recover from fiscal deficits

By Michelle Paredes Strong Evergreen reporter

WSU administration joined Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture to discuss the university’s budget, which has been disbursed among WSU campuses to recover from deficits, and its diversity plan, which includes cluster hires to in-

crease faculty diversity.

Voiland College professors contribute $28 million in active grants to WSU’s research enterprise, WSU President Kirk Schulz said.

Budget In the 2020 fiscal year, the university’s reserve balance was about $30 million on the positive side. That money has now been dispersed among campuses to recover from any deficit spending.

With athletics being canceled this fall, $30-$35 million in net revenue will be lost as a result of not

playing football, Schulz said.

Most intercollegiate athletics around the country are funded by their football programs, he said.

As a result, $6.5 million in additional expenditure reductions have been made.

WSU’s strategic plan will create a leadership structure by having on-campus groups weigh in on system-related things, Schulz said. This includes WSU Faculty Senate, academic deans, faculty members and chancellors.

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Etsi Bravo reopens with food options Nightclub shut down for six months, now available to serve limited to-go options

By Mataya Siemion Evergreen reporter

Normally, Etsi Bravo is a hot spot for WSU students, filled with dancing, guest performers and comedy nights. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the nightclub almost completely shut down.

Etsi Bravo opened up Aug. 28 for customers to order take out food after about six months of being closed with the exception of to-go drink cocktail mixers.

On May 4, Gov. Jay Inslee gave restaurants the okay to open back up for take out. However, many night clubs that did not have a restaurant license had to stay closed, according to the Washington State Department of Health.

Etsi Bravo had to remain closed longer than many Pullman bars because they only had a nightclub license and served food from Black Cypress. In Washington, having a nightclub license means that the business’ revenue has to come from entertainment and alcohol, Cory Preston, owner of Etsi Bravo said.

“For us, we had to automatically shut down because of our license. Having a nightclub license we didn’t have any leeway. We couldn’t do limited capacity, we just had to shut down,” said Preston.

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Etsi Bravo would usually serve food from the Black Cypress before the pandemic, but now the nightclub is back open with its restaurant license to serve to-go options and alcoholic drinks from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. to reopen, Preston said.

Etsi Bravo has been a popular nightclub in downtown Pullman for the last five years.

They feature musicians, have a dance floor and serve specialty cocktails.

“Etsi Bravo is a pretty classy place, but there’s no pressure to act or dress a certain way there,” Lauren Prasanna, a previous

customer of Etsi Bravo said.

Their new menu has mac and cheese, salads and a variety of sandwiches, including $1 PB&J’s.

“We will continue being a restaurant, but we’re not planning on scraping everything we had before. So basically you’ll still be able to come here and dance, but you’ll also get to

have dinner beforehand,” Preston said.

Since Etsi Bravo is now serving food, they are allowed to sell canned mixed drinks and other alcoholic drinks. The canned mix drinks have been one of the business’s main focus since they reopened to customers over the age of 21.

“I’ve been wanting them to

have food. Before when I went there I used to always get hungry. They had like goldfish bowls, but a real menu would be a nice addition,” Prasanna said.

The to-go service is offered Tuesday-Saturday from 4-8 p.m.

“The response has been overwhelming so far and we’re doing our best to keep up with it,” Preston said.

WSU gains new assistant swimming coach New hire coached at East Carolina University for about 10 years, swam in college

By Hannah Flores Evergreen reporter

The WSU women’s swim team will welcome Kate Moore as the assistant coach after the swim program’s funding was cut at her previous institution.

Moore coached at her alma mater East Carolina University for 10 years before taking the job at WSU. “ECU is essentially where I got my start so I was really grateful to work there, it just all worked out in such an amazing way,” Moore said. “I’ve worked there basically since I graduated in 2007, until this year.”

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Kate Moore WSU assistant swim coach

enjoyed swimming which later led her to compete on the swim team in high school. She eventually competed and later served on the coaching staff at ECU. Moore said she coached swimming during the summers at ECU, but she did not always

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Kate Moore started swimming competitively before she was in high school. Now she will begin her second coaching career for the WSU women’s swimming team, although the f u ture for the season is u ncer t a i n at t h e m o m e nt . plan to be a coach.

When she graduated from ECU, she looked around for jobs in physical education but then the head coach at ECU asked Moore to come work with the team as a graduate assistant.

“It was originally a part-time job for the summer but the staff really liked me and so they cre-

ated a full-time position to keep me on more permanently,” Moore said.

Moore said working at ECU was a special experience. She also said her bittersweet move to WSU is a result of the ECU swim program being cut from the school.

“I knew they were hiring over in Washington and after talking

to the head coach, Matt Leach, and getting to know more about him and where he wants to take the program, I was really eager and inspired to join the team,” Moore said.

She said although she is excited to be part of the Cougar community, she will miss her colleagues and the team at ECU. A friend and colleague of

Moore, Brie Berkowitz, assistant pole vault coach at ECU, shared a similar sentiment.

“I didn’t start out working at ECU like Kate did but since 2012 we have worked together as coaches in our respective sports where we first became friends so that has been really cool,” Berkowitz said.

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“ She knows what she wants to say, and I think she channels that into her work.”

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Political polarization is tearing our country apart

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Whether it’s red or blue, there’s always a battle full of demoralizing, rude behavior. Politics in 2020 is tearing families, friends and countries apart.

By Justin Ulofoshio Evergreen columnist

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he U.S. presidential election is less than 60 days away, and many are saying that Nov. 3 might be the most important day in this generation. At the same time, the country is in the middle of an identity crisis.

The sociopolitical climate of the United States seems to be at its most divided point in recent memory, and while the country has been divided on issues before, such as during the civil rights era, it’s significantly more obvious now.

“Partisan polarization is worse today than it has been in 100 years,” said Cornell Clayton, director of The Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at WSU. Clayton said in our country today, politics have now intertwined with how we define ourselves as individuals.

