Martin
Stadium do’s and don’ts for football home games
What you
should bring to a home game, and what won't make it through the gate
By RYAN
MOSHER, Evergreen sports reporter
August 17,
2018
Home games
in Martin Stadium are an essential part of campus life during the fall. Here’s
what you need to know before you go.
New rules
WSU has
joined a wave of sporting venues that ask fans to use clear plastic bags to
carry belongings into games. The new rule says the only bags allowed, as stated
on the athletics website, are:
Clear
plastic, vinyl or PVC bags that do not exceed 14” x 8” x 14”
Clear
drawstring backpacks no larger than 14” x 14”
One-gallon
clear re-sealable plastic storage bags
Small
clutch (purse) bags no larger than 4.5” x 6.5” with or without a handle or
strap
Seat
cushion & seat cushion with back (no pockets or zippers) 18” or less in
width
Athletic
Director Patrick Chun stated that approved bags will be given for free to the
first 10,000 fans at Martin Stadium for the Saturday, Sept. 8 home opener. And
for football season ticket holders, they will receive one bag per account.
Keep in
mind that prohibited items now include backpacks, camera cases, clear
backpacks, tinted plastic bags, oversized tote bags, diaper bags, printed
pattern plastic bags, fanny packs, binoculars cases, mesh bags and purses.
However,
if you need to bring in an item that is not permitted but is medically
necessary, you will be allowed to take it in after being subjected to
additional screening at the gate. This applies to diaper bags; however, an
infant must be present.
Don’t
bring
Animals
are prohibited unless it is a service animal or currently in training to become
a service animal.
Only empty
plastic water bottles smaller than 1.5 liters will be allowed. Larger
containers and glass and metal thermoses are not allowed.
Camcorders
and other video recording equipment are not allowed without written permission
from the WSU Athletic Department. Cameras are allowed as long as they don’t
have a large lens, but keep in mind that camera bags are prohibited.
Strollers
are allowed inside but must remain in the concourse area at owner’s risk.
Do bring
School
spirit, no Martin Stadium game is complete without the boisterous student
section filled to the brim, so wear your crimson and gray and cheer on your
Cougs.
Keys — an
important Cougar tradition is to make sure to rattle your keys when the Cougars
are punting or kicking off, and just maybe it will “rattle” the opposing team.
Banners/signs
— handheld banners and signs are permitted if they “are in good taste, contain
no profanity or derogatory statements, and do not block the view of other
patrons,” according to stadium policy. Remember, you might want to line up
early to get a front row seat to show off your creativity.
Weather
appropriate wear — the Pullman climate can be unforgiving, whether the sun is
beating down on you as you wait in line hours early with the Cougar faithful,
or as rain pours down and cold winds chill you to the bone during halftime.
Make sure you are prepared to ride it out.
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WSU President discusses enrollment, finances and
ticket audit during annual back to class press conference
WSU
President discusses enrollment, finances and ticket audit during annual back to
class press conference
Pullman Radio
News 8/22/2018
Washington
State University President Kirk Schulz held his annual back to class press
conference on Wednesday, speaking candidly on a variety of topics. Schulz
discussed the university's increasing enrollment and the institution's largest
freshmen class in history, which could be near 4,400. He noted that the influx
of new students is thanks to a higher rate of prospective freshmen choosing
WSU.
Schulz
also talked about the institution's budget shortfall, noting that last year's
deficit reduction target was exceeded. WSU administration was directed to
reduce the annual shortfall from 30 million to 20 million dollars. Schulz
expects to release an update on the financial shortfall in a few weeks.
The
shortfall in Cougar Athletics was also asked about. The department is running
an annual deficit of about 9 million dollars, which is expected to be balanced
by 2023. The plan calls for increasing revenues, including a possible student
approved fee for athletics. Schulz says administrators are discussing the idea with
student leaders but admits there is no guarantee it will make it on the student
ballot.
Schulz
also reiterated his commitment that Cougar Athletics will pay back it's
accumulated debt once the department eliminates its annual operating shortfall.
Projections show that athletics will still be 85 million dollars in debt even
after balancing its annual budget.
Schulz
expanded on rumors that Cougar Athletics is considering selling the naming
rights for some of its facilities. He says those discussions involve the field
in Martin Stadium, the Football Operations Building and the Lower Soccer Field.
Schulz was
also asked about the recent release of an internal audit regarding football
tickets. The review of one Cougar home game found extensive mismanagement under
previous Athletics Director Bill Moos and some of his senior staff who have
also left the institution. Schulz pointed out that new AD Pat Chun made
immediate changes in ticket policies as a result of the audit. He also
announced that WSU will hire an independent third-party to audit WSU ticketing
in a year.
