According
to her ASWSU bio, “ASWSU President Savannah Rogers graduated from Tahoma Senior
High School in Maple Valley, Washington."
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‘Being a
female voice in a room is very important’
ASWSU’s
ninth female president hopes to bring fresh approach
By DYLAN
GREENE | THE DAILY EVERGREEN
ASWSU
President Savannah Rogers talks about her decision to come to WSU instead of
the University of Washington during an interview on top of the Holland-Terrell
Library on Tuesday.
By MAGGIE
QUINLAN, Evergeen reporter
August
10, 2018
Savannah
Rogers hopes to utilize her position as ASWSU President this year to bring both
a woman’s perspective and a safety-based, holistic approach to the student
body.
Rogers,
elected in spring 2018, ran a campaign focused on safety and empowerment.
She said
she defines safety as something more than physical. In her view, a feeling of
safety also relates to students’ academic and emotional worlds.
“[Safety]
can be tangible, like with sexual violence, or intangible, like being able to
speak up in class,” she said. “Or it’s emotional safety and mental health.”
Raised by
a teacher and career Army soldier, Rogers has the heart and discipline common
in both careers. Her solutions for WSU flow from one crucial sentiment — WSU
students should be safe in their body, classroom and mind.
ASWSU
Vice President Tyler Parchem said Rogers’ powerful values drew him to run with
her.
“The real
reason I decided to run with her was because I saw her vision for the position
and what ASWSU can be,” Parchem said. “We both believe we’re so privileged to
be able to give back to these students and community.”
To
address physical, intellectual and emotional safety, Rogers has laid out
specific plans of action. For example, she has proposed the implementing of a
second mandatory Green Dot training before every student’s junior year to
prevent sexual violence.
“I don’t
want to come in and say we need to do it every semester or every year,” Rogers
said. “Just adding one more time. It would be the same program, but different,
because you’ve been to college and you know what it’s like.”
When it
comes to emotional safety, Rogers advocates for an increase in the number of
counseling sessions available to students. She said she hopes to see a suicide
hotline number printed on the back of every Cougar Card.
After WSU
quarterback Tyler Hilinski’s suicide, Rogers said she saw national and local
suicide hotline numbers written on the whiteboard in every classroom she
entered.
“Why not
have that available at all times,” she said. “Even if it impacts one student,
isn’t that worth it? That’s a life.”
Rogers’
core belief in a student’s right to safety relates to her strong interest in
women’s issues. As the ninth female ASWSU president in over 100 years, Rogers
said she has a unique opportunity to support women at WSU.
“Everything
that I do, I try to make sure it can help build up women in the future and it’s
with women in mind,” she said. “I got to where I am because of other women.
Even if they didn’t know me, and they didn’t know, they were impacting me.”
Rogers
said she can help women in various ways.
“Being a
female voice in a room is very important,” she said. “Bringing that
perspective, that’s a tangible way to help.”
Rogers
said she can bring attention to issues important to women like reproductive
healthcare, menstrual hygiene, maternity leave and cultural issues involving
gendered expectations.
She said
she thinks she can provide inspiration to future leaders.
“Having
women come in as freshman and seeing a female ASWSU president, I think that’s
huge,” she said. “I didn’t think it was possible until I saw Taylor Christenson
run and win two years ago.”
Rogers
originally planned on attending UW but changed her mind and found her way to
WSU. She also changed majors from bioengineering to political science pre-law,
and in terms of her career, she said, “like so many people, I’m kind of lost.”
One thing Rogers is completely sure of is her dedication to empowering women.
“Growing
up, I worked really hard in school, and I did well. Someone in my family said
to me ‘you’re lucky that you’re smart and pretty, you’ll make a great
housewife. Men love smart women.’” Rogers said. “I’m not here to get a ‘Mrs.’
degree. And if a woman wants to, good for her! That’s just not for me.”
Rogers
plans to spend her career in government, where she can help protect people,
especially women, on a larger scale. As ASWSU president, she wants to keep her
expectations for herself reasonable.
