Tragedy Strikes Illinois Campus Former Student Opens Fire at Northern Adds Extra Illinois University, Leaving Six Dead, Including Self, and Many Injured

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5ǣǠ%ǜǤǧǴ&ǱǠǭǢǭǠǠǩ5ǣǠ%ǜǤǧǴ&ǱǠǭǢǭǠǠǩo. 5ǣǠ%ǜǤǧǴ&ǱǠǭǢǭǠǠǩFRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 The student voice of Washington State University since 1895 Vol 114 N 104 Elton John Tragedy strikes Illinois campus Former student opens fire at Northern adds extra Illinois University, leaving six dead, including self, and many injured.

By Caryn Rousseau concert The Associated Press Second show scheduled for April A former student dressed in black 13 following complaints, tickets opened fire with a shotgun and two to go on sale Feb. 25 at 10 a.m. handguns from the stage of a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University on By Andy Jones Thursday, killing five students and Evergreen staff injuring 16 others before committing suicide, authorities said. The Rocket Man will jam in The gunman fatally shot four women the Palouse for longer than origi- and a man in a “brief, rapid-fire assault” nally expected. that sent terrified students running for Elton John, who was origi- cover, university President John Peters nally scheduled to perform on the said. Four died at the scene, including Saturday of Mom’s Weekend at the gunman, and the other two died at Beasley Coliseum, will perform a a hospital, he said. Two victims were in second show the following day at critical condition. 7 p.m. April 13. Investigators did not know what led “We are excited that he can the gunman, a former NIU graduate perform not only one, but two student in sociology, to spray bullets at shows,” Beasley Coliseum direc- the geology class instructor and dozens tor Leo Udy said. of students in the large hall around Tickets for the second show 3 p.m. will go on sale at 10 a.m. Feb. 25. “I kept thinking, ‘Oh God, he’s going CRAIG WATSON/ASSOCIATED PRESS Because so many WSU stu- to shoot me. Oh God, I’m dead. I’m An officer, right, leads a female from Cole Hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill., dents were frustrated with the dead. I’m dead,’” said Desiree Smith, a lack of available tickets for the on Thursday. A man dressed in black opened fire from the stage of a lecture hall, killing senior journalism major who dropped five people and injuring several others before committing suicide, authorities said. first show, Beasley Coliseum will to the floor near the back of the audito- provide wristbands for students rium. The teacher, a graduate student, was began, a coworker in his from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Feb. 24 “People were crawling on each other, wounded but was expected to recover, WSU grad at NIU office received the phone to ensure they have first priority, trampling each other,” she said. “As I the school president said. He did not shares his perspective call informing them of what Udy said. Each wristband will got near the door, I got up and I started give details of the injuries. had happened. have a random number, which running.” Peters said the gunman was not cur- Russell Houghtaling, a The office tried to be will dictate the order students Officials said 162 students were reg- rently enrolled at the 25,000-student 2006 WSU graduate in com- optimistic, hoping the pick up their tickets. istered for the class but it was unknown campus about 65 miles west of Chicago. munication and sport man- tragedy wasn’t as bad as Wristbands will continue to how many were there Thursday. “It appears he may have been a stu- agement, was working in had been rumored, he said. be distributed as long as there is Lauren Carr said she was sitting in dent somewhere else,” University Police his office at Northern Illinois When the news came that University when the shoot- student demand, Udy said. Only the third row when she saw the shooter Chief Donald Grady said. five students were dead and one wristband will be allowed per ing began. 16 were injured, sadness walk through a door on the right-hand Seventeen victims were brought He was a half-mile away customer and each student will side of the stage, pointing a gun straight to nearby Kishwaukee Community spread across the campus. be allowed to purchase up to four from Cole Hall, the location Houghtaling, the assis- ahead. Hospital, where one died, according to of the shooting, and far from tickets. Ticket prices will be the “I personally Army-crawled halfway spokeswoman Theresa Komitas. School tant director of athletic the initial hysteria. But the media relations at NIU, said same as the first show. up the aisle,” said Carr, a 20-year-old officials said four people, including the Udy said Beasley Coliseum effect was devastating none- the campus had been work- sophomore. “I said I could get up and gunman, died at the lecture hall and two requested a second show as soon theless. ing on a new emergency run or I could die here.” later died at hospitals. as the first show sold out. But the “Anytime something plan. He said it worked She said a student in front of her was Michael Gentile was meeting with like this happens, it is an campaign to bring John back for terrifically, with the police bleeding, “but he just kept running.” two of his students directly beneath the absolute tragedy and for a second show was spearheaded arriving within two minutes “I heard this girl scream, ‘Run, he’s lecture hall when the shootings hap- me it’s always surprising, by Mason Roberts, a junior politi- of the shooting. The news reloading the gun.’” pened. He could hear the chaos a few no matter how many times also spread quickly to the cal science major who started a you hear about it on the Student Jerry Santoni was in a back feet above his head. campus’ students and the Facebook group. “The shotgun blast must have been news,” he said. “Anytime Roberts said he received an row when he saw the gunman enter a local media. service door to the stage. so loud,” said Gentile, a 27-year-old you hear about someone e-mail from an alumnus who taking someone’s life, it is a “I think the university “I saw him shoot one round at the media studies instructor. “It sounded handled things in a very encouraged him to “rally the like something was dropping down the tragedy.” troops.” He organized a meeting teacher,” he said. “After that, I proceed- Houghtaling said word effective way, considering ed to get down as fast as I could.” stairs... We had no idea what this was.” the circumstances,” he said. in Todd Auditorium, which took Then, shorter, sharper noises he went around campus within Santoni dived down, hitting his head minutes about a possible “I think it was pretty spec- place on Feb. 8 with students and recognized as handgun shots. administrators. the seat in front of him, leaving a knot shooting. At 3:05 p.m., five tacular response time.” about half the size of a pingpong ball on minutes after the shooting FROM STAFF REPORTS See ELTON Page 8 his forehead. See NIU Page 8 VIBES conference to give high schoolers a preview of college life This year’s annual conference at WSU Empowered Students conference. opportunities to provide for students to The student volunteers gain valuable is sponsored by the Black Student Union The conference, sponsored by the Black come to WSU and see what it’s all about,” leadership experience and learn how Student Union and Phi Beta Sigma, is said Robert Easterly, coordinator of much work it takes to put on an event and the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity. designed to give high school students a Intercultural Leadership Initiatives in the such as this, Easterly said. taste of the college experience and what Office of Multicultural Student Services. The maximum number of students By Branden Silva WSU can offer them. “These programs expose the largest num- – 150 – will come to this year’s confer- Evergreen staff It begins with a campus tour and a ber of multicultural students to what we ence and there is also a 90-person waiting play. Beginning Saturday the students will have to offer and students are able to come list. Easterly said a great number of stu- For the 15th year in a row, WSU multi- partcipate in workshops and activities on here and make connections with others dents have been recruited over the years cultural organzations hope to inspire stu- a range of topics including financial aid, a from their background.” through the conference. dents to pursue higher education. mock class designed to better illustrate col- The conference is student-led, Easterly VIBES volunteer chairwoman Shavon Starting today and continuing until lege class life, and culturally specific work- said, with a tremendous improvement Hayes was recruited by the VIBES Sunday, high schools students from across shops to reinforce students’ pride in their this year in terms of partnership with conference. Washington state will come to WSU to par- heritage and background. Multicultural Student Services, Campus ticipate in the Visionaries Inspiring Black “This is one of the most affordable Involvement and Enrollment Management. See VIBES Page 8 INSIDE: WEATHER: PAGE 2 || POLICE LOG: PAGE 2 || CLASSIFIED: PAGE 14 || OPINION: PAGE 12 || CROSSWORD: PAGE 16 || SUDOKU: PAGE 16 ALSO  UNIVERSITY TO HOLD RACIAL TENSION FORUM: PAGE 3 2 THE DAILY EVERGREEN PAGE TWO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 Community Calendar Police Log The weather box

Friday perform from 8 to 10 p.m. at Zoe Wednesday Coffeehouse. Saturday | Partly cloudy Four Hills Blues will perform from Malicious Mischief High: 43 Low: 29 8 to 11 p.m. at Bucers Coffeehouse Monday SE Bishop Boulevard Pub in Moscow. Reporting party wit- A talk “Why on earth are people nessed a brown pickup Sunday | Partly cloudy Ian Skavdahl will perform from hungry?” will be given at 6:30 p.m. waiting to park in Safeway High: 44 Low: 26 8 to 10 p.m. at Cafe Moro. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church parking lot with blinker Today | Social Hall. Peter Wyeth , an agricul- on and a white Volvo took Partly cloudy Monday | Partly cloudy Julie Stocking will peform from tural economist, will speak. his spot. The driver of the 8 to 10 p.m. at Zoe Coffeehouse. brown pickup keyed the High: 40 Low: 31 High: 44 Low: 31 Wednesday Volvo on the passenger side The Commission on the Status front and rear door. of Women will hold its monthly The Anthropology Club will meeting from 1:10 to 2 p.m. in meet at 6 p.m. in the College Hall Alcohol Detoxification news briefs Murrow West 53. lounge. A guest speaker, Kerensa SE Jackson Street Allison, will discuss her fieldwork in 73-year-old male sub- Saturday Ecuador. ject, conscious and breath- mistakes at the state toxicology lab ing, history of cardiac arrest. ASWSU senators visit called into question thousands of The CUBES, a rock/pop band, will To submit, e-mail events to calen- Contacted by EMS. Subject drunken driving breath-test results. perform from 8 to 10 p.m. at Bucers [email protected]. Events must transported to hospital. capitol in Olympia Logan has been responsible for Coffeehouse Pub in Moscow. be free and open to the public and ASWSU senators were able to the state crime lab and the state must include complete time, date and Suspicious Person experience state government this toxicology lab. State Patrol Chief The Vishnu Jazz Trio will place information. NW Park Street week during Coug Day at the Capitol John Batiste said there was a mutual Reporting party was in Olympia. agreement that a change in leader- woken up by a loud noise The event invited the public ship was necessary. downstairs. She was home to come and see the Governor’s Batiste has appointed crime lab alone and had not gone Mansion, talk to senators and repre- division manager Larry Hebert, a 5ǣǠ%ǜǤǧǴ&ǱǠǭǢǭǠǠǩ5ǣǠ%ǜǤǧǴ&ǱǠǭǢǭǠǠǩ downstairs. She thought sentatives, and gain a better under- 34-year veteran of the lab, as interim someone was trying to standing of how government works bureau commander. 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For up to the minute news go to www.dailyevergreen.com FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 NEWS THE DAILY EVERGREEN 3 Sorority member limits increased Ex-Cantwell aide pleads Sororities voted to increase The change allows women to are interested and her chapter’s guilty to child porn charge member limits, allowing most to have the ability to join chapters recruitment chairwoman has during the spring semester if been on top of things, coming take part in informal recruitment. the house has less than 98 mem- up with recruitment plans. They Man is accused of possession exploit a minor, but pleaded bers. There is not a strict format plan to invite potential new of child pornography, trying guilty to a reduced charge of By Megan Vigus for informal recruitment, which possession of child pornog- Evergreen staff members to their house for din- to sexually exploit a minor. means houses will be respon- ners, sisterhoods, movie nights, raphy. Prosecutors said he had more than 1,000 images In an effort to expand the sible for actively seeking new game nights and other various members. By Matthew Daly of child pornography, as well Greek community on cam- events, she said. The Associated Press “Some of the sororities aren’t Heather Farnworth, presi- as videos and DVDs portray- pus, the maximum number of ing children as young as three women allowed in each sorority anywhere near the cap,” Scott dent of Delta Delta Delta, the WASHINGTON — A former said. “They will have to come up engaged in sexual conduct. has been raised from 90 to 98. only house that was able to aide to Sen. Maria Cantwell, with a process of going out to The parents declined to Sororities voted on Monday informally rush before the bylaw D-Wash., pleaded guilty comment, as did Assistant U.S. find these women. You have to change, said she likes that they Thursday to a federal child to pass a bylaw to increase the work harder to find the women Attorney Jean Sexton, who are raising the cap. pornography charge. cap of members for the sorori- you want.” prosecuted the case. ties, which means 12 of the 14 “Before the girls had one James Michael McHaney McHaney, who has been Delta Gamma President house to (rush informally) but it houses will now be able to par- Kelsey Grossman said she was of Washington, D.C., faces up jailed since his Nov. 30 arrest, will be better for the houses and ticipate in informal recruitment. excited the total was changed. to 10 years in prison after his was dressed in a blue, short- the women,” she said. Ali Scott, vice president for Her house has 93 members felony conviction. He was fired sleeved prison-issued jumpsuit membership recruitment for and she thinks this is a great Delta Delta Delta has 77 from his job as a scheduler for and answered in a clear voice Panhellenic, said it has been five opportunity for her house to members and Farnworth said Cantwell after his arrest last as Hogan questioned him years since this many chapters expand, as well as the whole they recruit through friends year. Earlier, he had worked during the 45-minute court have been able to participate in Greek community. because that is their only for the 2004 presidential hearing. informal rush at the same time. “A lot of women are really resource. She said that because campaigns of Democrats Dick Federal sentencing guide- “Only a few sororities have intimidated by formal rush,” she more chapters will now be par- Gephardt and John Kerry. lines call for McHaney to been able to participate recent- said. “This gives them the chance ticipating, Panhellenic might be Prosecutors say McHaney, receive anywhere from eight ly,” she said. “This opens the to learn more about the Greek more involved. 28, tried to arrange a sexual to 10 years in prison, although doors for full-year recruitment community for the first couple “We have to compete now, encounter with a 13-year-old attorneys for both sides said instead of just once a year.” months. It will diversify us.” but you want girls right for your boy last November. Police later that could be significantly Before the bylaw was passed, Regarding having to actively house,” she said. “This allows found child pornography in his reduced because he is a first- most of the chapters were only pursue new members, Grossman girls to find the right fit and car and home. time offender and has cooper- able to formally recruit once a said that Panhellenic has given not join a sorority just to join He was initially charged ated with authorities. A hear- year in August for one week. her house a list of women who a sorority.” with attempting to sexually ing is scheduled May 1. University to host safety forum discussing student attack, racism

