Cougar Gridiron Classic Promo

A little over a month until Cougar Football! Here's a little promo for the Cougar Gridiron Classic:

Death on the Palouse

Dateline NBC aired a special tonight, Death on the Palouse, which chronicled the saga of Frederick James Russell. It was the first interview from Russell since being extradited from Ireland back to Whitman County in 2006 after the accident in 2001 that claimed 3 WSU students' lives. There are many videos on the Dateline website, but here is a small part of the interview with Russell:

Save the Trees!

While most students are gone for the summer, a major change is happening on campus. Part III of the Library Road project involves removing several older trees near Avery Hall. There is a great website, www.savewsutrees.com, bringing attention to this issue, with an online petition you can sign and let your voice be heard. There has also been media coverage in The Daily Evergreen and theMoscow-Pullman Daily News. There are also some good pictures over at this blog.

So what can you do? Sign the petition at the link above, join the Facebook group, write a letter to the Daily Evergreen, or send an email to James Michael Stone of WSU Capital Planning and Development, jmstone@wsu.edu. Hopefully some of these graceful giants can be saved which give WSU its character and make it a beautiful place to be a Coug.

[Photo David Barnes and Michael Hanly, savewsutrees.com]

Giant Cougar to Hit Palouse

That's right, as part of the Martin Stadium remodel, some alumni has donated a 4500 pound, $400,000 bronze cougar statue. It will be located in the NE corner of the stadium and should be in by the November 8th game against Arizona. A crappily photoshopped picture above shows what it might look like. For more info, check out this article on Cougfan.