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PULLMAN, Wash.— Almost 700 students are expected to participate in the Washington State University commencement ceremony in Pullman from a total of 1,800 students that have applied to graduate with a December date, said Teri Hansen, WSU commencement coordinator. American sociologist William Julius Wilson, Washington State University alumnus, author, and Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University, will be the WSU Fall 2009 Commencement speaker. The event will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Dec.12 in ... [more]

We’re accustomed to short springs on the Palouse, but now it appears that fall has sped by as well. In case you missed it, when the skies finally cleared after Friday’s rainstorm many of the trees were bare.   “The maples in one day dropped virtually everything,” said Charles Cody, plant growth manager for the Washington State University School of Biological Sciences. Already dead from a hard freeze two weeks earlier, the leaves had no staying power.   Some trees might continue to hold ... [more]