DOCSLIB.ORG

See the World. Make a Difference

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
See the World. Make a Difference SUMMER 2010 Navigation tools COVER / BACK PAGE ENLARGE QUADRANT RETURN TO SPREAD VIEW PREVIOUS / NEXT PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS CLICK ON TITLES TO GO TO STORY SCROLL PAGE ( IN ENLARGED VIEW ) WEB LINKS URLS IN TEXT & ADS ALSO CLICKABLE CLICK HERE TO EXIT OR USE ctrl/cmd-Q Note: This PDF is designed for viewing only. To print stories, please visit the web version digiTAL EdiTion of the stories or order a personal copy through HP’s MagCloud on-demand printing service. v9n3 See the world. Make a difference. ALSO: ThE AcAdEMic LibRARy in ThE AgE of googLE :: big idEAS WASHINGTON STATE MAGAZINE (ONLINE EDIT) __05_01_10__ TRIM: 9”wide x 10.875”high 0UBC8492PRV_PrivateBank_WSM v9n3 will y o u r SUMMER 2010 w e a l t h Features endure? 8 :: Dear Reader A printed magazine story sits alone on a page with relatively little competition for the reader’s attention. An online story sits only a few keystrokes from a torrent of other stories, tweets, videos, free classifieds and emails. And why exactly does this matter? by Eric Sorensen 34 :: Time Out in the World Today’s graduates aren’t just dropping into the rat race. They’re going to Africa, South America, Seattle and Spokane. They’re out to see the world and make a difference. by Hannelore Sudermann 44 :: The Academic Library in the Age of Google Information naivete suggests a broader blind faith in the offerings of Google — mirroring a general faith in technology that in some ways defines our culture and propels our economy. by Tim Steury 55 :: Big Ideas We delve into WSU’s rich intellectual history, listing some of the great ideas and discoveries that have come out of our institution. by staff writers essaY 51 :: Booked: The Long Sentence of an Apprentice Reader What would it mean to refuse connectedness? Is it even possible? by Bill Morelock ’77 Panoramas 19 You, too, can run a nuclear reactor :: 21 Interview with Michael Pollan 26 WSU myths and legends :: 28 Cougs behind the camera DePartments 3 FIRST WORDS :: 7 LETTERS :: 23 Sports: Bill Moos — Back from the ranch 30 In SEaSOn: The best berries :: 67 C LaSS nOTES :: 70 In MEMORIaM 76 LaST WORDS: World of Mateo: The work of Matthew Leiker tracking You want to protect your wealth from the tides of change. ThE aDvEnTuRE COugS: 67 Dan Nelson ’89 — 25,000 miles of trails 70 Annie Thiessen ’99 — The pace maker : : 72 Derren Patterson ’07 — We have the strength to help you ensure it lasts. Dangerous beauty Cover photo: Scott Jones “taking time off.” By Rajah Bose Robert Williams, Vice President, Wealth Market Executive, 206-587-4771 ©2010 Union Bank, N.A. unionbank.com/private Gatorade® by day. Cabernet by night. first words Shall I Eat a Peach? At the risk of sounding either shopworn (which I hope People all over the country are starting I’m not) or like a Luddite (my identification with said philosophy depending to catch on to the world-class wines on the day of the week), the thing I’m most looking forward to in “retirement,” grown here in the Walla Walla Valley. besides being able to focus full-time on farming and my craft, is being able to go But what most don’t realize is the area as long as I want without having to stare at this computer screen. is also an outdoor recreation Mecca, Don’t get me wrong. This computer is a marvelous thing. Besides serving as a super-charged typewriter, it gathers all sorts of information, almost effortlessly, in far less time than that with plenty of places to bike, climb outmoded method of reading books and poring through abstracts or indexes in a library. and hike. Of course, nothing caps “Knowledge is of two kinds,” noted Samuel Johnson in 1775. “We know a subject ourselves, or off a busy day outdoors like a