“I can’t
solve the problem alone, or even in a group,” Rogers said. “I would just like
to see positive strides forward.”
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Two
players leave football team
DYLAN
GREENE, Evergreen editor-in-chief
August
12, 2018
Redshirt
sophomore safety Dylan Axelson and junior linebacker Kendrick Catis have left
the WSU football team, according to The Spokesman-Review.
A reason
for their departures was unclear, according to the Spokesman, but both have
been practicing with the team throughout fall camp.
Catis, a
transfer from Highland Community College in Kansas, joined the Cougars in
December when he was the first player to fax in his letter of intent during the
NCAA’s new early signing period.
Axelson,
a walk-on, appeared in five games on special teams last season, according to
the Spokesman.
This
story will be updated as more information becomes available.
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Inland
Cellular customers without voice or text services
Aug 13, 2018 Moscow Pullman Daily News
Inland
Cellular is experiencing a major power failure following what the company
website described as a "devastating fire" sparked Friday evening near
the top of the Lewiston Grade.
Due to the
fire, Inland Cellular customers remain without voice or text services.
According to information from the company, technicians do not expect these
services to be operational until today at the earliest, as crews wait for parts
to make the needed repairs.
The fire
reportedly began near mile marker 319 at the top of the Lewiston Grade and
damaged Inland Cellular facilities as it consumed 166 acres before being
contained.
According
to a news release from the Idaho Department of Lands, multiple structures were
threatened, but damage assessments are ongoing.
The
notice on inlandcellular.com says 4G LTE and 3G data services are still
available and reminds customers that their devices can still use Wi-Fi to run
third-party call and messaging apps. The notice directs customers to the
company Facebook page for updates every two hours.
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Cougar
comeback
With a
record number of incoming freshmen, WSU welcomes first wave of students over
the weekend
By Scott Jackson, Moscow Pullman Daily News
staff writer Aug 13, 2018
Pullman
was bustling Saturday with U-Haul trailers and truck beds stuffed with furniture
as hundreds of Washington State University students made their way to campus.
Despite a
shortage of rooms in university housing for more than 200 upperclassmen, due to
WSU's on campus live-in requirement and its largest freshman class - a group of
about 4,300 students - WSU unofficial move-in day seemed to go smoothly.
"We've
been monitoring those numbers very, very closely all summer long," Phil
Weiler, WSU vice president of marketing and communications, said. "We've
put a lot of effort into making sure that we've got enough housing for our
freshmen so they can live on campus as well as making sure that we have
adequate seats in those required courses."
To make
room for students, WSU has added additional beds to existing dorms, offered a
25 percent discount to students willing to add a third bed to two-person dorms
and reopened the once-closed Waller Hall.
Weiler
said allowing students to move in early gives Greek students a place to live
while participating in programs before the academic year, helps alleviate some
of the pressure on the official move-in day, which is Wednesday, and offers
parents the option of bringing their children to school over the weekend.
"For
a lot of those people who are having to travel a long distance, Saturday's the
preferred day," Weiler said.
Incoming
landscape architecture student Gabe Schimpf, who moved into the on-campus
dormitory Stevenson East on Saturday, said the move was surprisingly easy.
"We
got it all in two trips," Schimpf said. "We got here early enough I
think we beat the crowds, so we got in and out quick."
The day
wasn't just for the freshmen.
Close by
in the dense collection of apartments between Northeast Merman and Terre View
drives, friends Drake Ballou and Caden Haga moved into their first apartment in
Pullman. Their move was not as easy.
The pair
of high school friends from Bremerton, Wash., said they were unable to get into
the apartment complex of their choice but were just happy to find an apartment
at all.
"Honestly,
we were really late, and this is was the last one available - like literally
the last room available," Haga said. "We actually applied for Campus
Commons, they were actually looking for tenants, but they didn't have any empty
rooms and we wanted to stay together."
Weiler
told the Daily News on Tuesday students waiting for university housing as of
Monday will be notified they will need to seek off-campus housing.