What we do politically is based on our cultural upbringing, our skin color, our religious beliefs and every

other avenue of which we define ourselves.

This year has revealed quite a few things, one of those things being that Americans do not seem to agree on what America is. What one person says about their country may be completely different than their neighbor a few blocks down.

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Partisan polarization is worse today than it has been in 100 years.

Cornell Clayton director of The Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service

One might hear someone say, “This isn’t the America I grew up in.” Unless everyone had grown up in the same context, that statement is met with an eye roll.

Issues regarding race relations and public health — with how far the country has come — should have easy solutions. However, because of how polar our politics have become and how much our politics have come to define who we are as individuals, we are at a standstill.

Who bears responsibility for these things? One might say that

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this division and unraveling of the social fabric of the U.S. is a collective effort.

“I think that collectively, society is to blame,” Ben White, sophomore elementary education major, said.

“When people make snap decisions when they look at their ballots and vote [Republican or Democrat] without thinking about who is the best candidate for the job — I think that is what polarizes the country.”

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It is concerning, to say the least, that people are willing to vote for a candidate whose only qualification is that they are not a member of the opposition. What is even more concerning is the growing contempt we have for people with opposing viewpoints because we consider them immoral.

We call each other names like scum and snowflakes, and political pundits fuel this behavior. The worst example I can think of is The Ben Shapiro Show, which advertises tumblers with the words “Liberal

Tears” for each subscriber. Their profit is someone’s emotional pain.

In the minds of many Americans, someone’s loss is a win for the country. This is not the recipe for a society that wants to improve its standard of living or recover from a difficult period.

So then where is the country going? Well, as much as we can discuss how this happened and who was responsible, I suggest we look to the future. We can not say that America is dead, or that the country is a failed state because, in reality, this country has never been a finished product.

Generations of Americans in the past defined what America meant for them at that time, and we need to do the same for the present day.

We have to come to terms with what America means for us. To do that, we must humble ourselves and acknowledge that we have different approaches. However, we all want the same thing, and that thing is a better country, not just for us as individuals but for our neighbors as well.

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JOHN RICH

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RTOP director has local, national talent on stage

When John Rich came to visit his college friend Jim Sato in Pullman, he didn’t expect to stay — but he did. Then when he agreed to help out with the local theater scene, he set another ground rule.

“When I first got involved, I got talked into it,” Rich said, “and I said, ‘As long as it doesn’t take over my life.’ I was planning on retiring. But the theater and the arts on the Palouse definitely took over my life.”

Originally from the Los Angeles area, Rich spent his childhood acting in film and primarily theater productions. From the age of five, he worked with such stars as Betty Grable, Eddie Albert and John Raitt.

His love for theater, he said, began even earlier. His mother, an educator who later founded her own private school, took him and his twin sister to plays and other cultural events. He said a showing of “Peter Pan” convinced him to pursue acting.

“I was 3 or 4 and I looked down at the stage — we were in the balcony — and I said, ‘That’s what I want to do,’” Rich said.

Rich, a first-generation American with a Canadian mother and a Filipino father. He said his father in particular was sometimes skeptical of his career path, but supported him. He and his sister took academic lessons with a tutor and at-

navin chettri

WSU professor Navin Chettri has been interested in music since he was young, as he grew up on classical, folk and western music. Though he got his start playing with his band in a local jazz bar, Chettri has been one of the biggest proponents in the emergence of Nepali Jazz.

“Indian classical music is a lot of improvisation; so, improvisation was a big fascination for me … it was inevitable at some point that jazz would come,” Chettri said.

In the 90s, he moved to Kathmandu to pursue his music career as a percussionist. Tourists were a big part in the development of Chettri’s musical diversity, bringing in new styles of music for him to discover.

Chettri played in a band in Kathmandu called Cadenza Collective, and the group would always have people come sit-in and play with the band. Chettri said he was always blown away with the music that he heard, and when somebody brought him a John Coltrane tape, he was immediately fascinated by jazz.

“It was the jazz bug — once you’ve been bitten by it, you’re searching for the rest of your life, trying to know more and discover more,” Chettri said.

Chettri had a diverse group of teachers that brought their unique insights into his playing. One of his friends opened a jazz bar, the first in Nepal, and there the band would play Saturday Night Jazz.

The bar, Jazz Upstairs, is still open and has be-

By Anna Young Evergreen reporter

tended auditions, call-backs and late-night rehearsals.

He wouldn’t get home from those rehearsals until 11 or 12 at night throughout his childhood. Attending college at the University of Southern California, he said, was the first time he experienced formalized schooling.

Sato and Rich met there and both studied in the theater department. Rich’s emphasis was in directing and theater management, while Sato specialized in acting. Sato eventually returned to his hometown of Pullman after college, while Rich traveled around the country to different directing jobs.

Later, when he came to visit Sato in Pullman, he said he cultivated an interest in Pullman Civic Theatre, working as their artistic director for about seven years.

But he wanted to do more.

When Rich started Regional Theatre of the Palouse in 2007, Sato was there as one of the founding members. Rich, who had worked as a director with actors like Barry Williams of “The Brady Bunch” fame, wanted to bring an air of professionalism to the local theater scene.

“Because this was my career, and passion, and my focus in life, we don’t play at theater,” he said. “We want to do the best work possible for the money we have.”

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WSU professor has been bitten by ‘the jazz bug’ come a mecca for jazz in Nepal, Chettri said. The bar still plays Saturday Night Jazz every weekend and has even had frontman of The Police, Sting, play with Chettri and his jazz band in the past.

Things lined up very well for his band. When they were discovered in Nepal by an Australian agent, they toured Australia, came back to Kathmandu and created a jazz festival named Jazzmandu in 2002. After, Chettri met his wife and they moved to Moscow, where he got his master’s at University of Idaho.