meal in we know where we can find information upon it.” Johnson would surely raise an eyebrow over how his observation has been amplified. Indeed, that second type of knowledge is now so negotiable as one of our many fine restaurants — to render the first almost unnecessary. complete with a glass of locally grown Just kidding. I think so, anyway. Cabernet. Learn more about what we But what is it about this medium, which offers so much in the way of information and have to offer by visiting wallawalla.org communication, that irks and oppresses in various ways. Is it that it delivers its information so unfiltered, with such little discretion that it becomes in the end more diversion and distraction than or calling 1-877-WWVISIT. useful tool? Is it that the information it delivers is so dominantly trivial, juvenile, and silly? Is it, as some worry, that it is destroying my concentration, my ability to read a book? And I have, indeed, noticed a strange disruption of my attention span, an exaggerated compulsion toward diversion and tangent, a tendency to glean my information in bits and chunks. And it’s hard to argue with the fact that I can learn all I need to know about Eisenhower’s role in D-Day quickly, in easily digestible summary, from this computer. Why would I need to read Michael Korda’s Ike to attain that isolated information? Well, besides what I think are obvious reasons, such a question strikes me as parallel to the challenge of those clean-fingernailed folks who ridicule the habit of gardening because it can’t possibly be economical. (And even though it was also Dr. Johnson who said, “No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money,” the pleasure here is indeed in the writing.) The medium, as Marshall McLuhan argued long before the Internet entered the public imagination, is never neutral. It is, in fact, the message. Of course, Socrates understood the same thing centuries earlier when he worried that writing would damage one’s native memory. One wonders what form the Big Ideas explored in this issue might have taken had their originators spent their days in front of a computer screen? I doubt that entomologist A.L. Melander would have spent much time at all watching videos on YouTube had it been available in 1915. But then again, the seduction of the Internet’s databases might well have drawn his attention away from the careful observation that led him to first realize that certain populations of insects were not dying from pesticides as they should have been. Or what if Enoch Bryan had spent his days deleting his email and writing his education blog rather than tending to his growing young college? The role of the liberal arts in an agricultural and scientific education may have lost its import in the face of the Internet’s presumed universal knowledge. But then again, with such readily available information to aid their thinking, their ideas might well have been even Bigger. Tim Steury, Editor 3 WSM Summer 2010 TWW_ad_WA_StateMag.indd 1 4/22/10 3:28 PM v9n3 S u MME R 2 0 1 0 Get into the Editor Tim Steury AssoCiAtE Editor/Senior WritEr Hannelore Sudermann ASSISTANT EDITOR/WEB EDITOR Larry Clark ’94 Art director John Paxson SciEnce WritEr Eric Sorensen PhotographErs Shelly Hanks ’88, Robert Hubner Contributors WritErs: Chris Bruce, Bill Morelock ’77, E. Kirsten Peters PhotographErs: Ted Alway, Gilbert W. Arias, Ingrid Barrentine, SWING Rajah Bose ’02, Dean Chamberlain, Judith Van Dongen, Penni Gladstone, Chuck Goolsbee, Matt Hagen, Jennifer Hanson, Zach Mazur ’06, Dan Pelle, Tyler Tjomsland Alumni play at Resident Rate and receive 10% off in our golf shop. iLLUSTRATOR: David Wheeler PrEsidEnt Washington State University, Elson S. Floyd Get a peek at the course View our rates Vice PrEsidEnt University Relations and Executive director Alumni Relations and Washington State University