A possibly racially motivated forensic investigation to provide attack, resulting in a student’s more information. Descher Get connected broken jaw, spurred the forum. was interviewed by a detective To see the originial story, Wednesday, and other witnesses www.dailyevergreen.com/story/24584 are being reinterviewed. By Lisa Waananen Evergreen staff With no concrete evidence A $6,000 reward was com- linking the racial comments out- piled for anyone who provides a A month after senior Kyle side to Descher’s broken jaw, the tip that leads to a conviction. Descher lay on the floor at Mike’s case is classified as an assault. At first Descher was uncom- with his jaw broken in two The situation is still a fortable with the attention the places, WSU is hosting a forum reminder that the community incident is receiving – he doesn’t to discuss the incident and its must work together to create think Pullman has a serious implications for the community. and maintain a positive environ- problem with racism and doesn’t Because Descher’s injuries ment, said Steve Nakata, spokes- want to be seen as pointing fin- may be the result of a racially man for the Division of Student gers or placing blame on people Current Tenants--It’s time! motivated attack, the case Affairs, Equity and Diversity. who don’t deserve it. However, attracted attention from the “It’s a hard position because he supports what others are feb 25-feb 27 Boulder Crreek Washington State Commission it hasn’t been proved a hate doing if they handle it right. on Asian Pacific American crime,” Nakata said. “We certain- “After talking to my parents Meadow Brorook Affairs. The forum, scheduled for ly can approach this as a safety about it a bit, I have so many feb 28-feb 29 2 p.m. in Lighty Student Services concern.” mixed feelings because if this Building room 405, will include type of thing really can maybe march 3-4 Summerhilll introductions from CAPAA « THERE ARE SOME just raise awareness or bring Commissioners Ron Chow and COWARDLY PEOPLE OUT some ideas to the forefront to Doug Heyamoto, and comments THERE AND I’M DOING spare just one more person this march 5 Stadium Terrrace from Pullman Police Chief Ted pain and agony, then it’s totally Weatherly and Dean of Students EVERYTHING I CAN TO FIND worth it,” he said. Lucila Loera. Cedar Ridgge THEM, PUT THEM IN JAIL Chow said he wants to get Begins: Re-Leasing march 6 Students were still out cel- OR PRISON.» suggestions at the forum and ebrating the basketball victory seriously follow up on them. If Apartments with unsigned leases become available against Oregon when Descher Ted Weatherly they bring people together at the to others on March 17. and his roommate went to Pullman Police chief forum and then just go home Adams Mall early Jan. 14. On and do nothing, a racially moti- 1545 NE Merman Dr. #11B the way inside, two white men Descher said everything vated incident like this might www.hillapts.com 509.334.6408 and a black man said “f---ing seems to indicate the racial com- happen again, he said. Asian.” Descher, who is Korean ments and attack were connect- “We want to be proactive American, asked them what ed, but he’s surprised his situa- about what we want to do next,” they said, and the comment was tion caused a statewide reaction. he said. repeated. Descher brushed it off “Hate crime, I mean that’s Weatherly said this is one and entered Mike’s, where he what some people have labeled of several alarming attacks this Coffeeat theHour was allegedly sucker-punched it. I think it could be that, I don’t year, and it’s not acceptable for minutes later. know,” he said. “This thing’s kind such severe assaults to take place International Center The case was initially closed of taken on a life of its own.” in Pullman. after Pullman Police were unable The incident was brought to “As far as I’m concerned there Today to find any leads. Despite hap- the attention of the CAPAA by are some cowardly people out 3-4p Smith Gym 214 pening in a crowded bar, they an editorial written by Descher’s there and I’m doing everything I couldn’t even find anyone who’d uncle, John Hughes, that can to find them, put them in jail Open To All Students! seen an attack. The case has was published in The Seattle or prison – whichever is more Free Coffee & Refreshments been reopened and reassigned Times. It also appeared in The appropriate – and get them out to Special Operations, Weatherly Spokesman-Review and The of Pullman,” he said. said. (Aberdeen) Daily World, where Five dozen liquid meals and “When we assign detectives, Hughes is publisher. a couple bottles of painkillers that’s pretty serious and they will Hughes said he received a later, Descher said the pain is dig deep,” Weatherly said. remarkable response of more mostly gone. He went back to Though the original call that than 200 phone calls, e-mails classes this week and is sched- night came in as a report of and letters from around the uled to get his jaw unwired a subject who fell, Weatherly state. Monday. He doesn’t plan to talk www.dailyevergreen.com said there is nothing to indicate “Uniformly they were con- at the forum – talking with a Descher’s injuries were the result cerned and outraged and wanted wired jaw takes a lot more effort of a mere accident. The police to know how they could help,” – but he does plan to attend are having experts conduct a he said. with his parents. 4 THE DAILY EVERGREEN NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 Dean candidates named Senate committee passes climate bill Three candidates from around committee. The next step was a Senate bill addresses climate option. “The Climate Impacts Group the country were chosen for the 45-minute phone conversation with the remaining eight. From change, promotes cooperation “Senate Bill 6308 is smart at University of Washington looks Honors College dean. public policy, but we should also at a number of different things the phone conversations and between researchers. letters of recommendations, be doing everything we can to affected by climate, snow pack, By Andrew Talevich the number of candidates now prevent climate change,” Kaul water, forests – but we are the Evergreen staff By Jimmy Blue stands at three. Evergreen staff said. “That’s why (the Sierra Club lead group in air quality,” said The search for a new dean “It was important to run is) working on getting bills passed Brian Lamb, a civil and environ- for the Honors College has a very active and aggressive Students at WSU and the that actually reduce emissions, mental engineer at WSU’s Lab for been narrowed down to three search to recruit these people,” University of Washington might like House Bill 2815 because it Atmospheric Research. candidates. said Frances McSweeney, not have the most amicable of would provide an actual frame- The two schools aren’t com- The finalists for the dean chairwoman of the search relationships, but researchers at work to reduce greenhouse gas peting; the Lab for Atmospheric position are Hector Flores, committee and vice provost of the respective universities have emissions.” Research works with UW’s dean of the College of Science Faculty Affairs. found a good reason to work HB 2815 would include mea- Climate Impacts Group, Lamb at Texas State University-San Ulin will be the first final- together. sures to limit greenhouse gas said. Marcos; Stephen Rosenbaum, ist to visit Pullman. His tour Washington Substitute Senate emissions as well as create “green- The atmospheric research lab, professor of philosophy at of the campus will take place Bill 6308, “an act relating to collar” job training to enable that recently received $900,000 the University of Nevada, Monday. climate change research, prepa- workers to transition to clean from the EPA, looks at the Las Vegas; and Robert Ulin, “I’m looking forward to ration, and adaptation,” passed energy jobs. impacts of global climate change chairman of the Department seeing the Honors College, to through the Senate Ways and The primary sponsor of SSB on the regional air quality in the of Anthropology at Western learn more about WSU and to Means Committee on Tuesday. 6308, Sen. Phil Rockefeller, U.S. Michigan University. get a better feeling of what the It proposes to limit the effects of D-Kitsap County, said the bill Further WSU climate research During the next two weeks community of Pullman has to is proactive. In response to takes place through the Center they will visit the WSU cam- climate change and ready the state offer,” Ulin said. for the impacts that cannot be Honeyford’s remarks, he said the for Sustaining Agriculture and pus, tour the Honors College, The dean of Honors College bill is intended to create a blue- talk with the Honors College avoided. Natural Resources. A primary will include responsibilities The bill, if passed, would print for the kinds of issues the focus for CSANR is climate- faculty and be interviewed by such as preparing curriculum, authorize the Department of state needs to address. friendly farming. CSANR area the search committee. recruiting and retaining stu- “I was very impressed with Ecology to create a work group He asked for support, saying it extension educator David dents, and staffing and evalu- would send a message of progress Granatstein described the three- the people who applied for ating the college. that focuses on climate change- the position and I think we’re related research, planning, prepa- and show the state wants to go pronged focus of the five-year “We’re looking for the per- forward as rapidly as possible. In project. going to see some very impres- son that is best suited for the ration and response functions. addition he cited a provision of the “Reducing emissions, restoring sive presentations,” said Rachel job. We’re looking for a vision- In addition it would create the Halverson, associate professor bill that requires the Department ary leader,” McSweeney said. Office of the Washington State soil, and replacing fossil fuels – of foreign languages and mem- Climatologist within UW. of Ecology to report their findings they’re our three R’s,” he said. ber of the search committee. The opening for the dean of Honors College came after for- In a Feb. 1 Senate Water, and recommendations on the sub- WSU boasts further research The search committee, Energy and Telecommunications ject by Nov. 1 of this year, at which through its Extension Energy which has 11 members, started mer dean Mary Wack was promoted to be the vice provost of Committee meeting, Sen. Jim time they will likely have plans for Program that focuses on promot- their search by placing an Honeyford, R-Sunnyside, said the “action steps.” ing renewable and alternative advertisement for the position undergraduate education. The university decided to make the bill isn’t enough. While senators continue to energies. once it was available. From the “Climate issues are affect- advertisement the committee position open to individuals “While this does studies on disagree on the correct steps to received 42 résumés, and the outside of WSU. how you’re going to mitigate take when it comes to mitigating ing the entire state,” Sen. Karen candidates were limited to 21 “It’s a very important deci- (climate change) it doesn’t do and adapting to climate change, Fraser, D-Thurston County, based upon requirements in sion to run a national search anything to start the process,” researchers persist in their stud- said in a Feb. 1 Senate Water, the advertisement. for the dean,” Halverson said. Honeyford said. ies to accomplish the same goals. Energy and Telecommunications The number of applicants Flores will visit WSU on Trevor Kaul, Sierra Club Although only UW is named in Committee meeting. “With all due was then brought down to eight Feb. 25 and Rosenbaum will Cascade Chapter director, said the bill, researchers at WSU are respect, I don’t think this is an based on discussion from the visit Feb. 28. other bills might be a better also studying climate change. east-west issue.” Two earthquakes strike southern Greece No injuries reported from beneath the seabed 140 miles at the Geodynamic Institute. Thursday’s 6.5 and 6.7 south-southwest of Athens, the “We believe there will be institute said. more strong aftershocks” that magnitude earthquakes. The U.S. Geological Survey could reach magitude-6, he said. gave differing magnitudes of Papadopoulos said residen- By Elena Becatoros 6.7 for the first and 6.0 for the tial areas near the epicenter The Associated Press second. Preliminary magnitudes were not in danger. “They are at often differ, and the figures tend a safe distance from the seismic ATHENS, Greece — Two to be revised as scientists gather strong earthquakes hit south- activity. That is the important more data from seismic stations. thing.” ern Greece on Thursday, one The initial quake “was Seismologists initially urged of them felt as far away as Italy incredibly strong and lasted people in areas near the epi- and Egypt. No injuries were a long time,” said Theodoros center to stay away from build- reported. Salantis, mayor of Koroni, a ings and remain outdoors. By ATTENTION WOMEN: The first quake, with a pre- seaside town near Kalamata, the evening, the USGS had reported liminary magnitude of 6.5, hit closest city to the epicenter. another quake with a prelimi- just after noon (2 a.m. PST), the Schools were evacuated and nary magnitude of 4.6 in the Athens Geodynamic Institute people fled from their homes same region, striking at 7:26 said. It was felt in Cairo and in and offices but there were p.m. (9:26 PST). Aalpha the southern Italian regions of reports of only minor damage to Seismologist Efthymios Puglia and Calabria. buildings and no injuries. Lekkas said the first quake The second struck about two The second quake was struck at a depth of about 18 Oomicronis starting informal recruitment! hours later and had a slightly likely a very strong aftershock miles beneath the seabed, deep lower preliminary magnitude of the first, said Gerasimos enough to prevent serious Please contact Alison Gothro at 206.992.0015 of 6.4. Both had epicenters Papadopoulos, head of research damage. pi if you are interested in joining our chapter! world briefs