Chettri helped start the World Music Celebration at the U of I eight years ago and still serves as artistic director. He said he is passionate about sharing his musical tastes while on stage, and he makes playing live on stage about his audience’s enjoyment.

Renowned jazz flautist Jamie Baum has nothing to say but good things about Chettri.

“He is an amazing person, very sweet and concerning and caring, very open-minded,” Baum said.

Chettri and Baum have played together numerous times in Nepal and in New York. They have also composed several songs, and they played in the 2018 Monterey Jazz Festival together. They composed a

By Joey Franklin Evergreen reporter

piece reflecting on the 2015 Nepal earthquake, in the same style of old religious songs about Shiva, a god of destruction and renewal. Baum said that Chettri was a very enthusiastic person to work with, and his positive outlook helped the process of songwriting.

“There are moments when you aren’t really thinking and the music flows, you feel a little lift and you don’t know what you’re doing but it’s sounding great,” Chettri said. “It’s effortless.”

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Artist brings identity, perspective to her work

Sultan graduated from WSU’s Master in Fine Arts program last ster after completing her thesis project, “Anak Dara,” meaning ng unmarried child.” e came from a pet name her mother called her as a child, and the created through fabrics and spices from her hometown in Malayid she made the pieces to specifically reflect the idea of a young, child in different forms. It left out her face and parts of the body, so only represented by fabrics and other items representing cultural

way, it’s not necessarily focusing on the color of my skin, how I ostly representing my identity through formal qualities of my culh spices, food, sound, smells, colors [and textures.]” id her experience as a brown Muslim woman drives her art, drawteractions in the U.S. or family and cultural experience to make Anak Dara.” er I’m frustrated by what’s going on in the news or what has hape based on specific microaggressions or something that I have to go ort of look at art as a way to express how I’m feeling,” Sultan said. ough there the work evolves by itself.” as been practicing art her entire life, describing it as the “one thing made sense,” and often using it as a form of therapy.

Abu Dhabi, Sultan grew up in Finland, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and he moved to the U.S. in 2013 to study art at Parsons School of Dehat, she attended WSU’s MFA program, which she graduated from er. r Hallie Meredith, one of Sultan’s professors and served on her mittee, said Sultan was a confident yet poised student, with strong s yet still open to ideas and criticism. She also mentioned that Sulme in as a painter, but due to the MFA program being interdisary, she quickly adopted other styles, like the textiles she used in “Anak Dara.”

“She has a really strong sense of identity and when she is articulating it she makes it accessible to people from radically different backgrounds,” Meredith said.

“I think this is not necessarily just because she has an international background, but because of the strengths she has as an artist.”

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This included flying in professional actors for some of the local shows. For this past spring’s scheduled musical, “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” Rich planned to fly in actors from New York City and one from Georgia.

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want to do it.”

When she attended WSU to study landscape architecture, Cordova hosted and performed in a multicultural student talent show as its sole contestant. That was when she realized Pullman had a cultural void, she said.

Students like her, especially students of Mexican heritage, did not have many avenues to stay connected to their traditions, she said.

“I know a lot of people might be feeling homesick because it’s Pullman, so there are not a lot of Latinos,” Cordova said. “I just wanted it to be a place where Latinos could get together and learn more.”

Ballet Folklorico de WSU started on the third floor of the CUB in fall 2019 with Cordova as its president. The group of eight to ten students began 2020 with hopes to perform for a graduation banquet meant for first-generation and low-income students.

Then the pandemic happened. “[Cordova] revived it, and then COVID hit,” said the organization’s adviser, Maria de Jesus Dixon.

Dancer Lorena Zepeda, sophomore landscape architecture major, said the loss of planned performances was disappointing. Zepeda, who grew up in Queretaro near Mexico City, joined Ballet Folklorico de WSU to reconnect with her love of dance.

“The culture is something I appreciate, and I don’t think I should forget about it, because it’s in my roots,” Zepeda said.

The RSO was set to perform at events designed for underrepresented students, Dixon said.

They planned to dance in full traditional wear on the mall in front of the CUB, at events during Latinx Heritage Month, and for the WSU College Assistance Migrant Program, which works to support migrant agriculture workers on-campus.

“Students who are from that culture, when they see that, it’s certainly a sense of pride they can feel,” Dixon said. “Being able to see their culture on display, I think it just does something for their morale specifically for

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Sultan said she has received pushback, especially from her works regarding Islamophobia, but she said that will happen whenever artists of color deal with uncomfortable issues.

“So when you make art concerning [uncomfortable] topics people tend to see it as ‘Oh, you’re being negative’ or ‘You’re being aggressive about the matter’ but more, in fact, is it’s creating an open discussion and dialogue on matters people are super ignorant towards,” Sultan said. “Once you get to that stage where people are talking about something, that’s when a dialogue is being created and through dialogue, ignorance is being defeated and people are learning what their own biases are.”

Now, Sultan is working as the artistic director for Raise Karma, an artistic residency program centered around empowering art through spirituality and helping artists of color and women. Today, she opens her first solo exhibition with Trotter&Sholer in New York City, using many of the pieces from her thesis project.

Trotter&Sholey CEO Jenna Ferrey said she was introduced to Sultan and her art through a mutual friend, who was displaying a work of Sultan’s in his own exhibit. Ferrey said she fell in love with the work and had him introduce them.

“For me, the interesting thing about Azzah’s art is it’s very candid and very honest,” Ferrey said. “She knows what she wants to say and I think she channels that into her work in a way that you sort of instantly recognize the authenticity of the pieces.”

Ferrey said Sultan’s art allows people to experience cultures and perspectives outside their own, and that she is excited to work with her.

“In the times of a pandemic, she’s thriving,” Meredith said.

“And I think she’s going to continue to go from strength to strength. It’s really been a pleasure working with her and I look forward to seeing how her work will continue to develop.”

