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Connecting Washington State University, the State and the World: Washington State Magazine

  
 
• Summer 2008 •

Cover Story
Identity

In this issue we explore (but not too heavily) the notion of identity. Features on the historical, immunological, and cultural aspects of identity explore who we pretend to be, how we deceive our would-be destroyers, and how the past helps define us. And then there's our Cougar identity, which our young friend here understands perfectly.

Features

    

A Dialogue with the Past

by Tim Steury
photography by Zach Mazur

A fierce Pacific storm in February 1970 revealed early remains of Ozette, on the Olympic Coast between Cape Flattery and La Push. Worried about the site's vulnerability to looters and further storms, Makah tribal leader Ed Claplanhoo '56 called archaeologist Richard Daugherty at Washington State University, commencing an 11-year excavation of the site. The excavation yielded thousands of well-preserved artifacts and a wealth of clues to the history and culture of Makahs and other coastal tribes.

  

Masters of Disguise

by Cherie Winner

WSU researchers close in on an elusive pair of pathogens. Their hunt may help small-scale farmers around the world.

  

The Age of Identity

by Hannelore Sudermann

Debbie Lee journeyed across an ocean and traveled back two centuries to find some of history's most infamous imposters. She came home with a new understanding of culture and identity.

  

Essay

 
How to Survive the Coming Depression  

Panoramas

 
A home for hotel history  
“A joyous sight to see”  
Parkinson's house  
What a dive  
A gift toward animal health  
On the road  
Breathing life into Pullman's economy  

Departments

 
Sports
Signing Day Central 		 
In Season
Dahlias 		 

Tracking

 
Ed Heinemann - a life of horse sense  
Sam Ham - The adventures of  
     
     

 

WEB EXCLUSIVES

Historic NW Hotel Postcards—Wish You Were Here

See some of the Northwest landmarks that were in the Westin Collection of hotels

Doggie Donors

A look inside the canine blood donor program at Washington State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital

Ozette Art and the Makah Canoe

by Tim Steury

Understanding art through the artifacts recovered from the Ozette village excavation

Life and Adventures of Princess Caraboo—A Gallery

“...And where did she come from? and who can she be? Did she fall from the sky? did she rise from the sea?...Come read me the riddle of Miss Caraboo.”

NEW MEDIA

  
 
 

 
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