Alumni Association, Tim Pavish ’80 100%100%100% PurePurePure CougarCougarCougar AssoCiAtE Vice PrEsidEnt University Relations, Barbara B. Petura How this course fits WSU’s academic needs to a tee lettErs: Washington State Magazine invites letters on its content or on TheTheThe WSUWSU WSU Alumni AlumniAlumni Association’s Association’sAssociation’s New New Members-OnlyMembers-Only Members-Only Online Online Online Store Store Store topics related to the University. Letters for publication must be signed and may be edited for style, length, and clarity. Shorter letters are more likely to be published due to space limitations. Writers should include an address and daytime phone number. Letters may be submitted online at wsm.wsu.edu/contact or sent to: Washington State Magazine The WSUAA is pleased to offer cool 111 0 0 0 0 0 0 % % % P PP U U U R R E E TheThe WSUAA WSUAA is is pleased pleased to to offer offer cool cool PO Box 641227 Cougar merchandise to our valued Pullman, WA 99164-1227 CougarCougar merchandise merchandise to to our our valued valued : : Annual and Life Members. If you e-mail [email protected] fax 509-335-8734 AnnualAnnual and and Life Life Members. Members. If Ifyou you are 100% Pure Cougar, then WSUAA Washington State Magazine is published quarterly by Washington State areare 100% 100% Pure Pure Cougar Cougar, then, then WSUAA WSUAA 100% Pure Cougar merchandise is University, PO Box 641227, Pullman, Washington 99164-1227. Editorial 100%100% Pure Pure Cougar Cougar merchandise merchandise is is offices are located at Washington State University, Information Technology for you. Current Life and Annual Building, Room 2013, Pullman, Washington 99164-1227. forfor you. you. Current Current Life Life and and Annual Annual members will be able to shop COUGAR membersmembers will will be be able able to to shop shop Views expressed in Washington State Magazine are those of the authors COUGARCOUGAR 100% Pure Cougar by registering on and do not necessarily reflect official policy of Washington State University.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Summer18 Vol17no3
    Summer18 vol17no3 MAGAZINE 22 Evolution evolution 28 Finding identity and expression connecting you to WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY the STATE the WORLD Summer18 vol17no3 Features It took tenacity to throw revered science into question. But it allowed an evolution in our understanding of inheritance. 22 Students realize their unique identities in our nationally recognized LGBTQ support networks. 28 UPfront Impressed by the work of the 9/11 search and rescue dogs, a large animal vet changed her career. 8 These disaster experts will keep bugging you to have a bug out plan. 10 Couldn’t make it to the Winter Olympics? Here’s virtually the next best thing. 12 Final score: 3–0. Our engineers step up to the plate. 16 The internet has become a gamble in more ways than one. 17 COVER: THROUGH TROUT LAKE, WASHINGTON, TROUT LAKE CREEK RUNS (STARLISA BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY) LEFT: MOUNT ADAMS REFLECTS IN TROUT LAKE, KLICKITAT COUNTY (PHOTO PATRICIA THOMAS) Maybe some bigger fish to fry IN SEASON 20 COURTESY BLM/UMTANUM Departments 5 Nature or nurture FIRST WORDS Thematics 18 Meet athletic director Patrick Chun SIDELINES SMOKE SIGNALS 13 35 From Wilbur to the world 37 Of soil and stage ALUMNI PROFILES Summertime in 40 Captain Cook’s Final Voyage; Bound; The Book of Caterpillars; the Northwest is no Protest on Trial: The Seattle 7 Conspiracy; Fly on the Wall NEW MEDIA longer an easy breather. 42 CLASS NOTES 15 Dealing with the 46 IN MEMORIAM 47 Keith Jackson 1928–2018 IN MEMORIAM smoke in wine grapes. 50 A little help for young grads ALUMNI NEWS 52 Every Coug has a story WSU IN 100 WORDS Washington State Magazine is published quarterly by Washington State University.