π said was deeply flawed. Odinga and Kenyan’s political rivals Kibaki have been under pressure to share power as a solution. sign an agreement The political dispute sparked NAIROBI, Kenya — Political rivals clashes that killed more than 1,000 trying to lead Kenya out of weeks of people and forced 600,000 to flee violence that left more than 1,000 their homes. Much of the violence people dead signed an agreement has pitted other groups against Thursday, a U.N. spokesman said. No Kibaki’s Kikuyu people, long resented details were released and the talks for their prominence in government were to continue next week. and business. Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan, The violence has been shockingly who is mediating the discussions, will brutal in a country once considered release a text of the agreement Friday among the most stable in Africa. afternoon, said the spokesman, The conflict has drawn interna- Nasser Ega-Musa. tional condemnation, with several Annan and the negotiators have countries threatening to cut aid, spent two days trying to hammer out impose travel bans or freeze the Chinese music, dance, opera and kungfu show agreements following a dispute over assets of anyone suspected of incit- * who won the December presidential ing violence. election. President Bush, who is traveling A news blackout on the peace to several African countries starting talks appeared to be holding. Saturday, will discuss the crisis with Opposition leader Raila Odinga African leaders. More information at http://cssa.wsu.edu accuses President Mwai Kibaki of Bush’s schedule does not include stealing the Dec. 27 vote, and domes- Kenya. *Wednesday’s ad had the incorrect date, this ad has the correct date Sponsored by ASWSU Designed by Yushu (Simon) tic and international observers have THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Daily Evergreen Life editor Dan Herman  [email protected] PAGE 5life FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 Finding love the easy way Finding Mr. Right Searching in all the wrong places

Sex and the Univer-city By C. Bradshaw

I thought this column would be a contin- uous string of fun walks down memory lane. Why not have a girl share her tales of love and love lost, with a litany of all the losers in between? I had four years’ worth of hysteri- cal stories that I was ready to share. I am not ashamed of what and who I am, or any of the people that I have been with. I would never go back and change anybody I’ve known or the things I have done. I thought writing this column would give me answers, and help me find that perfect sto- rybook ending. What I didn’t realize when starting out on this venture is that through four years of college – and many laughable relationships later – there is one major thing that that is preventing me from finding him. It’s that I already found him. And he’s my best friend. We have been everywhere together. We have lived different worlds, different lives and different stories, yet always managed to find something with each other. We were friends. We were lovers. We were back to KEITH CHAPLIN/ DAILY EVERGREEN friends. We have been there for each other, An excited puppy looks out beyond the fence at the Pullman Humane Society’s animal shelter in 2007. Adopting a dog can alleviate loneliness. and we know a few things about each other that the rest of the world never will. We have disappointed each other. We’ve Canine companions can provide what you’re missing not talked. We went through hell and back, and yet our friendship has been there stick- best friend for more than 10,000 separated from their mother and sib- ing it out through thick and thin. years. Scientists (also known as dog lings and taken into households where And I have been a real girl about things. I historians) believe they evolved from they become the center of attention. have been so angry with him, and so disap- wolves around the time that humans Children love to play with them, and pointed with him. I have crossed the line developed agriculture by trading their parents see them as the completion of a few times and have emotionally exposed Nature Boy vicious canine ability to kill for the their tribe – the definitive ornament of myself beyond the point of no return. I have By Fritz Schoepflin meeker ability to beg and scavenge. As familial success. done some things – we have done some the centralization of human resources As students, most of us don’t have things – which will forever lurk in the shad- Ahhh, the Valentine’s Day hang- increased, the benefits of getting closer spouses, children or a grand to spend ows of our story. over. to people and their ever-growing piles on a pooch. We’re more concerned I have hated him and cursed him. I have Many a relationship has been made of waste also increased. Dogs took this with getting grades, getting high and longed for him, even when I thought we’d by this Hallmark holiday. Far more plunge into obscurity, transforming getting laid. Which brings us back to never speak again. I have dreamt of him have been broken. If you woke up this from a few species of beasts into the the struggles of Valentine’s Day. If always. I have wanted to be his leading lady, morning in bed with your loved one, myriad breeds of lovable play pals we you’re not satisfied with the intimacy and the supporting actress. I have wanted congratulations. You made it through cherish today. one of us to quit being so damn stubborn; online chatting gives you, maybe it’s to get off our high horses and say everything love’s most trivial yet anticipated day Why do we love dogs so much? time you bagged the whole sex thing without blowing it. Because they are funny. To paraphrase we should have said a long, long time ago. I for a while and got a four-legged have never stopped loving him. If, however, you woke up alone, you Mark Haddon, author of “The Curious friend to hang out with. A dog will I want to be absolutely nonsensical; a probably trudged through the lamest Incident of the Dog in the Night- appreciate your horrible singing voice, day of the year with the same stinging dreamer in a sweet dream. I want him. Time," they have only four moods: eat your awful cooking and gladly walk And maybe it’s taken me four years and question that singles have been asking happy, sad, mad and concentrating. with you to the store at 3 a.m. for a five columns to work up enough courage for themselves for ages: Why am I alone? While they may be complex creatures late-night ice cream fix. Show me a this revelation and a confession that he will Maybe it’s because you’re unattract- with amazing adaptive skills, their human who will do that. probably never see. That’s OK, because now ive. Perhaps you have poor personal emotions are wonderfully simple. Also, rescuing a dog from an animal I know. I also know that if he doesn’t feel hygiene. Or it could be that you’re just Dogs believe they are the center shelter will basically save its life. You the same, my feelings will remain true and I a loner, a lunatic or a busybody with of their owner’s universe. Part of this can adopt a wonderful dog who will will celebrate that I have gotten to enjoy the no time for that thing called “love.” stems from the environment in which be more grateful than any purebred best and worst of times with someone like Whatever the reason, there is a way we raise them. Purebred puppies cost pup for less than $100 at almost any him. to fill part (but not all) of the void cre- hundreds or even thousands of dollars shelter. So for the big reveal? This is Larissa ated by solitude: Get a dog. apiece, and are bred with intense care Barth, signing out, on account that my heart Dogs have been man and woman’s and purpose. They are then See DOGS Page 6 is still in Yakima. LARISSA BARTH IS A SENIOR COMMUNICATION MAJOR FROM YAKIMA. SHE CAN BE CONTACTED AT 335-1140 OR BY LIFE@ DAILYEVERGREEN.COM. THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS COLUMN ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE STAFF OF THE DAILY EVERGREEN OR THOSE OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS.