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QB LUKE
of TITANS
There was
an AP story about Blaine Gabbert is battling former Washington State
quarterback Luke Falk for the backup role with the Titans. In a loss to Green
Bay on Thursday, Falk took the field midway through the second half and passed
10-for-19 for 105 yards and a touchdown. But, not providing text since it’s
about Blaine Gabbert, not Luke.
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Washington
State seeing the perks, reaping the benefits of running back James Williams’
engagement
UPDATED:
Sun., Aug. 12, 2018, 10:45 p.m.
By Theo
Lawson Spokane S-R
PULLMAN –
Teammates and coaches all seem to concur: Washington State running back James
Williams sharpened his mental game this offseason, and there’s probably more to
it than the natural progression and maturation made when an underclassman
becomes an upperclassman.
“James
for sure changed,” position mate Keith Harrington said. “I feel like for sure
he’s more focused now. … He’s just focused. I can tell, it’s just all
football.”
“I’ve
seen a difference of him just really paying attention, asking smart questions
and working on some little things that’ll really elevate him,” offered running
backs coach Eric Mele.
Sure,
Williams is one year older, one year wiser and therefore has a better
understanding of the dedication he needs to ply to his craft. But there’s more
to the story. The fourth-year Cougar running back, and anyone close to him,
would point to a major life event that could also describe the sudden change in
his mental framework.
Williams
will carry more than a football as he enters his redshirt junior campaign. On
May 5 in Boise, the running back got engaged to longtime girlfriend Rye Hewett,
a special education teacher who grew up in nearby Juliaetta, Idaho, and played
tennis at Lewis-Clark State College.
Friends
and teammates of the WSU tailback had been in the loop months ahead of the
proposal, but Williams was confident Hewett “had no clue” until the day of. He
popped the question on a river bridge in downtown Boise, near the Boise State
campus.
“It’s been
great,” Williams said. “I feel like I set a trend because I had a couple of
teammates like, ‘I’m trying to get engaged too.’ I guess they were trying to
see what was going to happen; are the boys going to make fun of it?”
Williams
agrees the engagement has improved his concentration – and it’s cut out some of
the perceived distractions that can be familiar to a college football player.
“You
don’t have to worry about other things, college stereotypes, all the girls ‘Oh,
you’re a football player?’ I don’t care about none of that, I just want to be
with one girl,” he said. “And especially because when I get done with games, I
just want to go home and relax and have a good time watching movies or whatever
we’re doing. I’m fine with that.
“It’s
definitely kept me more focused and all that stuff, so it’s real good.”
Williams
has been a highlight machine in his two seasons with the Cougars. In the Air
Raid offense, tailbacks must be effective in both the run and pass game, and
Williams struck that balance as well as anyone could in 2017, leading WSU in
carries (92) and receptions (71).
According
to Pro Football Focus, Williams forced 33 missed tackles on receptions last
season and he was one of the most slippery tailbacks in the Pac-12, with an
elusive rating of 92.5 – behind only Bryce Love (Stanford) and Zack Moss
(Utah).
A
razor-focused version of that same player could be a scary proposition for
WSU’s opponents this fall.
“There
used to be little things,” Harrington said. “James, he’s a wild one, he’s a
funny dude but his mind just gets off track sometimes. But this year I’ve been
seeing him real focused. First one to answer what play I got, checks,
everything – he knows it by heart. So he’s been balling, he’s been locked in
and he’s been focused and I can’t wait to see him ball out this year.”
While
admitting that “James loves him some James,” Mele believes his running back’s
engagement, and eventual marriage, will compel him to play for a greater
purpose: his new family of three. Hewett also has a young daughter.
“That’s
what you want, you want your players playing hard for a bigger reason than just
themselves,” Mele said. “It’s good to see him kind of self-motivated, a little
more intrinsic. We’re going to use that and if he makes a mistake and has a bad
play and there’s bad body language, I’ll remind him: ‘Hey man you’ve got some
people counting on you back at home.’ So it’ll be a good little tool for us.”
Seemingly
just about everyone has benefited from Williams’ first touchdown of 2018.
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