    [Show full text]
  • Pizza Driver Robbed at Gunpoint Measles by That Time It Was Too Late to Try and Drive a Large Caliber Gun
    Pizza driver robbed at gunpoint Measles by that time it was too late to try and drive a large caliber gun. Two men steal $20 away. ' Police have classified the incident as rob- "It wasn't a planned robbery of Domino's bery in the first degree, but do not have any deadline By BARBARA La_;;;;g •.····· or even delivery drivers," Scott said. "Anyone suspects at this time, a Pullman police depart- who was driving down that street would have ment news release stated. • Daily Evergreen Staff been robbed." While the men took all of the driver's Two men stopped a Domino's Pizza delivery Domino's cars do not have signs on the money and ran away, they did not get that .cornms driver early Tuesday morning and robbed her roofs, so Scott said the robbery could not much money because Domino's has a policy at gunpoint, according to police reports. have been planned for anyone person. that drivers will only carry $20 at a time, By AARql_.1t1& The driver was returning from a delivery at The driver was at the 500 block of Maple Scott said. Daily Evergreen Staff 12:35 a.m. when a man jumped out in front Street, at least 10 blocks away from her last "They got it all, but it was only $20 Students beware: Today is of her car, Bob Scott, Domino's owner, said. delivery, when the robbery took place. because we strictly enforce the policy," he She slammed on the brakes to keep from hit- the last day to receive the Both men were wearing ski masks and dark said.
    [Show full text]
  • Appendices Due to Concerns Over the Quality of the Data Collected
    APPENDIX A WSU 2014-19 STRATEGIC PLAN Appendix A: WSU Strategic Plan 2014-15 Strategic Plan 2014-2019 President Elson S. Floyd, Ph.D. Strategic Plan 2014-2019 Introduction The 2014-19 strategic plan builds on the previous five-year plan, recognizing the core values and broad mission of Washington State University. Goals and strategies were developed to achieve significant progress toward WSU’s aspiration of becoming one of the nation’s leading land-grant universities, preeminent in research and discovery, teaching, and engagement. The plan emphasizes the institution’s unique role as an accessible, approachable research institution that provides opportunities to an especially broad array of students while serving Washington state’s broad portfolio of social and economic needs. While providing exceptional leadership in traditional land-grant disciplines, Washington State University adds value as an integrative partner for problem solving due to its innovative focus on applications and its breadth of program excellence. The plan explicitly recognizes the dramatic changes in public funding that have occurred over the duration of the previous strategic plan, along with the need for greater institutional nimbleness, openness, and entrepreneurial activity that diversifies the University’s funding portfolio. In addition, the plan reaffirms WSU’s land-grant mission by focusing greater attention system-wide on increasing access to educational opportunity, responding to the needs of Washington state through research, instruction, and outreach, and contributing to economic development and public policy. While the new plan retains the four key themes of the previous plan, its two central foci include offering a truly transformative educational experience to undergraduate and graduate students and accelerating the development of a preeminent research portfolio.
    [Show full text]
  • Persistence Pays Off As Staff Member Earns Bachelor's
    Friday, May 8, 1992 EXERCISES PLANNED GEOFFREY GAMBLE TO BECOME FOR WSU GRADS WSU VICE PROVOST Spring graduation exercises for WSU begin FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS today (May 8) at4 p.m. today as WSU Spokane's Geoffrey Gamble, professor and chair of the largest class goes through formal ceremonies at Department of Anthropology, will become vice the Metropolitan Performing Arts Center. provost for academic affairs at WSU effective The 105 graduates will receive master's July I. degrees in computer science, electrical engi­ The announcement was made this week by neering, human nutrition, engineering manage­ Provost Tom George, who said Gamble ment, and speech and hearing sciences, as well emerged as the choice for the position from a as professional degrees in architecture and field of superb candidates. pharmacy. Max Snyder, acting executive di­ A member of the anthropology faculty since rector for Spokane's Joint Center for Higher 1976, Gamble, 49, was elected department chair Education, is the featured commencement in 1982. A linguistics specialist, he received his speaker. bachelor's degree from Fresno State College, A convocation to recognize all baccalaure­ Calif., and earned master's and doctoral degrees ate and master's graduates at the ICNE Spokane from the University of California, Berkeley. He campus is set for 8 p.m. in Whitworth College's has served on many of the university's most Cowles Auditorium. It will feature student important committees, chaired the Academic speakers, announcements of scholarships and Affairs and Second Century committees of the presentation of faculty and student awards. Faculty Senate, and participated in the writing Graduating nursing students from WSU/ of the university's current planning document.
