News across Whitman County

Volleyball handing out free tickets for Saturday’s match
Washington State volleyball is giving away free tickets for its first home Pac-12 match. The offering is limited to two free tickets per person. Ticket pickup is from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the WSU Ticket Office. The match is at noon Saturday in Bohler Gym…

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Admin leaned on AI to write university communications
A significant amount of AI-generated text was detected in three university-wide communications sent out this month coming from The Office of the Provost and The Office of the President. Two emails sent out to students this month by The Office of the Provost and a message from…

Crime rates spike after the first WSU football home game of the season
WSU police and Pullman Police Department were kept busy with an influx in cases the weekend of WSU’s first home football game, many of which were regarding criminal acts committed by those celebrating after the game. During the game, WSU Police warned and ejected students and…

Parents weekend preview
Friday: Student Affairs is kicking off the festivities Friday at 3 p.m. in the CUB with the Family Weekend Welcome. Music fans can attend a joint student recital Friday at 3:10 p.m. and a senior recital at 4:10 p.m. on Friday. Both recitals will be held in the Bryan Hall Theatre.…

WSU soccer kicks off conference play against Oregon State
WSU soccer (3-3-3) is back in action facing the Oregon State Beavers (1-8-2). This is the first conference game for both teams in the newly rebuilt Pac-12. “I’m excited just to get to conference play because everybody loves non-conference games, but this is what actually…
Ray’s Ranks Week Four: The Niners’ mine their way to the top
As we head into week four, injuries and bad play have given us an idea of who the true contenders are in this league. With that being said, let’s take a look at where each team pans out in this week’s edition of Ray’s Ranks. F Tier: Is The Season Over Yet? 32. Miami...

OPINION: WSU football has a play calling issue
The WSU offense is struggling. Through four games, WSU’s unit is ranked in the bottom 11 in yards per game in all of the FBS averaging 313.8. When head coach Kirby Moore was hired and then brought in Matt Miller as his offensive coordinator, the anticipation coming into the…

Pro Cougs Week 3: Ward’s play spirals as Lucas becomes questionable
Week 3 brought a mix of highs and lows for former Washington State football players in the NFL. Cam Ward struggled with another costly turnover, Daiyan Henley put together one of his best performances of the season and injuries sidelined Jalen Thompson and Jaylen Watson.…

Predicting the Pac-12 for women’s soccer
With non-conference coming to a close for women’s college soccer schools are heading into conference play. The newly rebuilt Pac-12 is no different, getting ready to kick off its inaugural season. Here is where the we predict each teams will finish this season. 9. Fresno State…

WSU Gender and Sexuality Alliance hosts cross-campus retreat
Picnic tables and the surrounding area were occupied with snacks, packages of hot dogs ready to be grilled and a game of cornhole. Combined with the sunlight coming through a copse of trees whose leaves were starting to turn red and orange, the atmosphere was vibrant and…

WSU football fumbles in its Pac-12 reunion, blowing a 14-point lead to Arizona
It was under five minutes left in the third quarter, when QB Noah Fifita was scrambling around trying to find someone down field. Right at the last second he saw receiver Caleb Smith and delivered a 40-yard bomb down the middle of the field to Smith. Fifita and Smith were not…