Japanese Tea Time

Once a month WSU’s Japan Club hosts an event called Japanese Tea Time (JTT). It is an opportunity for students to meet and have the opportunity to talk about their individual cultures. Every month Japan Club offers students the chance to experience a different aspect of Japanese culture. This month’s Japanese Tea Time focuses on the Japanese art of calligraphy and Origami.

Japanese Tea Time is on this Friday February 27^th from 4-5 in CUE 119. It is free of charge and of course, Tea will be provided!

For more information on the Japan Club or Japanese Tea Time check out their website.

Open Mics

Local talent is something that should be celebrated.
Student Entertainment Board spotlight programmer Rachelle Rozsonits is making sure it is.
She has created Open Mics to showcase local talent.
At the Open Mics there are a variety of acts, including musicians and stand up comedian.
The next Open Mic is tonight from 5:30-7 p.m. in Northside Cafe.
Spots are full for tonight's but interested parties can contact Rozsonits at shel_roz@yahoo.com.
After tonight, the next performance will be from 12-1 p.m. on March 12 in the CUB Lair.

Dustin Kensrue

This audio project was created by Briana Alzola and Alyse Smythe

Vagina Monologues

All Campus Challenge

On Monday February 23rd, the annual All Campus Challenge will take place at the Student Recreation Center. The event runs from 5:30am to 11:30pm with FREE T-shirts, Powerade and Water being handed out all day. Additionally there will be a Wellbeing Fair beginning at 4:00pm. The event is open to everyone at the university and in the Pullman community with free entrance into the SRC for the whole day. The idea of the day is to look at the benefits of a healthy lifestyle. For more information on the event check out the full website here.

Vagina Monologues

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Check out the Vagina Monologues on campus this weekend Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Theater (in Daggy Hall). Tickets are sold at the door.

For more information on the Vagina Monologues check out their website.

This project was made by Jenn Weldy and Lauren McLaughlin

Basketball Is Back This Week

This week the WSU Basketball team will play twice. First on Thursday February 12th at 7:00 pm against Oregon and then again on Saturday February 14th at 4:00 pm against Oregon State. Both games will take place in Pullman, WA on Friel Court. In their previous meeting this season, WSU won against the Oregon Ducks with a 12 point lead. If you are a student with a sports pass you are admitted to the game with your cougar card. If you do not have a sports pass you can purchase a student ticket at the game for just $10.00. Come support the team as they take on both Oregon teams. For information on upcoming games take a look at the full schedule. Don't miss out on this great weekend of Cougar PAC-10 athletics!

Free Films on campus

A real useful resource that we have at WSU is the Student Entertainment Board (SEB). They organize various activities to give students a chance to have an interesting time in an otherwise uneventful area. Most recently they helped/organized the Princess and Pirates Up all Night, there were treasure hunts, costume contests, cupcake decorating, DDR, comedians and musical artists. But it isn’t just the Up All Nights that can fill an otherwise boring Friday night they also organize concerts, lectures and of course film showings. Every weekend the SEB also shows movies that are still too new to be out on DVD but just out of theaters for free. Last weekend the showed “The Express” and this weekend they will be showing “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist”. For a full list of movies and they will be showing this semester and other SEB events you can check out their website http://seb.wsu.edu/seb.aspx . The movies are shown multiple times during the weekend so there should be at least one showing that you can make it to either Friday and Saturday at 6 and 9 or on Sunday at 4 and 7. Another plus is that the movies are shown in the newly remodeled CUB’s theater. Whether or not you like the new CUB, approval for the new theater is seemingly unanimous. Perfectly balanced surround-sound, comfortable seats and raised seats so seeing around the crazy hat or outrageously tall person sitting in front of you is no longer a problem.

The movies are a perfect and cheap way to not only kill some time but also see new movies that you may have missed in theaters or just loved so much that you have to see them again and again. For example, last semester’s showing of The Dark Knight drew a large crowd. Every showed time the theater was packed, and the most popular show times (Friday and Saturday at 9) even had people being turned away simply due to lack of seats.

I encourage everyone to get out and take advantage of the opportunities that the school organizations so eagerly provide to the students (especially the free ones)! And remember, every weekend the SEB is showing a different movie so take the time to put off that homework or take a break from studying and just relax!

Mid-week frosty fun

The snow may still be here, but with the temperatures (and classes) heating up, Lick's Unlimited is offering a cheap way to keep your cool.
This Wednesday only, from 4 pm to 8 pm, they are offering a tasting frenzy for a buck.
Choose a scoop of ice cream from 16 flavors for $1. As a student, you can't beat that price- or the prizes that will come with it.
Lick's will be giving away ice cream punch cards, Daily Grind Coffee punch cards and 3-gallon tubs of ice cream for personal ice cream socials.
Located on Main street between Rico's and The Daily Grind Coffee, they also have gourmet chocolate, various candies, milkshakes, crepes, sodas and floats.
This is a great way to spice up a mid-week study session. Lick's is connected to The Daily Grind, a coffee house which, with food, an espresso bar, free WiFi, and multiple rooms of couches and study tables, was voted several times 'the best place to study.'
For directions and contact info, check out their location.

Raised in Captivity

The WSU department of Theatre and Dance still has one more weekend of their production "Rasied in Captivity" by Nicky Silver.

It is a great play, full of both laughs and tears and doesn't cost much.

Check out my full review here