    [Show full text]
  • 162991 Campus Pullman Map19 NSP B.Indd
    ABCDEFGHIJ KL Palouse Ridge DR Valley Road Play Fields RESOURCES & SERVICES WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY CAMPUS MAP Courtyard Marriott . VALLEY RD. NEW STUDENT PROGRAMS THE BOOKIE – BARNES & NOBLE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 10 Lighty Student Services Building, Compton Union Building D-4 Bryan Hall, Room 206 C-4 Room 260 E-4 509-332-2537 509-335-2541 PLACES TO VISIT ON CAMPUS: WHEATLAND DR. COVE WY 509-335-4242 wsubookie.bncollege.com ip.wsu.edu Marriott Banyans Residence alive.wsu.edu . Inn CENTER FOR FRATERNITY MULTICULTURAL TOP 10STADIUM . Driving ADMISSIONS AND & SORORITY LIFE STUDENT SERVICES 1 CUB & The Bookie—Buy your Coug gear here. Range WA VALLEY RD RECRUITMENT Compton Union Building, Compton Union Building, Y HILLSIDE DR. D. R 2 Martin Stadium—To Pa Home of Cougar football! Sand Volleyball Lighty Student Services Building, Room 315 D-4 Fourth FloorPalouse D-4 Ridge JUN Courts Golf Club 3 louse, Hwy. 2 Room 370 E-4 509-335-5433 509-335-7852 View Student Recreation Center—We have a pool and a rock climbing wall! Basketball ➔ IPER WY 888-468-6978 gogreek.wsu.edu mss.wsu.edu To Pullman-Moscow Airport erre Court LANDIS PL Basketball to Palouse Ridge T 4 Ferdinand’s Ice Cream7 Shoppe—Home to our famous . Courts 509-335-5586 Golf Course THE HONORS COLLEGE STUDENT FINANCIAL SERVICES Cougar Gold cheese. admissions.wsu.edu McGee Park Elmina White Honors Hall 130 B-4 Lighty Student Services Building, 5 MCGEE WY. Cougar Pride statue—Great selfie spot! #NewCoug . ACADEMIC SUCCESS 509-335-4505 Room 380 E-4 . 6 . AND CAREER CENTER honors.wsu.edu 509-335-9711 Bryan Hall Clock Tower—AKA the Freshman Compass.➔ Student Recreation 3 Center Students use the clock tower to find their way around campus.
    [Show full text]
  • N1612 High School Guide EM Small
    Welcome to PULLMAN WSU#FutureCoug The Paccar Environmental Technology Building WSU Water Tower The Paccar Building is a modern hub Jewett Observatory A favorite spot to watch of interdisciplinary research and the beautiful Pullman View the cosmos at star parties through SRC Ferdinand's education in renewable materials, the largest refracting telescope in the sunsets. From swimming to An old-fashioned ice sustainable design, water quality, and state of Washington. soccer, the Student cream and cheese atmospheric research. Recreation Center has shop, its products are Vogel Plant Biosciences Building everything you need to crafted by Food Science With teaching labs on the first floor exercise and have fun. Bailey-Brayton Field students using milk from and research labs occupying the rest WSU's baseball field and WSU’s own dairy farm. of the building, Vogel is a hub for plant The CUB site of a new, Veterinary & Biomedical science research. Whether you need food, games, top-notch facility. Research Building a place to study, a charging station or A teaching and research space just somewhere to hang out, the for veterinary medicine and other Compton Union Building is your spot. Northside Hall health-science programs, it houses This lively, fun and comfortable a state-of-the-art vivarium. hall houses the largest Martin Stadium population of athletes Beasley Coliseum Home to Cougar football. on campus. WSU's arena is used for Glenn Terrell Mall everything from graduation to The central hub of campus, basketball games to concerts. here you'll find everything from campus involvement fairs to live music and barbecues.