Several Microsoft executives announce departure life brief The executives were largely focused watchers broadly see as an admission McAndrews, formerly the chief execu- on internet properties and advertising that Microsoft's own web strategy had tive of online advertising group aQuan- failed. tive, which Microsoft acquired last year. Jack Bauer and ‘24’ will remain for Vista, Microsoft’s flagship product. If the proposed Yahoo takeover is Nadella and Veghte were promoted completed, Microsoft is expected to to senior vice president. off airwaves until Jan. 2009 By Jessica Mintz make more radical changes as it blends The top executive in Microsoft's The Associated Press NEW YORK — Fans of the Fox drama “24” will the two companies into a more formida- mobile phone software business, Pieter have to wait until next January to see Jack Bauer ble challenger to Google Inc., the domi- Knook, also is leaving Microsoft. He again, this television season’s most prominent SEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. nant player in the lucrative Internet will lead a new division of cellular announced the departure of several casualty of the Hollywood writers strike. search and advertising markets. operator Vodafone Group PLC. Andy The network has committed to air a full season executives Thursday, among them a Microsoft spokesman Lou Gellos said Lees, formerly of Microsoft's server and Silicon Valley veteran recruited to help on consecutive weeks, and had been planning to Thursday's announcement is unrelated tools division, was promoted to replace start last month. But if it had started airing new fix its unprofitable web business and to the Yahoo negotiations. Knook. episodes soon, the season finale would not have one in charge of marketing Windows Steve Berkowitz, senior vice presi- No reason was given for Berkowitz's taken place until the summer, when TV networks Vista, and the promotion of more than a dent of Microsoft's online business departure. He joined Microsoft in 2006 rarely show their high-profile programs. dozen others across the company. group, will hand off his duties to three after turning around Oakland, Calif.- Even though eight episodes for this season had The changes come just two weeks insiders: Satya Nadella, currently in based Ask.com, which, with related already been filmed before the beginning of the after Microsoft offered to buy web portal charge of search and search advertising sites, was acquired by InterActiveCorp writers strike, producers would have had to ramp and search competitor Yahoo Inc. for engineering; Bill Veghte, a Windows for $2.3 billion during his tenure as up production soon to complete the season. more than $40 billion, a move industry marketing executive; and Brian chief executive. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 6 THE DAILY EVERGREEN LIFE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 DOGS | Owning a dog isn’t all fun and games life brief Continued from Page 5 its case and I fell down a concrete make it around the block. Pullman for about an hour, Fantastically expensive flight of stairs backward,” Garrett said Watch reruns of this year’s getting caught on branches But now, caveat emp- Thursday. “When I opened the case, Westminster dog show to see and possibly doing damage to fiddle fractured in fall much of my G.B. Guadagnini had tor: Adopting a dog is not which one looks appealing to property. LONDON — Can his fractured been crushed.” something to do impulsively. you. While the owner should be Garrett said he bought the 1772 Make sure you read about fiddle – a million dollar Guadagnini – As a side note, in Tuesday’s held responsible, it’s too funny be fixed? It's too early to tell. violin for $1 million in 2003, and he proper canine care and dif- police log this week there a story not to feel sorry for David Garrett, a former model is now hoping to get it repaired in ferent breeds so that you were two separate reports of who has been called the David New York, where he is based. the poor guy or gal. Let this “I hope and pray that it can be don’t get yourself stuck with two dogs running loose with be another lesson: Only try to Beckham of the classical scene, said he tripped while carrying his 18th fixed, but if it can't, I hope my insur- a dog you can’t adequately their leashes tied to the same save one dog at a time. ance policy will let me buy another care for. Some breeds need unearthed pole. If the reports century violin as he was leaving FRITZ SCHOEPFLIN IS A SENIOR PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR FROM SEATTLE. HE CAN BE London's Barbican Hall after a per- great violin,” the 26-year-old musi- to be walked (or run) miles a referred to the same pair of CONTACTED AT 335-1140 OR BY [email protected]. THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED cian said. IN THIS COLUMN ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE STAFF OF THE DAILY EVERGREEN OR formance, smashing it to bits. day, while others can barely dogs, they ran wild through THOSE OF TUDENT UBLICATIONS S P “I had it over my shoulder in THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Paulison vowed that the been difficult to get them to do agency will never again use the so because the housing shortage By Michael Kunzelman flimsy, cramped travel trailers means they might have to move The Associated Press to shelter victims of disasters. far away, and because they are Mobile homes are generally being allowed to live in the trail- NEW ORLEANS — After roomier than trailers and con- ers rent-free. downplaying the risks for sidered less susceptible to build- Louisiana has 25,162 occu- months, the Federal Emergency ups of fumes. pied FEMA trailers and mobile Management Agency said FEMA will press ahead with homes, while Mississippi has Thursday it will rush to move plans to supply leftover, never- 10,362, according to FEMA. Gulf Coast hurricane victims out used mobile homes from the Other states also have hun- of roughly 35,000 government- twin disasters to victims of last dreds of trailers. At one point, issued trailers because tests week’s tornadoes in the South, FEMA had placed victims of the found dangerous levels of form- Paulison said. But the mobile 2005 hurricanes in more than aldehyde fumes. homes will be opened up, aired 144,000 trailers and mobile FEMA Administrator R. out and tested first, he said. homes. David Paulison said the agency The formaldehyde levels in Paulison had no estimate of hopes to get everyone out and some trailers were found to be how much it would cost to put into hotels, motels, apartments high enough to cause breath- people in hotels, apartments and and other temporary housing by ing problems in children, the other housing. the summer, when the heat and elderly or people who already Formaldehyde has been stuffy air could worsen the prob- have respiratory trouble, CDC classified as a carcinogen by lem inside the trailers. Director Dr. Julie Gerberding the International Agency for “The real issue is not what said. About 5 percent had levels Research on Cancer and a it will cost but how fast we can high enough to cause breathing probable carcinogen by the move people out,” he said. problems even in people who do U.S. Environmental Protection The Centers for Disease not ordinarily have respiratory Agency. Fumes can cause burn- Control and Prevention said trouble, she said. ing of the eyes and nose, short- fumes from 519 tested trailers Gerberding said the tests ness of breath, wheezing, cough- and mobile homes in Louisiana could not draw a direct link ing and tightness in the chest. ALEX BRANDON/ ASSOCIATED PRESS and Mississippi were, on aver- between formaldehyde levels The CDC examined only FEMA trailers used for housing for La. students and faculty. age, about five times what and the wide range of ailments FEMA housing and cannot draw people are exposed to in most reported by trailer occupants. any conclusions about the safety modern homes. Formaldehyde, But the CDC urged people to of prefab homes elsewhere, a preservative commonly used in move out as quickly as possible. Gerberding said. But “I think construction materials, can lead PRESIDENTS As early as 2006, trailer we’re going to learn a lot more to breathing problems and is occupants began reporting head- in the next year or two,” she said also believed to cause cancer. aches, nosebleeds and difficulty after a news conference at FEMA WEEKEND The findings stirred worry breathing. offices in New Orleans. and anger across the Gulf Coast, But as recently as last spring, “It seems like I have had Friday Countryuntryuntunttryry N Nightigghht where FEMA is already a dirty a FEMA spokesman said the more respiratory problems since word and housing has been agency said no reason to ques- I have been in the trailer,” Roger scarce since Hurricanes Katrina tion the safety of its trailers. Sheldon, 60, said in Pascagoula, $1Whiskey Shots and Rita struck in 2005. Just last month, congressional Miss. But he was not ready to “Am I angry at FEMA? Of investigators accused FEMA of blame formaldehyde “You know course I am. They should have suppressing and manipulating you can walk into any new trail- $1.50Silver Bullets started moving people out of scientific research to play down er, or house for that matter, and these trailers once they first the danger, an accusation the things like new carpet can cause started finding problems,” said agency denied. irritation.” Saturday HipHip hhop/requestop/request nnightight Lynette Hooks, 48. She said that “I don’t understand why “To be honest, I’m thankful since she began living in her FEMA bought trailers in the to the government,” he added. “I trailer outside her damaged New first place that were dangerous,” don’t like the trailer, but it beats $4.50PBR Pitchers Orleans home in October 2006, said Henry Alexander, 60, who the alternative for now.” she has suffered headaches and has been living in a trailer since With housing still in short sinus problems, in addition to February 2006. “You would supply, 80 percent of New $3Jager Shots the asthma she had before. hope they would test them for Orleans was flooded, the pace of The CDC findings could also formaldehyde before. I’m very rebuilding has been slow, and Sunday OpenOpen @5@5 have disturbing implications angry that another agency had to rents are out of reach for many, DJ PRECISION for the safety of other trailers step forward and say they were a Ernest Penns of the devastated and mobile homes across the health risk.” Lower Ninth Ward said he, too, Free Pool! country, Homeland Security Chertoff said at a Senate was grateful for his trailer: “I got $2.50All Mexican Beer Secretary Michael Chertoff said committee hearing that the nowhere else to go.” $5Patron Shots nation briefs $5.50Miller Lt. Pitchers recorded with a single country, as dollar over the past two years has New York Times will cut Chinese imports surged despite a helped spur strong increases in U.S. 509.332.2000 1525 NE Merman Drive string of high-profile recalls of tainted exports, with American goods now 100 jobs from newsroom products. cheaper and thus more competitive NEW YORK — The New York The Bush administration credited in many overseas markets. 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That was larger than the 6,000 decline MARDI GRAS employees Thursday that the cuts For December, the deficit fell by that analysts had been expecting. would come mainly through attrition 6.9 percent to $58.8 billion, a bigger- The country’s trade performance MOSCOW MARDI GRAS BENEFITS LOCAL YOUTH and buyouts, but layoffs were also than-expected improvement to close is expected to be a major issue in the possible. out the year. upcoming presidential campaign. Entertainment begins at 9pm Spokeswoman Catherine Mathis Analysts said the decline in the said the paper has a total of 1,332 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MoscowMoossc Moose Lodge Ballroomoooo newsroom employees, which would make the cutbacks equivalent to The Clumsy Lovers nearly 8 percent of the editorial staff. Mingles of Moscow The Times has cut jobs elsewhere at the paper but these cuts are the TheT Fabulous Kingpins first in recent memory to affect its John’s Alley newsroom. 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That was the largest gap ever $10 in Advance / $15 at the Door 8 THE DAILY EVERGREEN NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 VIBES | Focus NIU | FBI and ATF assisting on culture, Continued from Front page WSU professors recall “There was a pretty quick suc- time spent at NIU academics cession ... just pow, pow, pow,” said Gentile, who didn’t leave his A rural university campus sur- Continued from Front Page office for about 90 minutes. He rounded by miles and miles of used a surveillance camera just cornfields. Though he’s been gone for “I had a hands-on expe- outside his office to confirm that nearly 30 years, that’s how James rience,” Hayes said. “The the people knocking on his door Satterlee remembers Northern opportunity to see things were police. Illinois University. He was an assis- firsthand changed my thought George Gaynor, a senior geog- tant professor of chemistry there process and it’s important raphy student, who was in Cole from 1978 to 1981. that others can see what that Hall when the shooting happened, “It’s extremely like WSU,” he is like and get a head start.” told the student newspaper the said. Though an emphasis is put Northern Star that the shooter Satterlee, now a WSU profes- was “a skinny white guy with a sor of chemistry, said he was on academics during the con- shocked to hear about the shoot- ALICIA CARLSON/DAILY EVERGREEN ference, the cultural aspect stocking cap on.” ing at NIU. of it is not to be overlooked, He described the scene imme- “I’m always surprised when a Students wait in line for tickets on Jan. 25 to see Elton John for said Alicia Saldivar, coordina- diately following the incident as university is a scene of violence,” Mom’s Weekend. Many were not able to purchase tickets due to tor of multicultural student terrifying and chaotic. he said. an overload of buyers on the TicketWest website and phone lines. organizations. “Some girl got hit in the eye, The fields may be corn instead “It speaks to the students a guy got hit in the leg,” Gaynor of wheat and the small neighbor- ing town may be five miles away and connects them with one said outside just minutes after the shooting occurred. “It was like five instead of eight, but WSU and NIU ELTON | Second show received another,” Saldivar said. “By are both isolated, primarily resi- adding cultural awareness it minutes before class ended too.” dential campuses, Satterlee said. brings the experience to the Witnesses said the young man The difference is that DeKalb is positive student feedback next level because it allows carried a shotgun and a pistol. also 65 miles east of Chicago. students to meet people they Student Edward Robinson told While Satterlee suggested Continued from Front Page March 2007 and debuted in the WLS that the gunman appeared the proximity to Chicago might top 10. During his legendary can relate to and to form their Roberts said he also worked own identity.” to target students in one part of have been a factor in the shoot- career, John has sold more than the lecture hall. ings, he also said it was true that with the President Elson S. Floyd 200 million records, including This year’s conference will a random killing can happen be different from past years “It was almost like he knew and Dean of Students Lucila 35 gold and 25 platinum who he wanted to shoot,” anywhere, no matter how close a – student admissions to WSU Loera and he attempted to con- records. Robinson said. “He knew who and campus is to a metropolitan area. will be announced during a Terry Umbreit, director of tact other media organizations. Student reactions were where he wanted to be firing at.” 7 p.m. ceremony Saturday at WSU’s School of Hospitality “We just wanted to work with positive. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Business Management, worked the university and have a univer- “It’s good that it is for the Schweitzer Event Center. Tobacco and Firearms sent Easterly said the most at NIU as a food services manager sity-student coalition to create students and for their moms 15 agents to the scene, according while earning his master’s degree some kind of makeup,” he said. because it is Mom’s Weekend,” important aspect of the from 1965 to 1969. He said it was to spokesman Thomas Ahern. “I am incredibly pleased that we junior communication major conference is to inspire and He said information about the a nice campus and a good envi- show students, who may not ronment. were able to provide a second Randal Hinthorne said. weapons involved would be sent showing for students.” have thought it possible, that to the ATF’s national database in “It’s a tragedy obviously,” he Jodi Prout, a freshman natu- they can go on to college and said. “It’s too bad it had to happen Elton John’s band will include ral resource sciences and fine Washington and given urgent pri- there.” prosper. ority. The FBI also was assisting. Davey Johnstone on guitar, Guy arts major, agreed. “These students will be While Umbreit also noted the Babylon on keyboards, Bob Birch “I’m pretty impressed,” she All classes were canceled unpredictability of such events, able to see what others can Thursday night and the campus he said he’s not too worried about on bass, John Mahon on percus- said. “It was pretty unfair how do and think that maybe was closed on Friday. Students similar incidents in Pullman. sion and Nigel Olsson on drums. they were advertising Elton they can as well,” Easterly were urged to call their parents “as “I think we’re well prepared,” He will perform his greatest hits John across the world, so it’s said. “The No. 1 priority is soon as possible” and were offered he said. “I think we’re a little more along with songs from his latest pretty awesome that he decided to inspire students to higher counseling at any residence hall, isolated, a little more secure.” album, “Rocket Man: Number to allow the students a second education.” according to the school website. FROM STAFF REPORTS Ones,” which was released in chance.”