“RTOP blends national talent with local talent,” associate director Michael Todd said. “It’s the blending of professional know-how with eager learners.”

Sandrinne Edstrom, one of the New York-based professional actresses, said she was scheduled to play the lead in “Thoroughly Modern Millie.” Having met with Rich and Todd online in prior months, Edstrom flew out to Pullman in early March.

“Immediately it felt like home,” she said. “John is probably one of the sweetest people I have ever met.”

Edstrom began practices with Rich and Todd, with the other actors scheduled to arrive two weeks later. That changed with the arrival of COVID-19.

The musical was canceled, but Edstrom felt unsafe returning to New York. Rich and Sato continued housing Edstrom in Sato’s childhood home, where they had planned to house several of the traveling actors.

They went grocery shopping together every week, and Edstrom said they would call to check up on her every now and then. When she discovered flooding in the house due to a late-night rainstorm, Rich, Todd and Sato came over right away to fix it.

“It was good to know if anything went wrong, John and Jim and Michael were there for me,” Edstrom said.

With the arrival of COVID-19, Rich said he’s had to change some aspects of RTOP, but they’ve been just as busy. He said they’ve addressed some items on a long-standing to-do list, like renovating the brick walls of the building.

The theater has also been offering study groups, language lessons and summer acting camps, Rich said — all safely social-distanced and sanitized. Recently RTOP has introduced studios in the building where businesses can rent for less than a normal building space would cost.

Rich said the Palouse hasn’t always been the easiest crowd to break into anyway. With the local sports emphasis, he said, sometimes funding has been hard.

Todd said it takes all kinds of support — whether it’s helping build sets, auditioning or taking part in workshops — to keep RTOP at its fullest potential.

“If we want the arts to thrive on the Palouse, we need people to be artists,” Todd said.

But Edstrom said Rich works hard to keep RTOP running and offering the best theater experience in the area.

“I feel like he’s a renaissance man in that he has so many skills he offers,” Edstrom said. “He directs and produces and does the costuming … usually that’s a job for five different people, but he does it all.”

Todd agreed, saying a lot of the work has fallen on Rich’s shoulders over the years. As associate director, he’s been taking charge of some productions, taking Rich’s influence and developing his own directorial style.

Under Rich’s tutelage, Todd said he’s on track to take some of the pressure off and continue his work at RTOP in the coming years.

“After founding RTOP in 2007, [Rich] has been working nonstop creating an artistic oasis in the wheat fields,” Todd said.

Rich said that working hard at theater is just what he’s always done.

“Once it’s in your blood,” he said, “it’s really hard to shake it off.”

those students.”

Although Cordova considered hosting virtual practices with her dancers, she said it would have been difficult to explain the complex movements and choreography.

Baile Folklorico is a physically demanding dance, Dixon said. Young men wear authentic sombreros in the style of mariachi performers. The women must have the strength to not only lift their colorful skirts over their heads, but balance on heels and keep pace with the choreography, Dixon said.

“What I’m always impressed with is how the young ladies can twirl to make what you’re seeing a surreal thing at times, depending on the pattern and colors,” Dixon said.

Technique and practice matter a lot in the execution of the dances, Zepeda said.

“Combining that with a whole choreography and dancing with the music, you have to listen and kind of have this music memory so you know what to do,” Zepeda said.

Cordova’s kindness helped Zepeda feel more settled and welcomed during her first year at WSU, Zepeda said. Even members who had never danced

Folklorico learned quickly because of Cordova’s leadership, Zepeda said.

“It seems like she really knows what she’s doing,” Zepeda said.

Cordova said that as a leader she learned to toe the line between bossiness and assertiveness. Having the instructional role made her grow as a teacher and as a Latina woman.

Folklorico also shows positive, non-stereotypical aspects of Mexican life that help educate anyone of any background, Cordova said.

The dance started in Mexico during the Spanish conquest of indigenous civilizations, and more people should learn about that, Cordova said. “[The dances] tell stories that would get lost if we didn’t have this,” Cordova.

All students can benefit from the educational part of the group, especially with Cordova’s leadership, Dixon said.

Anyone can join when the group revives again in the spring — hopefully for good, Cordova said.

“It certainly hit a bump with COVID,” Dixon said.

“But I have full confidence in Michelle that she is keeping those students motivated.”

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PULLMAN NEEDS STRONGER COVID-19 ENFORCEMENT Pullman, WSU police need to crack down harder on violators

By Joey Franklin Evergreen columnist

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hitman County is a growing COVID-19 hot spot in the United States with 1,659 cases per 100,000 residents. Pullman hosts many of those cases as WSU students slowly returned to school.

There are currently two testing sites in Pullman: one outside of Cougar Health Services, and one at the Steptoe Village Apartments, which the Washington National Guard set up.

Parties seem to be the main culprit of the coronavirus spread.

“Any activity ... a party that is being held where they’re not social distancing, that is in excess of ten people and not wearing masks ... is detrimental to the public health, and the host is held responsible,” said Pullman Chief of Police Gary Jenkins.

Jenkins said he feels that his officers wish they did not have to be the enforcers while giving out COVID-19 infractions.

The police are doing what they are told, and that is to uphold their responsibility of writing infractions.

In the long run, it will hopefully deter students from being irresponsible and drive down COVID-19 cases in Whitman County. If everybody

wears masks, transmission can be decreased.

Max Arend, junior criminal justice and criminology major, said the police are in a tough spot, but he is still frustrated.

“I can see there being a fine, but there should at least be a warning,” Arend said.

Arend said he has walked past bars and restaurants where nobody has masks on, and the spread of COVID-19 is likely very high in those enclosed spaces. He said he wishes the COVID-19 rules were more consistent between frat parties and bars where the spread of the coronavirus could be equal.

Arend said he had been to grocery stores in Pullman and saw multiple people not wearing masks.