    [Show full text]
  • 2009 Cougar Volleyball Confidence Consistency Defense Intensity Know the System Next Step Physical Size Cougar Volleyball 2009: Balanced
    2009 Cougar Volleyball Confidence Consistency Defense Intensity Know the system Next step Physical Size Cougar Volleyball 2009: Balanced WSUCOUGARS.COM This is Cougar Volleyball Why Washington State University? “The main reason I chose to come to Wazzu is because of the high levels of cohesion among the Cougar nation. I have never been to a school with more pride than WSU, and believe it or not, that statement is completely unbiased! “It’s the perfect fit for me and I knew it from my It really doesn’t get any better than this!” “I came to WSU because I wanted to play first visit. I have my friends and my team here; Brittany Tillman against the best competition in volleyball - I have a family here...in spite of some tough the Pac-10 - and I thought WSU was a great decisions I knew it’s where I would end up.” opportunity. I couldn’t think of any other place Meagan Ganzer where I could excel better both as an athlete and as a student.” Jackie Albright 2 Why Washington State University? “I chose Washington State University to be a part of a change in the volleyball program and to compete in the Pac-10.” “I chose to become a Cougar because of the Kelly Hyder strong sense of student spirit, the academic opportunities and to play with these incredible “The new direction of Washington State athletes that made me feel like part of the Volleyball has led our team to some Cougar family from the very beginning. After challenging obstacles, but with hard work my visit, I knew that this was the place for me and motivation our team has a new identity to grow and develop not only as an athlete but and attitude.
    [Show full text]
  • SPRING 2004 VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2 Washington Tate Magazine
    C ONN E C T I N G W A S H I N G T O N S T A T E U NIVERSITY, THE S TATE, AND THE W ORLD • SPring 2 0 04 tate magazine COVER Mount St. Helens—The Perfect Laboratory STORY Beautiful, threatened Willapa Bay • Austere, diverse Soap Lake SPRING 2004 VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2 Washington tate magazine features 18 Lonely, Beautiful, CONTENTS and Threatened— Willapa Bay by Eric Apalategui • photos by Bill Wagner Willapa Bay is the largest estuary between San Francisco and Puget Sound. It boasts one of the least-spoiled environments and the healthiest salmon runs south of Canada. It produces one in every four oysters farmed in the United States and is a favorite stop for tens of thousands of migratory birds. And it’s in trouble. WHAT PRICE WILLAPA? Keith Lincoln, Barn Builder 24 by Pat Caraher Over 25 years at Washington State University, alumni director Keith Lincoln built many things, including friendships and a place where alums can go to sit in the shade. 29 Mount St. Helens— the Perfect Laboratory by Tim Steury • photos by Robert Hubner It is impossible to accept the immensity of Mount St. Helens and the effect of its catastrophic 1980 eruption unless you are able to stand beneath the enormous crater on the pumice plain and listen to John Bishop talk about lupines. 18 BILL WAGNER Extreme Diversity— 29 33 in Soap Lake HUBNER ROBERT by Tina Hilding • photos by George Bedirian Soap Lake is surrounded by stark shores, sheer rock walls, a primeval landscape.