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If tuition and mandatory fees are not received by the date indicated, the stated late fee applies Tuesday, January 22, 2008 late fee amount 3% Tuesday, February 5, 2008 late fee amount 5% Wednesday, February 20, 2008 late fee amount 7% sports The Daily Evergreen Sports editor Mike Feigen  [email protected] PAGE 9 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 Cougars stay calm, breeze past Oregon State Cougars’ defense limits cold-shooting Beavers to 32.1 percent field goal shooting Pac-10 at a glance in a workman-like performance Thursday. TEAM Conf. Overall 1. UCLA 9-2 21-3 By Mike Baldwin 2. Stanford 9-2 20-3 Evergreen staff 3. WSU 7-5 19-5 The No. 21-ranked WSU men’s basketball 4. Arizona 6-5 16-8 team is back on track – for now. 5. USC 6-5 15-8 Guard Taylor Rochestie led the Cougars with a career-high 24 points en route to a 6. Oregon 6-6 15-9 70-57 win over Oregon State on Thursday 7. Arizona State 5-5 15-7 at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis. Rochestie hit 7 8. California 5-7 14-9 of 12 shots from the field and completed his 9. Washington 4-8 13-12 career day with 4-of-7 shooting from beyond the arc. 10. Oregon State 0-12 6-18 The Cougars (19-5, 7-5 Pac-10 Conference) earned their eighth road win of ■ No. 21 WSU 70, Oregon State 57 the season, but the effort was anything but ■ Arizona 83, California 73 pretty. WSU started slow against the Beavers ■ Oregon 71, Washington 58 and failed to find their mark on their free throws, finishing 24-of-35 from the foul line. ■ No. 7 Stanford at Arizona State (late) “We’ve been shooting more (free throws) than usual and putting them in pressure fouled out with two minutes remaining, situations,” WSU head coach Tony Bennett but finished strong with nine points, eight said in a radio interview following the game. rebounds and a team-high three assists. OSU (6-18, 0-12) shot an abysmal 32.1 Most of Baynes’ points came from the foul percent from the field and hit 6 of 22 shots line where the Australia native knocked from 3-point range to extend its losing down 7-of-11 free throws. streak to 14 games. The Beavers remain win- The Beavers were led by guard Lathen less against the conference with six games Wallace, who tallied 13 points in the los- remaining in the regular season. ing effort. Wallace made 3 of 5 3-pointers, Guard Derrick Low ignited the slug- accounting for half the team’s conversions gish WSU offense in the second half along from beyond the arc. Forward Marcel Jones with Rochestie. The Hawaii native finished aided the Beavers’ offense, hitting 4 of 10 with 21 points on 7-of-15 shooting from the shots to finish with 10 points. OSU received field to awaken the Cougars’ offense, which minor help from the bench with reserve mustered 29 points in the first half. WSU guard Rickey Claitt adding nine points. continued a theme of slow starts followed by OSU shot 27 percent on 3-point field a strong conclusion; the team streaked to a goals, hurting their chances of upsetting 41-point total in the second half. WSU and earning their elusive first confer- “We came out flat, but battled back and ence victory. Interim head coach Kevin made enough plays,” Bennett said. “We’re Mouton, who took over the team on Jan. 20 very thankful and very grateful, and we’re following the firing of Jay John, drops to 0-6 going to keep fighting.” with the last-place Beavers. The team has Guard Kyle Weaver turned in an unchar- lost its past four home games against confer- acteristic performance for the Cougars. The ence teams by an average of 19.3 points per senior totaled a career-day this past Saturday game. against USC, but was nonexistent for most The Cougars move on to face Oregon of Thursday’s match-up at OSU. Weaver on Saturday at McArthur Court in Eugene. finished with five points and shot 1-of-6 from The Ducks (15-9, 6-6) trounced Washington the field. 71-58 at home Thursday behind 14-for-25 “He was just off today and he’ll need to 3-point shooting. Oregon is 10-2 at home get himself ready to go, but it was nice to this season, while the Cougars are 8-2 on the see others step up when he wasn’t there,” road. The Ducks’ only defeats at home this DON RYAN/ASSOCIATED PRESS Bennett said. season came against USC and UCLA. One Center Aron Baynes passes out of a double team, finding Taylor Rochestie Another oddity for the Cougars was their game separates WSU and Oregon in the in the corner for an open 3-pointer. Baynes had three assists in the game. assist leader, center Aron Baynes. Baynes Pac-10 standings. Appleton leads young Cougar team despite tough season Cougars’ leading scorer may Appleton’s demeanor is indic- miss time due to an ankle injury ative of her role as the team captain, which was decided by a vote suffered last weekend. of her teammates. Being a good communicator, gaining respect By Kevin Dudley from the team and coaching staff, Evergreen staff setting good examples, showing Kate Appleton hit her 100th up early and leaving practice late career 3-pointer Feb. 3 against are just a sample of what goes in the Washington Huskies, becom- to being a good captain, Appleton ing only the seventh player in said. WSU history to reach that mark. Head coach June Daugherty But the junior guard and appreciates the contributions captain of the women’s basket- Appleton gives to the team. ball team had no idea she was “She’s exceeded my expecta- approaching the mark. Nobody tions,” Daugherty said. “She’s a stopped the game, nobody driven player and that’s an unbe- walked out to give her a plaque lievable situation to have as a so she could be flooded with coach. Every day she comes early applause. in the morning and works on her Which is just the way the Big skill sets. Every day she watches Bear Lake, Calif., native would film, and every day she gives 100 probably like it. percent in games and practices. Instead of standing alone in “She epitomizes everything the spotlight, Appleton deflected that’s great about a young praise to her teammates. student athlete.” “It means people have done a Appleton, who Daugherty said good job getting me the ball,” the is “so passionate about being a ALICIA CARLSON/DAILY EVERGREEN modest Appleton said. “I don’t Katie Appleton leads the Cougars in scoring this season at 12.7 points per game. She is nursing know, it is what it is, I guess.” See APPLETON Page 10 an injured ankle and may not play this weekend against Oregon State and Oregon. 10 THE DAILY EVERGREEN SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 APPLETON | “Pink Out” highlights Friday’s game vs. OSU sports brief Continued from Page 9 Appleton just about lives in the train- Seahawks sign left guard ing room now with the injured ankle, but GET OUT & GO Cougar,” said it was difficult at first know- still plays a vital role in practice. ■ Wahle to five-year deal ing she was going to be the sole captain of a “She’s observing and making sure that WHAT: Cougar women's basketball team welcoming a new coach. The captain she understands the different sets that we ■ : 7 p.m. Friday KIRKLAND — The Seattle Seahawks usually aids the younger players in learning WHEN signed former Pro Bowl guard Mike need to be aware of on offense and defense Wahle to a five-year contract Thursday. the new system, but Appleton was just like so that she’s ready to go when her leg is ■ WHERE: Beasley Coliseum the incoming freshmen and had to learn Wahle, a 10-year veteran who was healed up,” Daugherty said. “She’s always ■ COST: Free with sports pass selected to the Pro Bowl in 2005 and ‘06 the system herself. very positive with her teammates.” while with Carolina, earned $18 million “The biggest thing in the beginning of “Everybody on the team totally respects in base salary and bonuses in his last the season was making sure everybody was her and really appreciates her as a person three seasons with the Panthers before on the same page,” Appleton said. WSU vs. Oregon schools they cut him Monday in a salary-cap The Cougars and Beavers tip off at 7 and a player and they really want to play Appleton leads the team with 12.3 points hard for her,” Daugherty said. move. per game and connects on 40.7 percent of p.m. tonight at Friel Court in the inaugural The 6-foot-6, 304-pound Wahle “Pink Out” game to raise awareness for Daugherty pointed out that the team will become the fourth left guard the her 3-point attempts, good for third overall played well for 32 minutes of last Sunday’s in the Pac-10. breast cancer. The first 500 fans in the door Seahawks have tried since All-Pro Steve receive a free Pink Out T-shirt. loss at USC without Appleton. She is look- Hutchinson left after the 2005 season in Appleton also averages 32.57 minutes a tricky free-agent deal with Minnesota. It has been 19 days since WSU last ing for the same kind of effort tonight. per game. Seeing her on the bench is “We’re back in the gym practicing with- Hutchinson’s contract included unprec- uncommon to Cougar fans – which is why played at home. The Cougars lost both edented “poison pill” contract provisions games on the road last weekend to UCLA out her so they have a chance to understand that the Seahawks vehemently protested this weekend will be very different for fans that they have to move forward, play harder and teammates. and USC. The Beavers are on a five-game but ultimately could not match. and step up their roles,” Daugherty said. Only eight minutes into the team’s game losing streak, with their last win coming The Seahawks’ problems in run- against the Cougars in Corvallis on Jan. 19. The Oregon Ducks come to Pullman for ning the ball are getting coach Mike at USC last Sunday, Appleton went down Holmgren’s full attention this offseason. with an ankle injury and is day-to-day. Ashley Allen leads OSU with 16.2 points a Sunday match-up. The Ducks are on a six-game losing streak of their own. Oregon Wahle’s signing is the first proof. “I’m lucky,” a very positive Appleton per game. The New England Patriots and “just said. “It could have been worse. But it is With Appleton questionable, the defeated WSU 64-45 the last time the two about every team in the league who frustrating … but it happens and you just Cougars will have to change the lineup and teams met. had openings on the offensive line” were have to get in the training room and get it be ready to compete without their leading The Ducks are led by sophomore Taylor interested in Wahle, Cornrich said. better.” scorer. Lilley’s 12 points per game. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS opinion The Daily Evergreen Opinion editor Rikki King  [email protected] PAGE 11 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 Politics deeply rewards its civil servants