“The only people who aren’t wearing masks are the people who live [in Pullman], and you have all the fraternity kids ... wearing WSU masks,” Arend said. “The people who live in this town don’t want to wear masks, but the kids who are coming in are doing the right thing.”

Jenkins said they are focusing on larger groups because the virus spreads easily in crowds and can easily get out of control if not taken seriously.

Jenkins said there has been a lot of compliance with the COVID-19 mandates. The Pullman Police Department is working with the university and community leaders to ensure

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Students and community members breaking COVID-19 social distancing guidelines need to be reprimanded and dealt with by law enforcement. everybody knows the severity of the disease when exposed to vulnerable populations, he said. The real damage is done when the very few people who do not follow the rules go in public and amplify the spread of the virus.

The first-time infraction of $250 might seem harsh when taken at face value, but during a pandemic, public health guidelines need to be taken seriously. At the end of the day, the police are doing what is in the best

interest of Pullman.

The sooner everybody – students and Pullman locals – follow the laws, wear masks and observe the social distancing rules, the sooner WSU and everything else will be back to normal.

Joey is a communications major from Fairwood, Washington. He 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.

Big chains are bad for small towns

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Big chains coming to town disrupts the flow and businesses of many local stores, especially restaurants, which hurts local business owners.

Chipotle may be exciting, but the arrival of big fast food chains hurts the small businesses, establishments of smaller towns

By Meghan Henry Evergreen columnist

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n Pullman, we are all about tradition. From Cougar Football Saturdays at The Coug, to Cougar Gold Cheese from the WSU Creamery — our local spots all hold a place in our memories as a piece of the college experience at WSU. When new chain restaurants come to town, it causes a natural change in business. With Chipotle’s pending arrival, many students are looking forward to new choices on the Pullman menu. However, I don’t believe that desire for the familiarity

of restaurants like Chipotle will distract from the long-held popularity of local favorites.

Small businesses like Zoe Coffee & Kitchen and Cougar Country are two such influential businesses in our town. Those are the restaurants we take our parents to when they drop us off in the fall. Those are the restaurants where we meet up with friends to enjoy each other’s company and the welcoming atmosphere.

“When my parents come out for Parents Weekend, you don’t take them to Qdoba. You want to show them the cool local places,” Aidan Murray, junior sport management major, said.

Even students who are home for the semester are reminiscing over

their favorite food spots.

“I remember freshman year — my roommate and I and our dormmates from down the hall would walk to Zoe every Tuesday because it was just fun for us to go and have something to do,” Madelyn Butcher, junior hospitality business management major, said.

For these reasons, it’s obvious that chain restaurants can’t manage that same hometown appeal.

“It says something when those places are where people want to go when they want to celebrate something good,” Butcher said. “People want to go somewhere that is special and unique, and where they know they’ll have a good time.”

Mike Wagoner, owner of both Zoe Coffee & Kitchen and Cougar Country, started his dream of running a coffee shop when his family lived on College Hill. He and his wife rented space in their home to students, who would drop into the family’s kitchen every morning for coffee.

“I spent half my mornings making lattes for the students,” Wagoner said, “and then someone said, ‘You should get paid for this. Why don’t you open up something, and do what you really want to do?’”

So he did. Zoe Coffee & Kitchen incorporated in 2005 and opened officially in 2006.

The current Zoe restaurant is a mix between Zoe Underground — the original coffee spot Wagoner started on campus — and the old breakfast place that stood where Zoe is now.

“I think there is a definite bond between Zoe and the WSU community,” Wagoner said.

The same goes for Cougar Country, too.

“People love Zoe, but I feel like Cougar Country has more of a spiritual connection,” Wagoner said.

“When people leave and come back,

they have to come to Cougar Country.”

Both Wagoner and his wife are WSU alumni, and when they fell in love with Pullman, he said, they decided to raise their four kids here as well. They have worked to keep their businesses running during COVID-19 shutdowns, and Wagoner said he made sure to thank the community for their support.

“One thing that is a benefit is living in a community like Pullman where the community members stand with one another and support one another,” Wagoner said. “There might be different philosophies and different viewpoints on everything, but a Coug is a Coug. We really appreciate all the Cougs supporting us and keeping us going here.”

It’s always exciting to have a familiar restaurant like Chipotle, but it’s vital to continue supporting the small businesses we already have. It’s clear that our students are excited to get back to Pullman in the spring so that they can continue to do so.

“Businesses who are small in smaller towns are family-owned, and it makes a huge difference to walk in and be welcomed by someone who has been doing that for their whole life versus an employee at a chain restaurant,” Butcher said.

No matter how fun it is to get new businesses in our small town, it’s true that we can get chain restaurant food anywhere in the country. There is only one Zoe and only one Cougar Country. There is no world in which we forget about our beloved restaurants, and they are the Cougs feeding us Cougs after all.

Meghan is an English major from Austin, Texas. 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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A look into Stubblefields’ history

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The local Stubblefields closed its doors, but college students, Pullman residents and WSU alumni will remember the bar for its Stubby Tuesdays and Stubby glasses.

By Annie Hager Evergreen reporter

When Stubblefields permanently closed its doors on Aug. 29, it ended the 15-year legacy of high-energy parties and tradition.

Stubblefields was a bar and club located in Pullman that opened in 2005. Its owners had a vision to give students the chance to party safely.

DJ Goldfinger, Stubblefields manager, worked there since its opening. He managed countless events held at the club.

“A lot of staff members have gotten married from the bar. A lot of parents

have come back year after year, or ten years later and you remember them,” Goldfinger said.

Stubblefields attracted a lot of regular customers. He said he would get to know their names, and where they would prefer to sit at the bar.

“I think overtime, from generation to generation, students start to get a lot more comfortable with the bar,” Goldfinger said.

Stubblefields started to become a serious family, he said. With the combination of music and dancing, customers would get a chance to see students come out of their shell.

