In the wake of a rash of school violence occurring around the country, supporters of a student’s right to carry a concealed weapon have set their sights on college campuses everywhere, including WSUV.

Dr. Harold A. Dengerink, Chancellor of WSU Vancouver, escorted Sen. Cantwell into VMMC 6, and the room immediately quieted in anticipation of a thorough discussion of higher education policy plans for the upcoming debate in the US Senate. As everyone took their seats and did a mic check and discovered that some mics were not working well, Sen. Cantwell showed her leadership skills in solving the problem quickly by offering innovative solutions.

by Tara Starr

April 4 the last chance to get your application in to be a mentor for next school year’s peer mentor program.  The program is hoped to increase retention of incoming students of diverse backgrounds.

Pizza wasn’t the only draw for this year’s WSUV celebration of Cougar Pride Days. And students weren’t the only ones who gathered at the basketball court on the west side of campus. Staff members and their families joined in a dodge-ball game which was the most popular activity of the whole week.

This roving reporter recently visited one of America’s most breathtaking and awe inspiring National Parks, at Canyonlands, UT.

The Cougars’ season ended with a crushing defeat to the North Carolina Tar Heels in the Sweet 16, but for two Cougar seniors, the season continued and so did their dreams of being involved in National Championship weekend.

March Madness continues to give us crazy results, and provide us with excitement and madness that is March in college basketball.

Are you wondering about the big red and white sign at the WSUV driveway entrance? It’s a picket by the local carpenter’s union, alleging that Delta Drywall, a company that is “slated to perform drywall work” at WSUV, is a tax cheat. Delta Drywall will be working on the new Undergraduate Classroom Building, currently under construction.

Professor Susan Ingram hopes to have a complete neuroscience majors program in place by fall 2009. “All the classes except the core classes for a neuroscience major are available at the Vancouver campus, and we have the faculty to teach them,” Ingram said. “We are currently working on the approval process for the university.”