cannot think of a place I would rather be. We matter. The average citizen mat- An Olympia ters. Public policy matters. My job, by some standards, isn’t Observer interesting. I research bills, I schedule By Eliyah Madsen appointments, I kick nasty people out of the office. And sometimes I wonder OLYMPIA — When the sixth person why. called about septic tanks, I thought I’d had enough. Not many people whittle « STATE GOVERNMENT IS JUST PLAIN away their lives conversing about septic SEDUCTIVE. IT DRAWS YOU IN.» tanks. On the other hand, it would have been less painful if I hadn’t had to discuss a shellfish bill earlier in the day. From the Senate chamber to my This is my job. Shellfish bills. Septic small office to the buzzing marble hall- tanks. Even an occasional sports sta- ways, this place rings with a vibrant dium. sense of doing something for somebody else. And that is a beautiful thing. This is the state Legislature. As an Anyone working in the political pro- intern last year, I enjoyed being a part cess for long will encounter seasons of of the process, but knew I didn’t want disillusionment. When a senator plays to come back: I had other life goals and politics by killing a rival’s good legisla- working in politics wasn’t one of them. tion. When they see someone’s face as But here I am again, walking back to they learn a favorite bill had died. It was the Capitol dome every morning. At first important. So important. I couldn’t figure out why I was doing it. When I talk to an elderly man who Now I think I do. wants me to tell his doctor he isn’t too State government is just plain seduc- old, he should have his driver’s license tive. It draws you in. You are a part of the back. When a mom wants the senator process, you matter and you make a dif- to help get her children back. And when ference. Lobbyist. Legislator. Staff. there’s nothing I can do to help them. ILLUSTRATION BY JAEMI YOO As a staff person, I am a civil servant. But in state government, as in life, Every phone call I make, every appoint- the good somehow seems to outweigh or just the facade of the institution itself, love the process. Above all, we love the ment I schedule helps my senator do his the bad. There is celebration when just the reality is much more. There are many changes we make. job better. one great bill succeeds. of us, working behind the institution and And that is worth the septic tanks. Despite the shellfish bills, cranky con- ELIYAH MADSEN IS A SENIOR SOCIAL SCIENCES MAJOR FROM RIDGEFIELD. SHE CAN BE CONTACTED AT 335-2290 OR Even though the only thing most citi- daily pushing the process forward. Most BY [email protected]. THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS COLUMN ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE stituents and pushy lobbyists, I zens ever see is the face of their senator, staff love the job, love the people and STAFF OF THE DAILY EVERGREEN OR THOSE OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS. Nasa spending deserves scrutiny Classroom participation Americans are often oblivious to projects costing billions of dollars paramount effect on the « BUT THE QUESTION should reflect modern era average American. in the room. We may not have I think every child has a fas- REMAINS AS TO WHY WE logged as many years of experi- Open cination with space and being SPEND SO MUCH MONEY ence, but students grew up access- in space, and it’s long been ing the stockpile of information. to Close recognized as the final frontier. ON PROJECTS LARGELY Fire for By Greg Pender However, the technological TAKING PLACE LITERALLY the People « THE TEACHER IS NO LONGER developments and scientific SO FAR AWAY.» By Edward Quedado $17.31 billion sounds like breakthroughs that have come THE ONLY QUALIFIED a lot and it should – it’s your from NASA present an interest- decide if the expense is worth it. Teachers and students would AND KNOWLEDGEABLE FACE money. It’s the 2008 approved ing balance of our expenditures Also, Pluto’s not even a planet be wise to take note of the frantic IN THE ROOM.» budget for NASA, the organiza- and their accomplishments. anymore. tion responsible for the Phoenix Except for the jobs NASA pro- thumbs, Sudoku puzzles and slum- American support of NASA bering heads rocking back and But I’ll concede a bit. By failing Mission to Mars, the current vides, the organization does not has wavered for almost all forth in chairs during classes. to participate, students often fail Atlantis mission and about 16 serve any immediate tangible of its existence, with various other total mission launches purpose that would justify such Because the idea of one person to keep their end of the bargain. presidents stirring support and lecturing for an hour is history. So this year alone. a large expenditure – at least repadding its budget through Some may think it is inconsequen- NASA sends shuttles and upon first glance. are classes that fill an entire audi- tial to keep quiet, but there are the agency's ups and downs. torium. satellites up at a relentless rate, NASA is responsible for the With the exception of major repercussions that have nothing to and the American public pays invention of many modern day disasters such as the Challenger “It’s a two-way street,” commu- do with participation points. for it – and mostly, we are amusements including joy- in 1986 and Columbia in 2003, nication professor Bruce Pinkleton “Everyone comes in with expe- oblivious. That is a lot of money sticks, football helmet padding NASA tends to be pushed to the said. “Students bring (an element) rience everyone can learn from,” to spend on often intangible and the construction of golf back pages of newspapers, and to class, not just teachers.” said Kathleen Rodgers, an associ- space explorations. balls. But the question remains most Americans don’t regard it And he’s right. College is a ate professor of human develop- NASA ranks 19th among as to why we spend so much as pertinent news. 50-50 proposition. ment. Her incentive towers as the top U.S. government expendi- money on projects largely tak- But with health care in Living in an age with the inter- finest for encouraging input. tures, ahead of the Department ing place literally so far away. the toilet, and Social Security, net encourages information binges By keeping quiet, we under- of Transportation and If we want to discuss long- schools and the economy tak- that should have modernized the mine others' opportunity to hear Department of Labor, accord- term commitment, the New ing a dive, I’d say $17.31 billion student-teacher dynamic by now. experiences we would otherwise ing to the U.S. national budget. Horizons mission was launched is quite pertinent. But unfortunately, they haven't yet. never hear. Few of us will ever I'm not saying our pursuits in in 2006 with a final destination Because students can access space are unimportant, but I of Pluto in 2015. If the probe walk into another setting more virtually anything ever published conducive to networking with tend to believe that right now, lands safely, we may better GREG PENDER IS A JUNIOR MARKETING AND CHINESE MAJOR FROM VANCOUVER,WASH. HE CAN BE CONTACTED AT 335-2290 OR BY OPINION@DAI- outside Washington, D.C., it makes roads and the welfare of the understand Pluto and our outer such a diversity of personal histo- LYEVERGREEN.COM. THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS COLUMN ARE NOT NECESSARILY sense to structure classes oriented working public has a solar system, but it's hard to THOSE OF THE STAFF OF THE DAILY EVERGREEN OR THOSE OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS. ries and ideas. And no, Facebook toward a discussion or seminar. doesn’t count. The teacher is no longer the only WRITE OPINION FOR THE DAILY EVERGREEN. VISIT MURROW EAST 122 FOR DETAILS. qualified and knowledgeable face See CLASS Page 12

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should never take for granted in indoctrination, not education. point of progress WSU e-mail systems Pullman. If the students outside I disagree with Horowitz’s School district levy of the loyal core that are always proposed legislation, because it Continued from Page 11 are cluttered, confusing there don’t want to come to the won’t work; academics will col- deserves ‘yes’ vote games, I think Athletic Director lude to make it unenforceable. If Fear plays a part in our reticence. The Editor: Jim Sterk should open them up Editor: student psyche is a fragile glass easily shat- In order to receive communi- some professors did not abuse The Pullman School for reserved seating and general their privileged position and their tered, but few students will admit to the fear cation from WSU I am required to admission, so that we can get the District is once again putting of looking dumb in front of strangers. Even sign into three separate programs power over their students, no forth a request for a regular monetary support the Athletic one would be interested in such if there are no dumb questions, there are which each require an indepen- Department needs to sustain Maintenance and Operations dent log-in. If I need to commu- legislation. Levy. As a past school board dumb answers. Fear inhibits the learning such a great program. I challenge process Rodgers described, but the fear is nicate with my professors, I am the students to be at Friel Court member, I know the thought required to log into eLearning@ Gabriel Hanna and consideration put into this unfounded. Everyone faces the same situ- the few final games to give the graduate student, physics wsu.edu. If I want either impor- team the appreciation it deserves. regular request and the impact ation. tant or trivial information about this local support has on the Even the seemingly slightest details play university events or changes, I go Bob Anderberg Caucuses actually district’s programs. This year the a part in the educational experience. The to my.wsu.edu. If I’m interested in WSU al, umnus1 989 board decided to run the levy context of a classroom can tip the scale of general university communication limit our voting rights for four years rather than the involvement one way or the other, Rodgers with administrators, classmates or usual two. This, I believe, was an said. teaching assistants, I’ll go to con- Senate bill won’t pass Editor: excellent decision and I know For example, several Fulmer Hall class- nect.wsu.edu. For reasons I am In Paul Dec’s Wednesday col- a lot of planning was involved rooms slant, forcing students to physically unable to understand I have two for different reasons umn, “Caucuses vitalize democ- to make the amount of the levy look down on their instructor – creating a racy,” he argues that caucuses are separate WSU e-mail addresses. request the very best for the figurative spotlight. The teacher appears all- Confused yet? Me too. Why can’t Editor: more democratic than primaries district and the taxpayers. The WSU get its act together and make Nickolas Conrad is wrong because they sway undecideds board and administration of knowing while students are merely monkeys one complete system? on his stereotypes of conserva- and encourage discussion. I the Pullman School District are taking notes. The give-and-take interchange tives in his Monday column would like to point out many very thoughtful in spending the stalls. “Bill threatens education.” David Charles Schmidtlein caucuses deprive participants of public’s money. The quality of A level room provides the perception graduate student, pharmacy Horowitz is not a Christian, but a district programs is excellent and we’re on equal ground with teachers, even if self-described agnostic, and not the right to a secret ballot, allow only declared party members to local support through the local they possess a degree. Classrooms with fixed interested in sneaking evolution levy is vital to that excellence. chairs or movable tables also affect the envi- into science classes. Furthermore, attend and allow only a minority Basketball deserves of registered voters to allocate The support tof distric patrons ronment. It’s no coincidence the majority of Conrad’s states “students would has always been very strong and be able to unjustifiably inject votes. Many people are unable to students who participate sit in front. more student huzzahs attend caucuses. These include very much appreciated. It truly is We live in too diverse a world for one their own beliefs into fields ...” The an advantage for our students. I Editor: prospect of students having their out-of-state college students, mil- person to discern all the variations in the As a Cougar alumnus and itary members overseas, home- encourage all to find those mail- classroom. A purist may not realize students own beliefs is admittedly hor- in ballots and get them in the basketball season ticket holder, I rifying enough. But would this bound individuals and anyone possess the means to legitimately question just want to say how impressed who can not attend during the mail by Tuesday with a ‘Yes’ vote argument also not apply to, let’s on this important issue. a teacher’s expertise. To my purist friends, I am with the ZZU CRU and their say, your math professor taking limited hours of a caucus. I find please don’t treat us like we’re 5 years old. spirit at Cougar Basketball games. 20 minutes of class to rant about no shame in favoring primaries They obviously appreciate what Claudia Peavy It's time we re-examine our classroom Iraq or Bush? which allow all voters to express Pullman resident experiences, because silence is just not a special basketball team we the right to vote. have right now. I think watching Or take Conrad’s point “we are working anymore. here to learn and be challenged, I have no doubt attendance Tony Bennett’s crew is worth driv- EDWARD QUEDADO IS A JUNIOR COMMUNICATION AND POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR FROM KIRKLAND. HE CAN BE not for college to accomodate at Washington’s Democratic cau- CONTACTED AT 335-2290 OR BY [email protected]. THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS COLUMN ARE NOT ing hazardous backroads from It’s fast. It’s easy. NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE STAFF OF THE DAILY EVERGREEN OR THOSE OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS. Spokane to see, which I and other all our preconceived ideas.” cuses swelled last week. Many alums have done the past week. From Socrates to today, there there probably felt it was the only What is appalling and disap- have been many ideas about way to avoid having their legiti- Write a letter to pointing to me is the hundreds of what “social justice” ought to mate primary votes ignored by the editor. empty seats in the upper student mean, but on college campuses the party. section for the top 25 basketball it means only one thing, and Write for The Daily Evergreen. matchups in a great basketball requiring students to believe in it Alix Berglund [email protected] conference. This is something we before graduating is sophomore, zoology We pay for weekly opinion columns. Spring 2008 Honors Thesis Presentations Honors students will present their work February 18 to February 29 All presentations are open to the public and last 20 minutes Monday, February 18 Presentations are held in the Honors Hall Lounge 11:00-12:00 Amanda Holroyd Perceptions of Early Foreign Language Acquisition: How Elementary Students Respond to Spanish Teaching Methods 12:00-1:00 Kelly Stratton Problems with Unexpected Graph Theoretic Solutions 1:00-2:00 Christa Rinehart Framing Effect under Cognitive Load: Determining the Framing Effect Heuristic 2:00-3:00 Steven Kost NCAA: Winning Is Everything