The best days to go out were Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Goldfinger said

the staff at the bar wondered, ‘what about a Tuesday?’

“The special only happens on Tuesday. On Tuesday you would come buy a glass and you would get a fill with that.

You would run around the bar up and down the stairs with your friends,” he said.

WSU student Micah Chavez said he has had countless memories at Stubblefields with his friends.

“My favorite part of Stubbies was that on Tuesdays everybody from all the fraternities and sororities would show up,” Chavez said.

Goldfinger said he would tell people you only need to have your ID, you don’t need to be cool or rich to go to Stubblefields.

“Another thing that made

Stubblefields beautiful is that you have owners that understood and believed in the vision and stayed with the vision,” Goldfinger said.

It was all about what the customers wanted, Goldfinger said. One of the staff members wanted to serve calamari, but the students did not like it.

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Bar provided traditions for college students, residents for about 15 years in Pullman

You would run around the bar, up and down the stairs with friends.

DJ Goldfinger general manager

“When you are running a business, to a large degree the customers dedicate where you’re at and what the prod-

ucts are gonna be,” Goldfinger said.

Customers wanted high energy and big laughs, he said.

They wanted a lot of dancing and different types of music.

“Because COVID-19 is here, there’s not a lot I’m thinking of right now that I can do as far as bar stuff goes,” Goldfinger said.

Bars must close at 10 p.m. and everybody has to be 6 feet a part. Only five people can sit at a table and they all have to be family, he said.

Since the closing of Stubblefields, Goldfinger said he is taking a few weeks to relax then he will look for other opportunities.

“My first love has been my Mom, but my second has been music,” Goldfinger said.

Ask Emma: How do I celebrate my birthday during COVID-19?

Dear Emma, I’m a senior and I’m about to turn 21. I’ve been waiting to celebrate in Pullman for a solid four years.

Obviously, we are in the middle of a pandemic, and COVID-19 cases are rising rapidly in Pullman right now. I was planning to celebrate (safely) at Stubblefields, which just closed.

How do I safely celebrate my birthday without contributing to the case increase or putting others at risk?

Thanks, Birthday Girl

Stay home with friends; take precautions if going out to celebrate at bars

By Emma Ledbetter Evergreen columnist

Dear Birthday Girl, Happy birthday! I’m sorry you’re celebrating under such unusual circumstances. One thing is for sure: you won’t forget this birthday for a long time.

I know it may seem lame, but it is probably safest to stay home for your birthday. See if you can invite a few friends (a very small group) over for wine tasting or to learn how to make fun cocktails. It isn’t a bar, but I imagine you will feel better afterward knowing you didn’t expose yourself or others unnecessarily.

Your friends may be the best part of your birthday this year. Reach out to them ahead of time and ask if they would

be willing to either plan a celebration with you or plan a surprise for you. I can almost guarantee your friends will be willing to put something safe together to celebrate you.

If you are dead-set on going out for your birthday, I recommend taking as many precautions as possible.

Depending on how many days you have until your birthday, you could quarantine for two weeks ahead of the big day. Sure, it sucks to be stuck in the house for that long, but it is better to know you aren’t spreading anything.

If quarantining for two weeks isn’t an option, consider getting tested — and asking any friends going with you to do the same. This is the less desirable option, because if you aren’t sick, you may be wasting test kits that are needed elsewhere. However, you do you and if you are able to get a

test, it might be worth a shot.

Finally, wear a mask. I know you can’t drink through a mask, but if you’re going to a restaurant, bar or party, please be safe.

As often as I say “don’t let people breathe on you,” that just isn’t good enough. Wear a mask. Make sure the people you are with wear masks.

Unfortunately, your best gift this year may be the peace of mind you get from celebrating safely and knowing you aren’t risking your health. I know you have been looking forward to this for a long time, and it sucks that you can’t control this change in plans.

I hope you make a decision you feel safe and comfortable with. Have fun celebrating!

Emma Got a question? Write to us!

Ask Emma can be contacted ANISSA CHAK | DAILY EVERGREEN ILLUSTRATION by emailing sm.coordinator@ Before you go out for your birthday, think about other ways you could celebrate safely, like having a small wine night. dailyevergreen.com.

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Non-profit raises funds for puppy Family of dog still needs $3,000 to treat heart valve disorder through WSU vets

By Jenae Laxson Evergreen reporter

Severus, just like any typical German Shephard puppy, loves to play fetch and tugof-war. However, due to her condition, she cannot play at the level most puppies her age should, said Lori Ammons, volunteer at Cooper’s Legacy Foundation.

“Her body just cannot keep her blood oxygenated,” she said. “This is because the pulmonic valve tends to be narrowed and fused together.”

The Pullman non-profit known as Cooper’s Legacy Foundation is holding a fundraiser to help raise money for a 9-month-old puppy with a congenital heart valve disorder.

This heart condition can be easily seen on an electrocardiogram. This type of ul-

trasound allows a veterinarian to see the blood through the heart, she said.

Severus is from Seattle and the local vet who initially diagnosed her with this disorder graduated from the WSU College of Veterinary Medicine. The vet recommended that the family seek treatment at WSU, Ammons said.

WSU sets a cost with a low and a high amount for the procedure. Treatment is not difficult, but the ability to pay for it is. The family of Severus reached out to WSU’s Good Samaritan Program and the Mosby Foundation based in Virginia, she said.

Severus’ family has $1,000 to contribute and the Mosby Foundation contributed $800. Unfortunately, WSU’s Good Samaritan Fund was not able to assist them and there is still $3,000 needed to pay for her life-saving procedure, Ammons said.

