Sep 26, 2016 | Uncategorized, wsu125
Dear Zaara, You might say the Kuiper Belt is the frozen frontier of our solar system. Out beyond Neptune’s chilly orbit, this saucer-shaped region is home to Pluto, billions of comets, and other icy worlds. “The Kuiper Belt is really the edge of knowledge,” said my...
Aug 19, 2016 | Uncategorized, wsu125
By Jacob Jones A secretive telegram—wired to Santiago, Cuba, in April of 1962—forever reset the course of Lorenzo Pablo Martínez’s life, stripping away his teenage hopes for a prestigious musical scholarship in Europe and exiling him to an unfamiliar culture as a...
Aug 18, 2016 | Uncategorized, wsu125
By Mary Hawkins Thomas S. Foley was a political gentleman. The Speaker of the House lived and worked from principles that defined his political career: civility, honesty, and integrity. Even though he lost his seat in Congress, Foley’s legacy continues to encourage...
Aug 17, 2016 | Uncategorized, wsu125
By Jim Kershner Dwayne Mack was, to say the least, skeptical when his faculty mentor at Washington State University, LeRoy Ashby, suggested he write his doctoral dissertation on Spokane’s black history. “I thought to myself, ‘Wow, every time we pay a visit to Spokane,...
Aug 16, 2016 | Uncategorized, wsu125
By Larry Clark A Mount Vernon high school teacher gets pulled into one of the greatest mysteries of the twentieth century Dick Spink ’85 never intended to hunt for Amelia Earhart’s airplane. He specializes in boats. He put himself through Washington State University...
Aug 16, 2016 | Uncategorized, wsu125
By Larry Clark The call came into 9-1-1 from a Spokane YMCA last October: A middle-aged man was threatening to break the kneecaps of an eight-year-old, because he said the boy could “ruin my NBA career.” Corporal Jordan Ferguson of the Spokane Police Department...
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