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Disciplinary Action Expected After Weekend Incidents

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University officials have begun a process leading to possible disciplinary action for students involved in an unruly street gathering on March 4. Disciplinary action is also anticipated for students who participated in an unrelated brawl between two fraternities the same night. The street incident involved approximately 500 students who gathered […]

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WSU Student Leaders Assist Police in Disbursing College Hill Crowd

PULLMAN, Wash. — Early Saturday morning (March 4), Washington State University student leaders, student affairs faculty and Pullman Police dispersed a noisy crowd of students and others who had gathered at an off-campus residence near the university. “Student leaders were instrumental in helping student affairs faculty intervene in the situation and discourage irresponsible behavior,” said […]

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Mom of the Year Contest Open to Nominations

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University’s Mom’s Weekend Committee is seeking nominations for its 2000 Mom of the Year. Students can submit applications until Friday, March 10. A selection committee will select the Mom of the Year award recipient based on comments each nominator makes about his/her mother and her contributions to her local community […]

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Saneholtz Named WSU’s Interim Athletic Director

PULLMAN, Wash. — Marcia Saneholtz will begin duties Monday, March 6, as interim director of Washington State University’s Intercollegiate Athletics program. Currently senior associate director of the unit, Saneholtz has been part of Cougar athletics for two decades. She has been instrumental in the improvement of athletic facilities on the Pullman campus and was the […]

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Fulbright Scholars Enrich WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. — Donna McCool, retired associate director of administrative services at Washington State University Libraries, was selected as a Fulbright Scholar for the 1999-2000 academic school year. She is currently studying and lecturing at the Moscow State University of Culture in Russia. Three foreign Fulbright grantees from Morocco, China and Moldova are studying as […]

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WSU Wins Awards in 2000 Case District VIII Competition

PULLMAN, Wash. — Washington State University won gold, silver and bronze awards in a recent regional professional competition in communication and publishing. WSU was honored in the 2000 Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VIII Juried Awards Competition. The district includes the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. This is the 18th consecutive year […]

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‘Art as a Research Tool’ Topic of Noon Program at WSU

PULLMAN, Wash. — “Window on the Roman Past: Art, Research and the History of Women,” is the topic of an Art a la Carte series presentation on the Washington State University campus Thursday, March 2. The presentation is set for 12:10 p.m. in the Compton Union Building, Cascade Room 123. Kathryn Evers Meyer and Mary […]

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Sime to Lecture on ‘Politics, Race and Gender and the Discovery of Fission’

PULLMAN, Wash. — Sacramento City College faculty member Ruth Sime will talk about “Politics, Race and Gender: Lise Meitner and the Discovery of Fission” March 3 on the Washington State University campus. Sime’s 12:10 p.m. lecture in Fulmer Hall, Room 438, is about Meitner (1878-1968), a prominent 20th-century physicist and co-discoverer of nuclear fission. One […]

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WSU President Smith Honored Twice by State Legislature

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington State University President Samuel H. Smith has been honored twice this month by the state Legislature. Smith, who retires this summer after 15 years leading WSU, was saluted Feb. 16 by the Senate and Feb. 24 by the House of Representatives with special resolutions honoring his contributions to WSU and the […]

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