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Some
freshman living in triples, RAs sharing rooms
Housing
developed several solutions for overflow of students
Proud
parents flood campus as their children prepare to move onto the WSU campus.
By YASMEEN
WAFAI, Evergreen assistant news editor
August 17,
2018
Housing
and Residence Life has had to remedy an overflow of housing applications by
creating more space in residence halls.
Once
Housing and Residence Life got word the incoming freshman class would be bigger
than anticipated, they came up with a plan to make sure they had enough housing
space, Edwin Hamada, director of Housing and Residence Life, said.
“Our first-year
numbers are very important to us to make sure we have those spaces available,”
Hamada said.
One
solution he said they came up with was reopening Waller Hall, a hall which has
not been open for several years, after testing the systems over the summer to
make sure they were capable of housing people there.
Another
option they pursued was to make half of the rooms in Orton Hall, which is
already half-occupied by singles, doubles, Hamada said. This allowed them to
yield more space for that facility, he said.
“If a
floor is not fully occupied, it kind of feels like a ghost town,” Hamada said.
Typically
RAs have their own rooms, but because of the overflow, some RAs are sharing
rooms with their residents, Hamada said.
If there
is anyone he would gamble on putting a new Coug with, Hamada said, it would be
an RA. However, they are trying to limit these numbers because they want to
avoid putting people in temporary living situations.
“An RA
having a roommate is truly a temporary housing circumstance,” Hamada said. “We
want people to have a permanent home for the academic year.”
Getting
the exact number of students who will be living in residence halls is a
difficult number to collect, he said, but from his understanding, this year’s
yield is a little higher than normal.
“It is a
very difficult sort of numbers game,” Hamada said.
As for
making sure this does not happen again in the future, Hamada said there will be
meetings to discuss how to plan better in the future. He does not believe the
university was being frivolous with acceptances, but that there were a lot more
applicants who followed through with staying in the residence halls.
As for
student feedback, Hamada said he did not see or hear anything unusual when he
was around for move-in. He said Housing and Residence Life tried to let
students know in advance if they would be living in a triple, as well as making
sure they were logical about which rooms were turned into triples. He cited the
corner rooms in the Stephenson Complex as an example.
However,
Hamada said they are also willing to accommodate for people who do not want to
be in a triple.
“If people
aren’t happy,” he said, “we’d be more than happy to listen.”
In terms
of price, students living in triples pay 25 percent less than they would for a
double and RAs who have to share a room receive a $200 increase in their perk
packages, Hamada said.
Hamada
said he was hyper-sensitive when he was going around for hall openings because
he does not want anyone to have a lesser experience. He said he wants everyone
to feel like they are a part of the Coug family when they come to WSU and wants
them to have that same feeling of pride no matter what.
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UREC
emphasizes dress code with new signage
Director
wants first few weeks to be a "learning period"
The
WSU-UREC sees thousands of patrons every day and maintains specific dress code
policies for hygiene reasons.
By CARMEN
JARAMILLO, Evergreen reporter
August 22,
2018
The
Student Recreation Center posted new signage over the summer about their dress
code after student concerns arose.
Two
students spoke to the Evergreen in April about being asked to change because of
their outfits. One said she felt the policy was unfair towards women.
Jeff
Elbracht, director of facilities at University Recreation (UREC) said the
policy exists to protect patrons from diseases that are communicable through
sweat and bodily fluids. He said wearing specific types of clothing reduces the
spread of disease.
“It’s
really a hygiene policy is what it is,” Elbracht said.
UREC
policy has not changed, he said, but the UREC has updated the policy’s language
to define expectations and educate patrons.
”We really
tried to clarify and help people understand why the policy exists,” Elbracht
said.
Before the
update, the policy just read that all patrons “must wear shirts.” Today, the
policy, found on the UREC website, specifically lists the type of shirts that
can be worn and what body parts they must cover.
“Covering
the lower back, navel, and chest reduces the chance of disease transmission and
helps keep equipment and facilities clean and functional,” the policy states.
New
signage around the UREC shows examples of what types of clothing may create
more direct contact between skin and equipment and what types of clothing would
protect patrons.
Elbracht
said although it is still early in the semester, the signage and response has
been good so far.
“We want
this first couple of weeks to be a learning period,” he said. “We’re not going
to ask someone to leave on the first day, we want to educate people on the
policy.”
UREC
policies are based on industry standards Elbracht said, as well as
communication with other PAC 12 recreation centers and their practices. UREC
also draws from the Center for Disease Control for its recommendations on
stopping the spread of disease.
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Food co-op
idea continues to gain traction in Pullman
Group
begins networking with residents to develop list of priorities
Moscow
Pullman Daily News
Bringing a
food co-op to Pullman remains the goal for a small group of business owners and
residents, and it appears to be gaining some momentum.