    [Show full text]
  • Fall16 Vol15no4
    Fall16 vol15no4 Navigation tools MAGAZINE COVER / BACK PAGE ENLARGE QUADRANT RETURN TO SPREAD VIEW PREVIOUS / NEXT PAGE IN THIS ISSUE CLICK ON PAGE # TO GO TO STORY SCROLL PAGE ( IN ENLARGED VIEW ) WEB LINKS URLS IN TEXT & ADS ALSO CLICKABLE 22 CLICK HERE TO EXIT Meet our new OR USE ctrl/cmd-Q president 28 The epidemic Fall16 vol15no4 Features Eleventh president. Tenth first lady. Welcome Kirk and Noel Schulz. 22 Hailed a god-send for chronic pain, opioids unwittingly fueled the nation’s sweeping heroin epidemic. 28 Essay How do you create national feeling? One solution turned out to be the campuses of American colleges. 27 UPfront With natural resources being depleted at an alarming rate, agricultural research is shifting to the long game. 7 Will online incivility discourage political participation? Don’t worry, tweet happy. 9 Glass is a snob. And that’s a good thing for science. 11 Music en Acción—music in action—en Yakima. 18 COVER: 1964 AIRSTREAM GLOBE TROTTER, PHOTO DOUGLAS KEISTER. LEFT: THE PALOUSE FROM KAMIAK BUTTE, PHOTO CLRLY/IMGUR connecting you to WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY the STATE the WORLD It’s not summer without (Washington) peaches IN SEASON 18 INSPIRING wsu.edu DETAIL FROM FROM DETAIL PASSION Emily Hall discovered a world of possibilities PEACHES at Washington State University. , 1883, CLAUDE MONET Here the doctoral student was inspired to apply her passion for nature to research that showed a correlation between de-icing salts and the — susceptibility of wood frog tadpoles to disease. WIKIAR She received an $84,000 fellowship from the U.S.
    [Show full text]
  • Navigation Tools
    SPRING 2013 Navigation tools COVER / BACK PAGE ENLARGE QUADRANT RETURN TO SPREAD VIEW PREVIOUS / NEXT PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS CLICK ON TITLES TO GO TO STORY SCROLL PAGE ( IN ENLARGED VIEW ) WEB LINKS URLS IN TEXT & ADS ALSO CLICKABLE CLICK HERE TO EXIT OR USE ctrl/cmd-Q v12n2 Matters of taste : PATRICK ROTHFUSS ’02 —WORLD BUILDER :: TASTE, AN ACCOUNTING IN THREE SCENES :: PASSING THE SMELL TEST :: HOW WASHINGTON TASTES —THE APPLE MEETS COUGAR GOLD SPRING 2013 v12n2 Thank FEATURES youFROM THE CLASS OF 2028 20 :: How Washington Tastes —The Apple meets Cougar Gold One need not be an expert taster to appreciate the chemistry between the apple and Cougar Gold. by Tim Steury 28 :: Passing the Smell Test Throughout the living world, the nose leads the way, pioneering a course through the environment with the ability to spot virtually invisible perils and prizes. by Eric Sorensen 37 :: Patrick Rothfuss ’02 — World builder Life’s a fantasy for best-selling author Patrick Rothfuss. He invites us into his worlds, one real and one of his own invention. by Hannelore Sudermann ESSAY 35 :: Taste, an Accounting in Three Scenes I’d be lying if I claimed not to prefer the golf swings of Bobby Jones or Sam Snead to that of Tommy “Two Gloves” Gainey. So I guess I’m a snob. by Bill Morelock ’77 campaign.wsu.edu PANORAMAS Your financial support of Washington State University today 7 Believe it or not :: 8 The forgotten forest :: 10 Sick stocks :: 11 Tiny cracks, paves the way to success for the next generation tomorrow.
