The Wall Street Journal – In financial punditry, points are awarded for confidence and consistency. People love a pundit who pounds the table, foretelling the future without wavering an inch. Indeed, in 2013 two economics graduate students from Washington State University showed that confidence trumped accuracy when measuring the popularity of pundit predictions.
The New York Times – Working as a technical photographer at Washington State University, where he studied as an undergraduate, Mr. Barker was selected by an ad hoc committee at the university to travel to Selma, Ala., to support marchers and document their activities. In March 1965, activists would make three attempts to complete a five-day, 54-mile march to Montgomery.
Al Jazeera America – A recent study by a researcher at Washington State University found that killing wolves that hunt livestock leads to more attacks on livestock. That’s because it is usually breeding pairs, alpha male and females, who feed on rancher’s animals. The alpha pair prevents breeding in the rest of the pack, so if one or both are killed, the rest of the pack will breed and likely feed on livestock.