Last
weekend at the National Lentil Festival, the recently formed seven-member co-op
board and its handful of volunteers manned a booth to answer questions and
better identify what Pullman residents would like to see in a Pullman co-op.
Co-op
Volunteer Kathleen Ryan said more than 100 people signed up to receive
newsletters and updates from the group during the festival.
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Cereal
Smackdown title matchup set; vote through Monday
Posted:
Aug 22, 2018
The
showdown for the best cereal is down to Frosted Mini-Wheats and Lucky Charms.
Things had
been grrreat for Tony the Tiger and his Frosted Flakes until they were bested
by Frosted Mini-Wheats 25 to 20.
Lucky
Charms kept its winning streak alive, taking down Apple Jacks 28 to 18. The
fortunate leprechaun is the only survivor of the original four mascots — Tony
the Tiger, Cap’n Crunch, the Trix Rabbit — to make it to the semifinals.
Voting
continues for the Cereal Smackdown today until Monday at inland360.com. Results
on the readers’ favorite will be published in next Thursday’s Inland 360.
2018
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WSU
football
Mike Leach
sets Washington State’s eight-man receiver rotation; could use as many as 11
wideouts in 2018
UPDATED:
Tue., Aug. 21, 2018, 10:22 p.m.
By Theo
Lawson. Spokane S-R
PULLMAN –
In order to breed competition at every spot on the field and ensure no player
becomes too complacent, Mike Leach and his assistants typically don’t make too
many depth-chart promises or offer up many teasers in the weeks leading up to a
new season.
But on
Tuesday, the Washington State coach indicated he’d already made some decisions
– and tough ones, at that – at one of the team’s most competitive positions,
listing the wide receivers who’d be in Leach’s eight-man rotation “if the
season started today.”
Since his
days at Texas Tech, Leach has adhered strictly to an eight-player,
two-player-per-position rotation, reasoning that it best allows a team to
allocate sufficient reps to the team’s best pass-catchers, giving them enough
opportunity to improve.
The
Cougars happen to be so deep at wide receiver this season, however, that the
coach said three additional players will get playing time this season.
As for the
top eight?
At the
outside “Z” receiver position, Leach will call on junior Dezmon Patmon and
redshirt junior Easop Winston. The sure-handed Winston redshirted last season
after transferring from City College of San Francisco. Patmon, an imposing
goal-line target at 6-foot-4, 220 pounds, caught 35 passes for 379 yards in
2017 with three games of 60-plus receiving yards.
The other
outside position, “X,” will be manned by sophomore Tay Martin and true freshman
Rodrick Fisher. Martin was the Cougars’ breakout player on offense near the end
of his rookie season, catching six touchdown passes in the last six games.
Fisher is an early enrollee who stood out on track and the football field
during his time at Spokane’s East Valley High Schol.
Redshirt
sophomore Renard Bell and redshirt freshman Travell Harris, meanwhile, made the
cut at the inside “H” receiver. Bell emerged as a reliable deep threat for the
Cougars last season with three plays of 50 yards or more the first half of the
season and Harris is a zippy slot receiver from Florida who will contribute
heavily on special teams.
At “Y”
receiver it’ll be senior Kyle Sweet and sophomore Jamire Calvin, a duo that
combined for 91 receptions, 833 yards and five touchdowns in 2017. Sweet is a
crisp route-runner who’s appeared in 37 games for the Cougars and Calvin is a
small, but dynamic speedster who made a quick impact last season as a true
freshman.
In
addition to those eight, Leach also said junior Calvin Jackson Jr., redshirt
senior Robert Lewis and redshirt junior Brandon Arconado “could see time at the
various positions.”
Presuming
none of those 11 sustains a long-term injury or misses games, the Cougars will
likely use redshirts on true freshman receivers Drue Jackson, Kassidy Woods and
Brandon Gray
Lolohea
speaks about exit
In an
interview with Cougfan.com, Jonathan “Pono” Lolohea said his decision to leave
the WSU football team was centered around the Cougars’ use of the 6-3,
295-pound nose tackle and his relationship with position coach Jeff Phelps.
“I felt
that my player strength was not used,” Lolohea told the website on Monday.
“Plus, me and the position coach didn’t get along. I’m a JUCO transfer, with
not many years to experiment (on how to be deployed). I just prayed about it
(and decided to move on).”
Lolohea, a
three-star junior college prospect from Mississippi’s Copiah-Lincoln, had been
in contention for the starting nose tackle job at WSU, although fifth-year
senior Taylor Comfort had spent more time working with the first team defense
throughout preseason camp.
The Maui
native told Cougfan.com he quit the team on Aug. 13 and intended to transfer,
but would not hint as to where that could be.
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