The outcome for the ani-

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Ryan Baumwart, doctor of veterinary medicine at WSU. “This type of heart valve disorder can produce symptoms that range from the animal easily fatiguing to passing

effort so we often work together to break down the basics and come up with new strategies for our teams,” Berkowitz said. Brie Berkowitz, Reflecting on Moore’s character, Berkowitz said she thinks Moore is determined and will achieve great heights at WSU. “Kate is such a go-getter, Washington State is lucky to

have gotten her, she’s such a shining star, she has so much charisma and she’s so passionate about her sport,” she said.

Berkowitz said she has always admired Moore’s work ethic and will support Moore wherever her career takes her.

Due to COVID-19 restrictions, Moore said she is unsure of how the season will go,

she eagerly looks forward to competing.

“I haven’t been out west yet so I’m really excited to get over to Washington and officially meet the team, it seems like we have a great group of kids and I can’t wait to work with them this season and hopefully get some of them qualified for NCAA,” Moore said.

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Cooper ’s Legacy Foundation is hoping to raise $3,000 for Se verus , a 9-month-old German Sheppard.

SWIM | Continued from Page 4 Moore and Berkowitz met during their time as student-athletes at ECU in the same major.

Berkowitz said that because she and Moore handle similar coaching responsibilities, it is easy for them to collaborate on different coaching methods. “[We understand] that the athletes are working to reach

mal depends on the severity of the condition and the age of the patient. If the animal’s unique situation is not severe the patient can go on to live a relatively normal life, said

out,” he said. “Some animals go into heart failure without intervention.”

The surgery also is minimally invasive and the patient is typically sent home the next day, he said. A very small incision is made in the neck and the dog sees immediate improvement, aside from the general effects of anesthesia.

“While this surgery is not a curative fix, it will allow the patient to live and have a relatively normal life,” Dr. Baumwart said .

Without any treatment for this disorder, the animal will start to get fluid build-up in the lungs, arrhythmia and will eventually lead to death, he said.

“We do this on an ongoing basis and we have a whole tab of success stories,” Ammons said. “Our foundation receives the greatest satisfaction from being able to help another family save their pet.”

We understand that the athletes are working to reach their own goals.

Brie Berkowitz ECU track coach

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COUNTDOWN TO THE 3RD: A HAIR-RAISING TALE Nancy Pelosi goes to the salon, but you can’t; your politicians actively hate you; stop idolizing geriatric multi-millionaires

By Jacob Hersh Evergreen opinion editor

“George Bush doesn’t care about Black people.” -Kanye West

I

n the subconscious of every fairly self-aware voter, there’s the implicit knowledge that elected officials don’t care for them very much. Think about it – what does a multi-millionaire like Mitch McConnell or Barbara Boxer have in common with the average voter? Very little, it would seem.

In fact, I’ll go a step further. It’s entirely reasonable to assume that the people you’ve elected to represent you and your interests have an intense, visceral hatred for you – look at how they behave when they come into contact with the people who put them in office.

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) yelled at a group of schoolchildren when they deigned to question her authority about climate policy and was caught insider trading based on advanced COVID-19 knowledge in early February. Ronald Reagan, the supposed bastion of conservative equality, mercilessly mocked his African-American constituents in private phone calls.

These are a few examples of the kind of behavior politicians in power exhibit when they think no one’s looking. If it’s true that power corrupts, it’s

unnerving to think of what else they’re saying about their voters, and worse, what they’re doing to further make the situation worse.

Take last week’s example, if you would – Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) got her hair done up real nice. Ordinarily, no one would care about this, but we happen to be in the middle of a global pandemic and San Francisco is essentially shut down. Pelosi didn’t seem to acknowledge this and was caught on camera, maskless and in the middle of a salon session.

Regardless of how much lip service Pelosi’s paid to COVID-19 mitigation, her actions say otherwise. It’s also fairly ironic, considering she had just criticized Trump’s in-person Republican National Convention acceptance speech on the White House lawn.

No one really saw “Elysium,” Neill Blomkamp’s 2013 sci-fi movie, and for good reason – it warrants about a C+ on the grading scale – but it accomplishes a remarkably cogent piece of imagery. In the film, Earth’s rich live on a ritzed-out, ultra-technological satellite in orbit, and leave the poor to fight it out for resources back on the planet.

It’s not particularly new or original, but the notion of the rich and powerful completely selling out the people that made them rich is always a powerful metaphor in media, because it’s never more blatantly obvious than real life.

Pelosi, Schumer, McConnell – these people don’t care about you or I. The American voter is a means to an end for them, not any kind of political body worth respecting. We see it every

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Nancy Pelosi’s holier-than-thou act was undermined when she was caught at a San Francisco hair salon in the middle of a national lockdown. day, in their words, actions and votes.

Pelosi simply happened to do something particularly “out there,” as it were, but it’s far more egregious than that in the hidden political world.

If you wanted to dig deeper into how the movers and shakers of American politics don’t care about their constituents at all, it wouldn’t be hard to find an example within five minutes of a cursory scroll through the news.

The Epstein scandal, in which hundreds of notable figures were implicated, was swept under the rug, showing that the rich and connected can get away with literal murder. The Iraq War, based on a tenuous connection to weapons of mass destruction, lined the pockets of Dick Cheney and other oil execs, at the expense of thousands of Iraqi and American

lives. Even the 2000 election, based on an underhanded Supreme Court decision, swinging the vote to Bush by an incredibly small margin, calls into question the integrity of our elections.

The point being – if you’ve deluded yourself into thinking your politicians care about you outside of your capacity as a vote generator, you’re wrong.

Vote for someone as a means to an end, sure, but don’t develop some parasocial relationship based on their status as a “political girlboss.” You’ll never work your way into Nancy Pelosi’s good graces - unless you can cut her hair and not snitch.

Jacob is a political science major from Anchorage, Alaska. He 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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Senate confirms administrative assistant Candidate said she has administrative, communication, leadership skills from education background, prior perofessional experience

By Brooklynn Hillemann Evergreen reporter

ASWSU confirmed the senate’s administrative assistant during the Wednesday night meeting.