    [Show full text]
  • Collectors Edition MANAGING NEMO
    SUMMER 2012 Navigation tools COVER / BACK PAGE ENLARGE QUADRANT RETURN TO SPREAD VIEW PREVIOUS / NEXT PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS CLICK ON TITLES TO GO TO STORY SCROLL PAGE ( IN ENLARGED VIEW ) WEB LINKS URLS IN TEXT & ADS ALSO CLICKABLE CLICK HERE TO EXIT OR USE ctrl/cmd-Q v11n3 Collectors edition MANAGING NEMO :: THE COLLECTORS :: THE ATOMIC LANDSCAPE—CONSIDERING OUR PLUTONIUM LEGACY SUMMER 2012 v11n3 For All the Ways FEATURES 24 :: Managing Nemo While collectors are hunting for tropical fish along the reefs of West Hawaii, marine You Use Electricity scientist Brian Tissot is looking for ways to protect and replenish the colorful populations. We dive into his story, and the waters of Hawaii, as he checks in on Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories offers a complete range the aquarium fishery. by Eric Sorensen of solutions that improve how electric power is delivered. Our 31 :: The Collectors mission is simple—make electric power safer, more reliable, In 1988, hundreds of rare documents from colonial Mexico disappeared from and more economical. the WSU Library archives. The author and readers go on a hunt through history to explain how they came to Pullman in the first place, and describe the investigation that led to their welcome return. by Hannelore Sudermann 39 :: The Atomic Landscape Seven decades after the first nuclear production facilities were sited at Hanford, we discover the cultural legacy. We sample from poetry, history, and art, as well as a WSU student’s master’s thesis. by Tim Steury PANORAMAS 9 Bones of contention :: 11 Raising queens :: 12 The company that eats together :: 18 The Murrow boys :: 19 Not quite right as rainwater 21 What moves you at WSU DEPARTMENTS 3 FIRST WORDS :: 6 LeTTeRS (NOW POSTS) :: 13 Short SubjecT: Doing good through blending :: 16 Sports: Scoring position: A man buys his hometown team :: 23 IN SeaSON: Raspberries :: 46 cLaSS noteS 48 IN MeMORIaM :: 54 NeW MeDIa :: 56 LaST WORDS TRACKING To learn more, visit www.selinc.com/possibilities.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 a B C D E 2 3 4 5 Legend
    Palouse Ridge DR. Valley Road Play Fields Courtyard Marriott VALLEY RD. WHEATLAND DR. COVE WY. Banyans Marriott Driving Residenc Range VALLEY RD. HILLSIDE DR. e Inn Palouse Ridge Sand Volleyball Courts Golf Club A B C D E McGee MCGEE WY. Park LEGEND Student Recreation STADIUM WAY Center E UPPER DR. Tour highlight Elevator LAKE ST. LOWER DR. 32 To Palouse, Hwy. 27 Outdoor Recreation Explore inside Parks and fields MYRTLE ST. LYBECKER RD. Rental Shop View outside Residence halls GAINES RD. 1 ORCHARD DR. Driving Tour Campus buildings Walking Tour Greek housing HARVEY RD. STADIUM WAY LOWER DR. Auxiliary Routes Tracks and courts RD. GAINES Tennis Courts Native ADA Routes Parking American NORTH FAIRWAY RD. Heritage ALPHA RD. Perham House Talmadge Anderson House Residence Life & ORCHARD DR. Beasley 33 CRESTON LN. CRESTON DUNCAN LN. DUNCAN Housing Services Casa Latina LN. ALFRED Coliseum LAKE ST. LAKE Bailey-Brayton Field Aux. Route C Heritage House South Fairway AAPI Streit Intramural Playfield STADIUM WAY Cultural FAIRWAY LN. House 31 Scott-Coman Northside FLAG LANE CALIFORNIA ST. Stearns SHAW ST. 2 Barnard COUGAR WAY MONROE ST. MONROE Regents Valley Crest A ST. B ST. C ST. D ST. Indoor Village Adams Lower Soccer Practice Mall Trans- McGregor portation Field PARKING Facility Teaching Services 29 30 Global Mooberry Greenhouses ROUNDTOP DR. 18 The Coug Track Ruby St. Scholars Hall FERDINAND’S LANE COLORADO ST. COUGAR WAY Park THATUNA RD. Veterinary & Biomedical Ferdinand’s 26b Hollingbery Research Bldg 34 LINDEN AVE. Bohler Fieldhouse 1 2 Duncan Smith Physical Athletic Davis 26a Cougar Biotechnology ELLIS WAY Dunn Chinook Gym Ed.
    [Show full text]