Tuesday, February 19 11:00-12:00 Katherine Grogan The Use of Prostate-Specific Antigen in Prostate Cancer Diagnostics 12:00 -1:00 Stephanie Gering A New Synthesis of a Potential Antiviral Prodrug Utilizing a 1,2-anhydrofuranose Intermediate 1:00-2:00 Andrew Winters The Development of the Lotka-Volterra Equations and Its Effect on Modern Ecology 2:00-3:00 Rachelle Waniata The Choral Styles of F. Melius Christiansen & Robert Shaw: A Comparison 3:00-4:00 Fallon McGinty An Isotopic Approach to Understanding the Human Diet 4:00-5:00 Claire Herold Hormone-Simulated Pregnancy Models of Postpartum Anxiety 5:00-6:00 Thomas Ulrich Anxiolytic Drug Effects Assessed in a Rat Model of Postpartum Anxiety

Wednesday, February 20 12:00-1:00 Hilary Loveland A Study of the Effect of Gender on Moral Awareness 1:00-2:00 Daniel Zommick Dissolution of Illite in the Presence of Lithium Oxalate at pH 8 2:00-3:00 Ellen Kincaid The Issue of Amending Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution 3:00-4:00 Whitney Mueller The Link Between Childhood Obesity & Food & Beverage Industry Advertising in the United States 4:00-5:00 Molly McIntosh Testing the Cross-Utilization of Avian Microsatellites 5:00-6:00 Tristan Skolrud Firm Size & Diversification in Washington State Agriculture: How Much Does Size Matter?

Thursday, February 21 11:00-12:00 Jennifer Morley Flutamide Derivatives: Early Imaging of Prostate Cancer

12:00-1:00 Sarah Cross Everyday Memory Lapses in Older Adults 1:00-2:00 Matthew Todd Security & the Korean Peninsula: Identifying & Resolving Pyongyang, Beijing, & Washington's Trilateral Security Dilemma 2:00-3:00 Steven Weaver Bugs in the Popcorn: The Relationship between American & Bug in the Movies 3:00-4:00 Jonathan Pruneda Exploring the Use of a Granulovirus as a Method of Control for Potato Tuber Moth, Phthorimaea operculella 4:00-5:00 Jennifer Ellis The Presence of the Past: The Effect of Collective Memory on the Foreign Policies of Germany & the United States 5:00-6:00 Haley Paul Bigger, but Better? An Examination of Food System Scale & Its Connection to Long Term Sustainability

Friday, February 22 11:00-12:00 Rachelle Geyer A Cross-Cultural Exploration of Expatriate Australians & Americans in the Workplace 12:00-1:00 Natalie Ward Effects of the Novelty & Variety of Environmental Enrichment Objects on Nursery Pig Behavior & Productivity

1:00-2:00 Benjamin Arthurs Scanning force Microscope Induced Growth & Dissolution on Single Crystal Gypsum (CaHSO4.2H2O) 2:00-3:00 Danielle LaSalle Sarbanes-Oxley & Its Effects on Small Firms versus Large Firms

3:00-4:00 Alison Kirpes From Harlot to Human Being: The Revised Anna Karenina 5:00-6:00 Katherine Vargo The Effects of Post-Translational Modifications on Core Lysine Residues in Histone H2A & H2B & Their Influence on Gene Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Monday, February 25 11:00-12:00 Felicia Lew Determining the Minimum Cold Treatment Period Needed to Acquire Morphine Tolerance in Sprague-Dawley Rats 2:00-3:00 Gretchen Dole Glial Derived Neurotrophic Factor Promotes Ovarian Primordial Follicle Development & Cell-Cell Interactions during Folliculogenesis 4:00-5:00 Molly Boers Suspicious Reception: Public Reaction to Three Portraits of Marie Antoinette

Tuesday, February 26 3:00-4:00 Christopher Bates Nanoscale Craters in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Formed by Exposure to Condensing Solvent Vapor

Friday, February 29 (Murrow 55-WHETS) 2:00-3:00 Andrea Thonney Future Orientation of Choice High School Students in Spokane, Washington 13 THE DAILY EVERGREEN NATION NEWS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008

CAROLYN KASTER/ ASSOCIATED PRESS Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., listens to a family’s story at a campaign stop at the Fair River Oaks Council in Dayton, Ohio, on Thursday. GERALD HERBERT/ ASSOCIATED PRESS Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, shakes hands with former presidential candidate Mitt Romney during a news conference in Boston, on Thursday. Clinton wins New Mexico Democratic candidate Clinton Carlos Monje Jr., was asked wins more delegate nine days Thursday if he was confident Former candidate Romney endorses McCain the results were 100 percent after Super Tuesday. accurate and replied, “We have Romney asks convention convention delegate hunt. Officials said the former confidence in the process.” By Heather Clark Asked if Obama might seek a delegates to swing behind In early primaries and Massachusetts governor made The Associated Press caucuses, Romney collected his decision to back McCain recount, he said Obama has the ‘likely nominee.’ 280 delegates. The number is earlier in the day, citing a ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — momentum from eight wins enough to move McCain close desire to help the Arizona sen- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton since Super Tuesday and “we By Liz Sidoti to the total of 1,191 needed ator wrap up the nomination are going to look forward at the The Associated Press finally won the popular vote in to clinch the nomination a before too much more time New Mexico’s Democratic cau- contests we have remaining.” Monje said there were some BOSTON — Republican full nine months before the passed and while Democrats cus and picked up one extra del- “troubling aspects” in the campaign dropout Mitt November general election. still did not have a nominee. egate Thursday, nine days after Romney endorsed John Huckabee was not ready to McCain is on a steady Super Tuesday voting ended. conduct of the caucus, includ- McCain for the party’s presi- bow out. march toward amassing the State Democratic Chairman ing “incredibly long lines that dential nomination and asked “Right now there’s a great 1,191 delegates he needs, but Brian Colon made the kept people from voting,” but his national convention dele- big ‘me, too’ crowd com- Huckabee has proven an announcement after a marathon he saw their solution in the gates to swing behind the likely ing together (for McCain),” unexpectedly durable chal- hand count of 17,000 provision- future. “We’re going to continue nominee. Huckabee said in LaCrosse, lenger. With a strong appeal al ballots that had to be given to to work with the New Mexico “Even when the contest was Wis. “There’s a lot of folks, sort to evangelical conservatives, voters on Feb. 5 because of long Democratic state party to make close and our disagreements of, in the establishment of the Huckabee defeated McCain lines and a shortage of ballots. sure the next election goes more were debated, the caliber of the party that is not now wanting in two out of three states that The final statewide count gave smoothly.” man was apparent,” the former to be left out.” He added, “I’m chose delegates last weekend, her a 1,709-vote edge over rival Of the 22 states that held Massachusetts governor said, just not willing to be part of the and ran a far stronger race Sen. Barack Obama, 73,105 or Democratic primaries and cau- standing alongside his one-time coronation yet.” than expected before los- 48.8 percent of the total vote to cuses on Super Tuesday, New rival at his now-defunct cam- Romney’s nod of support ing the Virginia primary on 71,396 or 47.6 percent. Mexico was the last to report paign’s headquarters. “This is capped a bitter yearlong rivalry Tuesday. The former first lady’s victo- a winner. The caucus here was a man capable of leading our between the two men over the The senator began the day ry in the popular vote swung the run by the state Democratic country at a dangerous hour.” party’s nomination. Romney with 843 delegates, to 242 for final unallocated New Mexico party rather than by state gov- “Primaries are tough,” said criticized McCain in television Huckabee. delegate into her column, which ernment. McCain, referring to their ear- ads in New Hampshire, and While Romney can ask his gave Clinton 14 delegates in the Colon, who came under fire lier rancor. “We know it was both candidates mixed it up delegates to support McCain, state to 12 for Obama. for his handling of the troubled a hard campaign and now we almost daily during campaign he won’t be able to simply With the addition of New election, thanked the hundreds move forward, we move for- events and debates. Neither is hand over all 280 delegates. Mexico’s delegate, the national of volunteers who counted ward together for the good of especially fond of the other. Many are from caucus states delegate count stood at 1,276 for the ballots. The final figures our party and the nation.” Over the past year, Romney that won’t select the actual Obama and 1,220 for Clinton on “have been double and triple The two met privately before cast McCain as outside of the delegates until state conven- Thursday. checked,” he said in a televised appearing together at a news GOP’s conservative mainstream tions this spring. “I am so proud to have announcement. conference. McCain had cam- and a Washington insider who Romney suspended his earned the support of New On Super Tuesday, Clinton paigned in Vermont and Rhode contributed to the problems candidacy last week after it Mexicans from across the and Obama vied for 26 of New Island but added a flight to plaguing a broken system. became apparent that toppling state,” Clinton said in a written Mexico’s 38 delegates to this Boston to accept the endorse- McCain, in turn, argued that McCain would be near impos- statement. “New Mexicans want summer’s Democratic National ment. Romney’s equivocations and sible to gain the delegates real solutions to our nation’s Convention. Twelve so-called McCain effectively sealed reversals on several issues indi- needed to defeat McCain. challenges. As president, I will superdelegates are not bound the nomination last week when cated a willingness to change He was the only one of continue to stand up for New by caucus results. Romney withdrew from the his positions to fit his political McCain’s main primary oppo- Mexico and will hit the ground Nine statewide delegates race; only former Arkansas goals. nents who had resisted lining running on day one to bring were at stake. Obama and Gov. Mike Huckabee and liber- The clash effectively ended up behind the nominee in about real change.” Clinton evenly split the eight tarian-leaning Texas Rep. Ron on Feb. 5, when McCain won waiting; Rudy Giuliani and The Obama campaign delegates already awarded. The Paul remain. 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Call for details, 332-6147. h a i r c u t s ~ c o l o r ~ p e r m s ~ w a x i n g ~ m a n i c u r e s ~ p e d i c u r e s FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 OPINION THE DAILY EVERGREEN 12 Letters to the editor CLASS| Purists miss E-mail letters to [email protected]

