19YEAROLD WASHINGTON MARINE KILLED IN IRAQ | PAGE 3 FRIDAY Friday February 2, 2007 Volume 113, Number 94 High: 29 | Low: 19 More weather Page 2 %THE STUDENTVERGREEN VOICE OF WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1895 www.dailyevergreen.com Candlelit remembrance TYLER TJOMSLAND/DAILY EVERGREEN Kirk McMichael, right, plays bagpipes as ROTC members and other students walk down the mall during a candlelit vigil Thursday. Amid flickering light, ROTC and the campus remember a fallen WSU graduate By Jacob Jones | Daily Evergreen staff tray snowflakes fell upon in casual clothes also gathered approached. People slowly filed passed from cup to cup, the the green caps of more with the group. by the table to pick up their lime- group moved into formation. S than 30 ROTC officers and Most did not know Army colored paper cups. McMichael walked to the head of cadets as they stood on Glenn Capt. Brian Freeman, who was “Who still needs a candle?” a the procession, and at about Terrell Mall on Thursday after- killed in Iraq on Jan. 20. He person yelled. 4:30 p.m. he began his march noon. left WSU as an ROTC student Bagpiper Kirk McMichael from the Terrell Library to the Many wore black overcoats in 1995. The group gathered to waited inside the library, instru- WSU Veterans Memorial with the on top of their Class-A dress uni- honor him, but also to remember ment in hand. He has led many group close behind him. forms. Their breath billowed in the other soldiers and Marines memorial vigils down the mall. McMichael’s kilt swayed when the cold air as they set up a table who have died overseas. He stayed out of the cold until he walked. As the procession near the library with candles and Cadets snapped to atten- the candles were lit. paper cups. About a dozen people tion as higher ranking officers As the small flames See VIGIL | Page 4 K-House reopens historic cafe to raise money for trip Group plans to travel to lack of locations for WSU stu- Orleans in early March. Seven New Orleans to help rebuild dents to take a break. A group pastors from the area are also of students came up with the going, Miller-Keas said. The hurricane-ravaged areas. idea to open the basement cafe United Methodist Committee on to raise money for a mission trip Relief is organizing the trip. By Chey Scott to New Orleans during spring “Most of the relief for Katrina Daily Evergreen staff break to assist with Hurricane victims is being organized by With the CUB closed for Katrina relief. church groups like UMCOR renovation, alternative spots on “The cafe has been here for a now, rather than the U.S. gov- while and we tried to open it a ernment,” said Ryan Russell, a campus to relax between classes couple of years ago,” said Marnie University of Idaho senior geol- are often hard to find – not to Miller-Keas, a senior nursing ogy major who will travel to New mention crowded and busy. major who is involved with the Orleans with the K-House. However, there could be a project. He added, “UMCOR has no new location for students to She added, “We thought the overhead costs, so all the money enjoy a relaxing atmosphere that idea was cool to serve coffee for goes directly to the relief effort.” isn’t too out-of-the-way. The the purpose of raising money to The destruction in New Koinonia House, known as the help with the Hurricane Katrina Orleans, particularly in the K-House, plans to open its base- victims.” Ninth Ward – one of the neigh- TYLER TJOMSLAND/DAILY EVERGREEN ment into a chic, modern coffee The idea came up about a borhoods Katrina hit the worst lounge in mid-February. week ago, group members said. – is still very visible, Ryan Russell, left, talks Thursday with Iain Jensen right and Plans to open the cafe were There are about 20 students Jason Doss about the opening of the K-House coffee shop. inspired by more than just the who plan on traveling to New See CAFE | Page 4 Game night And... News Tip? Tuscon triumph Primary problems Skeletons aren’t the only things we >> The life of a Contact news editor leave forgotten in our closets. 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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2007 NEWS THE DAILY EVERGREEN | 3 Region Brief Local Brief [email protected] Washington levees fail inspections Vancouver Marine dies ASWSU elections The Army Corps of Engineers problems, which can include HOW IT COUNTS from Iraq injuries compiled a list of at-risk levees movement of floodwalls, faulty packets due today culverts, animal burrows, ero- ■ Number of at-risk levees in VANCOUVER — A young Marine The Declaration of Candidacy after Hurricane Katrina. sion or tree growth, according Washington: 19 from Clark County city has died from for ASWSU elections is due at 5 to a statement released by the ■ injuries he suffered in Iraq, the Defense By Melanthia Miller Number of at-risk levees in the p.m.