Amanpreet Chhokar, senior finance and marketing double major, was confirmed as the senate’s administrative assistant after presenting to the senate.

In her presentation, Chhokar said she held a variety of positions that allowed her to develop her administrative, communication and leadership skills.

“I believe my educational background and professional experience makes me an excellent candidate for

the administrative assistant position,” she said.

Ashley Delligatti, senior public relations and sociology double major, was the second candidate to present to the senate.

She said her involvement in various organizations has given her leadership and time management skills that would be beneficial for an administrative assistant position.

“I find myself to be very passionate about advocating,” she said, “also to represent the student perspective.”

Chhokar received the majority vote and was confirmed to the administrative assistant position.

MULTICULTURAL | Cont. from Page 1 will host a conference later this fall, Bischoff said.

The Chicanx Latinx Student Center will host events for Latinx Heritage Month, Bischoff said.

While no other centers are open, the Native American Programs office is open for limited hours, Berg said.

The office is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays to provide services like printing, internet usage and grab-and-go snacks, she said. However, the center will not be used as a hangout space.

If a student’s basic needs are not being met, it is hard for them to be successful, Berg said.

The center is also hosting events like a virtual bingo game Sept. 23 where students can meet the center’s new director, Steven Martin. There will also be a First Friday Feed in October, she said.

Both MSS and Native American Programs are releasing newsletters to students so they can know the resources that are available to them, Bischoff said.

November is Native American Heritage Month, for which

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Amanpreet Chhokar, senior finance and marketing double major, was confirmed as the senate’s administrative assistant during Wednesday ’s meeting.

the Native American Programs is also planning to do virtual events, Berg said.

Berg said she would like to see more engagement, meet new people and give students a sense of community.

“I’m very proud to say we exist because students pushed … to have support on a campus like ours,” Bischoff said. “[It] not only affirmed culture, not only affirmed different identities, but also help these students flourish on campuses, especially at predominately white institutions.”

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The strategic plan community will be having a system-wide conversation about rural healthcare and extending the strategic plan to other campuses on Oct. 8, he said.

Diversity Chilton and Schulz are meeting monthly with Black faculty and staff members to create initiatives that will increase diversity among university employees, said Elizabeth Chilton, WSU Provost and Executive Vice President.

Cluster hires allow faculty to come in with a support group of scholars who mentor each other and their colleagues, she said.

This has been shown to help increase retention in diverse faculty. Community engagement and focus in research will increase through this, she said.

Chilton said she has been working with college deans and the president’s cabinet to launch a new cluster hire this fall.

Chilton will also coordinate with existing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, like the Division of Student Affairs, the Office of Compliance and Civil Rights, and Institutional Research.

Noteworthy Student Honors For the fifth straight semester, WSU student-athletes maintained their highest cumulative GPA, which is 3.17, Schulz said.

Last year, the university raised $27 million in gifts, money and pledges for intercollegiate athletics, he said, which is almost twice the previous record.

Oluwanifemi “Nife” Shola-Dare, senior neuroscience major, received the inaugural award from Phi Beta Kappa, Schulz said.

She said she often video calls her friends and sometimes meets up with a few of her Chi Sigma Alpha sisters.

“I miss being able to go outside without fearing anyone who came too close to me,” Chan said.

Luke Thompson, sophomore Carson College of Business student, said his main concern during the pandemic is spreading the virus to his family. He decided to stay home in California to protect himself and his family.

“My parents are a little bit of older age, so I wanted to be cautious of that,” he said.

With a majority of his family in Hawaii, his family’s plans to visit relatives were canceled due to COVID-19. Thompson’s family wanted to visit Hawaii, but they felt it would pose risks to his 89-year-old grandmother.

The stigma associated with COVID-19 and people of Asian descent is worrisome for Thompson, who is Chinese and Finnish. After reading WSU’s February letter on inclusivity and the mistreatment of people in the Asian community, Thompson worried he would experience something similar.

“It definitely made me pull the brakes a little bit and analyze and say, ‘Wow, this happened to this person. I wonder if that could happen to me,’” he said.

Thompson said people’s judgment of others based on appearance is a scary thought.

Although he spends most of his time at home, Thompson schedules time to play basketball at a nearby park. He said he misses campus life and attending WSU’s football and basketball games.

“I really enjoy doing social activities,” Thompson said.

“It’s much more difficult now because you never know who could be carrying the virus.”

Alexis Buenrostro, sophomore wildlife ecology and conservation sciences major, said she is having a difficult time adapting to online classes. She is also struggling to stay focused and motivated.

“You’re staying at home. You kind of feel stuck, in a way,” she said. “Because of that, you really have no motivation to do anything. Everything that you do feels like it’s all homework.”

Buenrostro said she is learning to keep an open mind to ace her classes. She also learned to do her schoolwork outside of her bedroom to keep herself engaged.

Being a traditional learner who values and prefers in-person classes, she said she misses seeing her professors in person. She misses studying with friends and talking to classmates. She said making friends over Zoom is difficult.

“Going to class in-person was like the social event that I needed to keep me sane,” Buenrostro said.

Aside from academic challenges, she worries about how her siblings are adapting to online learning. Buenrostro is the first one in her family to go to college. She said her mother can only help her siblings with so much since her mother did not finish high school.

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Based on her experience as a first-generation Mexican student, she said she has seen students of color like her struggle more in overcoming challenges, even now during To learn more, call (509) 308-9676 the COVID-19 pandemic. or visit rotc.wsu.edu “I don’t feel that we’re granted or gifted as many opportunities as others,” Buenrostro said. “Because we’re the migoarmy.com/rotc/afxn nority, we have to work a lot harder for what we want.”

She said knowing there are others like her experiencing similar circumstances and emotions gives her relief. During the pandemic, she is working on improving her mindset, going on walks, appreciating nature and focusing on self-care.

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