should never take for granted in indoctrination, not education. point of progress WSU e-mail systems Pullman. If the students outside I disagree with Horowitz’s School district levy of the loyal core that are always proposed legislation, because it Continued from Page 11 are cluttered, confusing there don’t want to come to the won’t work; academics will col- deserves ‘yes’ vote games, I think Athletic Director lude to make it unenforceable. If Fear plays a part in our reticence. The Editor: Jim Sterk should open them up Editor: student psyche is a fragile glass easily shat- In order to receive communi- some professors did not abuse The Pullman School for reserved seating and general their privileged position and their tered, but few students will admit to the fear cation from WSU I am required to admission, so that we can get the District is once again putting of looking dumb in front of strangers. Even sign into three separate programs power over their students, no forth a request for a regular monetary support the Athletic one would be interested in such if there are no dumb questions, there are which each require an indepen- Department needs to sustain Maintenance and Operations dent log-in. If I need to commu- legislation. Levy. As a past school board dumb answers. Fear inhibits the learning such a great program. I challenge process Rodgers described, but the fear is nicate with my professors, I am the students to be at Friel Court member, I know the thought required to log into eLearning@ Gabriel Hanna and consideration put into this unfounded. Everyone faces the same situ- the few final games to give the graduate student, physics wsu.edu. If I want either impor- team the appreciation it deserves. regular request and the impact ation. tant or trivial information about this local support has on the Even the seemingly slightest details play university events or changes, I go Bob Anderberg Caucuses actually district’s programs. This year the a part in the educational experience. The to my.wsu.edu. If I’m interested in WSU alumnus, 1989 board decided to run the levy context of a classroom can tip the scale of general university communication limit our voting rights for four years rather than the involvement one way or the other, Rodgers with administrators, classmates or usual two. This, I believe, was an said. teaching assistants, I’ll go to con- Senate bill won’t pass Editor: excellent decision and I know For example, several Fulmer Hall class- nect.wsu.edu. For reasons I am In Paul Dec’s Wednesday col- a lot of planning was involved rooms slant, forcing students to physically unable to understand I have two for different reasons umn, “Caucuses vitalize democ- to make the amount of the levy look down on their instructor – creating a racy,” he argues that caucuses are separate WSU e-mail addresses. request the very best for the figurative spotlight. The teacher appears all- Confused yet? Me too. Why can’t Editor: more democratic than primaries district and the taxpayers. The WSU get its act together and make Nickolas Conrad is wrong because they sway undecideds board and administration of knowing while students are merely monkeys one complete system? on his stereotypes of conserva- and encourage discussion. I the Pullman School District are taking notes. The give-and-take interchange tives in his Monday column would like to point out many very thoughtful in spending the stalls. “Bill threatens education.” David Charles Schmidtlein caucuses deprive participants of public’s money. The quality of A level room provides the perception graduate student, pharmacy Horowitz is not a Christian, but a district programs is excellent and we’re on equal ground with teachers, even if self-described agnostic, and not the right to a secret ballot, allow only declared party members to local support through the local they possess a degree. Classrooms with fixed interested in sneaking evolution levy is vital to that excellence. chairs or movable tables also affect the envi- into science classes. Furthermore, attend and allow only a minority Basketball deserves of registered voters to allocate The support of district patrons ronment. It’s no coincidence the majority of Conrad’s states “students would has always been very strong and be able to unjustifiably inject votes. Many people are unable to students who participate sit in front. more student huzzahs attend caucuses. These include very much appreciated. It truly is We live in too diverse a world for one their own beliefs into fields ...” The an advantage for our students. I Editor: prospect of students having their out-of-state college students, mil- person to discern all the variations in the As a Cougar alumnus and itary members overseas, home- encourage all to find those mail- classroom. A purist may not realize students own beliefs is admittedly hor- in ballots and get them in the basketball season ticket holder, I rifying enough. But would this bound individuals and anyone possess the means to legitimately question just want to say how impressed who can not attend during the mail by Tuesday with a ‘Yes’ vote argument also not apply to, let’s on this important issue. a teacher’s expertise. To my purist friends, I am with the ZZU CRU and their say, your math professor taking limited hours of a caucus. I find please don’t treat us like we’re 5 years old. spirit at Cougar Basketball games. 20 minutes of class to rant about no shame in favoring primaries They obviously appreciate what Claudia Peavy It's time we re-examine our classroom Iraq or Bush? which allow all voters to express Pullman resident experiences, because silence is just not a special basketball team we the right to vote. have right now. I think watching Or take Conrad’s point “we are working anymore. here to learn and be challenged, I have no doubt attendance Tony Bennett’s crew is worth driv- EDWARD QUEDADO IS A JUNIOR COMMUNICATION AND POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR FROM KIRKLAND. HE CAN BE not for college to accomodate at Washington’s Democratic cau- CONTACTED AT 335-2290 OR BY [email protected]. THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN THIS COLUMN ARE NOT ing hazardous backroads from It’s fast. It’s easy. NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE STAFF OF THE DAILY EVERGREEN OR THOSE OF STUDENT PUBLICATIONS. Spokane to see, which I and other all our preconceived ideas.” cuses swelled last week. Many alums have done the past week. From Socrates to today, there there probably felt it was the only What is appalling and disap- have been many ideas about way to avoid having their legiti- Write a letter to pointing to me is the hundreds of what “social justice” ought to mate primary votes ignored by the editor. empty seats in the upper student mean, but on college campuses the party. section for the top 25 basketball it means only one thing, and Write for The Daily Evergreen. matchups in a great basketball requiring students to believe in it Alix Berglund [email protected] conference. This is something we before graduating is sophomore, zoology We pay for weekly opinion columns. Spring 2008 Honors Thesis Presentations Honors students will present their work February 18 to February 29 All presentations are open to the public and last 20 minutes Monday, February 18 Presentations are held in the Honors Hall Lounge 11:00-12:00 Amanda Holroyd Perceptions of Early Foreign Language Acquisition: How Elementary Students Respond to Spanish Teaching Methods 12:00-1:00 Kelly Stratton Problems with Unexpected Graph Theoretic Solutions 1:00-2:00 Christa Rinehart Framing Effect under Cognitive Load: Determining the Framing Effect Heuristic 2:00-3:00 Steven Kost NCAA: Winning Is Everything

Thursday, February 21 11:00-12:00 Jennifer Morley Flutamide Derivatives: Early Imaging of Prostate Cancer

Tuesday, February 26 3:00-4:00 Christopher Bates Nanoscale Craters in Poly(methyl methacrylate) Formed by Exposure to Condensing Solvent Vapor

Friday, February 29 (Murrow 55-WHETS) 2:00-3:00 Andrea Thonney Future Orientation of Choice High School Students in Spokane, Washington 16 THE DAILY EVERGREEN KICKING BACK FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 In the Stars | Horoscopes THE DAILY EVERGREEN CROSSWORD

Today’s Birthday —— You’re lucky in love this year and good at games. You’re quick and passionate, decisive and intense. Money may be scarce but you’ll get everything you need. Aries (March 21-April 19) Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — — Just when you’d almost — — Party conditions are excel- — — Somebody else wants to given up, you find another clue. You’re off lent. What other excuse do you need? tell you how to run your business. Listen on the quest again, after a brief respite. Celebrate love, friendship and family. politely. You might pick up a couple of You’re at the head of the pack, with your Celebrate roses and chocolate. Celebrate good ideas. friends close behind. life. Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Taurus (April 20-May 20) Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — — This part is difficult, but it’s — — Be careful not to outspend — — You’re very good at following nothing you can’t handle. You’ll win an extra prize if you get it done before quit- your income and get yourself into debt, directions, when they make sense. Some ting time. You’d better get going. unless that’s your intention. Things are you get now may not, however. Keep ask- Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) happening pretty fast. Follow your plan. ing questions until you’re sure what to do. —½ — Allow yourself to be Gemini (May 21-June 21) Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) talked into something a little more excit- —½ — Travel conditions are good —½ — If there’s anything you’ve ing than your usual custom. Conditions now. Get going as soon as you can. Go been meaning to do, throw your hat into are good for taking risks, especially in to a place where you can shop; you’ll find the ring. You’re not going to find better romance. some excellent deals. conditions for following through. Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) Cancer (June 22-July 22) Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — — Something you’ve been —½ — Pay off an old debt, but not —½ — No need to hurry, espe- worrying about doesn’t have to be done. a penny more than is required. You may cially when large sums of money are Something else does, however. Your first be able to work a deal to avoid excessive involved. Make sure all your questions are task is to determine which is which. charges. Consult an expert. answered. Think of more before you sign. TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES INC. Thursday’s solution

Out of the ordinary Funny, disturbing or otherwise noteworthy news. times a week, but nothing pre- president? Yes, he has. Ohio couples marry pared him for the grilling he got Who are you going to vote for? Thursday from a group of third- I’m not telling. at White Castle graders. Do you have a million dollars? COLUMBUS, Ohio — Three The kids at a public school in “I don’t have – I have a wonder- couples got the Valentine’s Day Harlem, where Bloomberg was ful birthday card,” Bloomberg said, wedding they craved on Thursday, holding a news conference down holding up the creation that they marrying at a White Castle in the the hall, disarmed the potential had made for him. “And this is real- restaurant chain’s home city. presidential candidate by sing- ly nice. So, OK, I better get going.” The morning ceremony at the ing “Happy Birthday” to honor burger joint, which features the the billionaire, who turned 66 on slogan “What You Crave,” involved Thursday. Ads credited for cutting Then they got down to a flower girl who threw salt and business. pepper packets instead of rice, Vancouver car theft “Are you rich?” asked one little and employee name tags on the VANCOUVER, British Columbia — boy. grooms’ lapels. “Am I what? I can’t hear you,” Car prowls have taken a big drop in The cake resembled a White Bloomberg said. Vancouver, and police are crediting Castle tray holding three “slyder” The boy repeated his question, a humorous but pointed television burgers, fries and a drink – all and the mayor demurred, pointing advertising campaign. Fill in the blocks so that each made of cake and frosting. out that he works for just $1 a year. The spot starts with a man row, column and block have Cyndie Nunamaker of Plain City, Then another kid piped up, throwing a brick through the driv- 17 miles northwest of Columbus, er’s side window to steal a woman’s Sudoku all nine digits represented. wanting to know if Bloomberg lives said she and new husband Brian in the White House. purse. Then another crook smashes Wilson opted for the alternative “I don’t live in the White House,” the passenger window and steals wedding because they love White the mayor told the class. “I live on the brick. Castle. the east side of Manhattan, and Deputy Police Chief Robert The nuptials were broadcast I’ve lived there for 20 years in that Andrew “Bob” Rich says the ad live on a local radio station, which house. But I’ve lived here since helped cut car break-ins by 43 per- paid for the flowers and other 1966, in New York.” cent last month from January 2007. arrangements. The group was impressed. Even so, Vancouver’s property This made him seem even more crime rate would have to drop NYC third-graders ancient than they thought. Earlier, another 30 percent to reach the when they tried to guess his age, average for cities in Canada. British question their mayor the roomful of 8 and 9-year-olds Columbia is the worst province started high, at 107. in Canada for property crime, NEW YORK — Mayor Michael But now, the kids were just even with one of the lowest crime Bloomberg faces the notorious warming up. They fired more reporting rates in Canada. New York City press corps several questions: Have you ever met the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

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