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== Featured stories  ==

[[Image:Sorority members receiving mail 1930s.jpg|thumb|right|200px]][[Growing Up on College Hill|'''Growing Up on College Hill''']] 

Marge Muir remembers Greek life and being a kid on campus in the 30s and 40s. 

''Also'' 

[[A Century of Greek Life at WSU|'''A Century of Greek Life''']] - A brief history of fraternities and sororities at WSU 

[[Memories of Rush 1963|'''Memories of Rush 1963''']], by Gail Tustin Bacon 

[[Image:Entrance-arch-2009.jpg|thumb|right|200px]] [[Entryway sign linked to university’s early days|'''Entryway sign linked to university’s early days''']] 

Many WSU graduates and soon-to-be grads pose for photos next to the sign at the university's main Stadium Way entry in Pullman. But most people don't know the sign has a link to another, much earlier, WSU gateway. 

[http://wsutoday.wsu.edu/pages/publications.asp?Action=Detail&PublicationID=15496&TypeID=1 See a slideshow of historic photos and postcards at WSU Today.] <br> <br> 

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[[Image:4therecord100.gif|thumb|right]] [[Our Story:For the Record|'''"For the Record"''']]<br> 

This fall, history students will fan out around Martin Stadium before some home football games and record the memories and stories of alumni, faculty, and friends. 

[[Our Story:For the Record|Read more about how you can share your story with them.]] 

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== More stories  ==

[[The Pakistan Connection|'''The Pakistan Connection''']] <br>S.M. Ghazanfar '68 recalls the long-standing ties between WSU and Pakistan, back to the exchange program under the leadership of President C. Clement French. 

[[WSC memories of Charles Gaines and Hazel Gowdy 1915-17 - A photo album|'''Washington State College memories of Charles Gaines '16 and Hazel Gowdy '17''']] <br>'''''A photo album''''' 

After we ran the story about Xerpha Gaines, we received a note from Jeri Archer, Xerpha's great niece, wondering if we would be interested in a collection of photographs found in the belongings of her grandparents, Charles D. Gaines '16 and Hazel Gowdy '17. 

[[Bryan Rocks|'''Bryan Rocks''']] <br>Does the ghost of WSU's first president, Enoch A. Bryan, still sit in his Bryan Hall rocking chair? Dick Uthmann '60, '71 tells his experience with the chair in 1957. 

'''More WSU ghost stories:'''<br>'''[[Ghostly meetings with "E.A."|Ghostly meetings with "E.A."]]<br>'''''by Janis Clarke Waley ’70 BA, ’83 Ph.D'' <br>[[The Legend of the Black Cat|'''The Legend of the Black Cat''']]<br>[[A College Ghost|'''A College Ghost''']]<br>[[Campus Legends and Ghost Stories|'''Campus Legends and Ghost Stories''']] 

'''[[My Story at WSU - Robert Berney '54, '60]]''' 

'''[[Wazzu Guys' Trips]]'''<br> Ron Kingsbury '69 tells old stories of WSU life in the 1960s. 

[[My WSU Story - Mary Skidmore Johnson ‘40|'''My WSU Story - Mary Skidmore Johnson '40''']]<br> 

[[Cougar Country '67|'''Cougar Country '67''']]<br> Jim Hoggatt '67 and friends showed up in the Husky section at the 1967 Apple Cup with a "This is Cougar Country" sign. 

[[Adventures in chemistry|'''Adventures in Chemistry''']]<br> Bob Axworthy ('48, '49) recounts his times at Washington State College, and their explosive effects. 

[[Notes of WSC 1940|'''Notes of WSC 1940''']]<br> By Ken Wise '42 

[[Unstoppable Rueben Mayes|'''Unstoppable Rueben Mayes''']]<br> On a raw, wet fall afternoon in Eugene, Oregon, in late October 1984, Rueben Mayes’ feet carried him to what was at the time the greatest accomplishment of any NCAA running back. ''By Jason Krump.'' 

'''[[How Cougar Gold made the world a better place]]''' 

[[Happy 25th, KZUU!|'''Happy 25th, KZUU!''']]<br> It was a rock ’n’ roll idea in a Bee Gees world. A story about the student-run radio station KZUU. <br> 

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== Featured photos  ==

[[Image:Fishfans club1 1948.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Fish Fans 1948. Members of the WSC swimming club, Fish Fans, perform during the traditional water pageant, "Cougar Mermaids," presented each spring.]] <br> 

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[[Image:Stevens Hall winter twilight.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Stevens Hall in snowy twilight. Photo by Shelly Hanks.]] <br> <br> [[Image:WSC-illustration-circa1915.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Washington State College ca. 1915]]<br> 

<br> [[Image:Gaines album42 WSC May Queen postcard.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Crowning the May Queen, May Fete, 5/26/16. From the photo album of Charles Gaines and Hazel Gowdy at Washington State College, 1915-1917.]] <br> 

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== The Paper Trail  ==

'''''Original documents, photos, and videos from WSU's past.''''' 

[[The Football Situation - October 1926 Alumnus magazine|'''The Victory Team of 1926''']] <br>'''''W.S.C. football surprises the conference.'''' Photos and stories from 1926 issues of The Alumnus magazine. '' 

[[Vanished places: Silver Lake and the Tanglewood|'''Vanished places: Silver Lake and the Tanglewood''']]<br> by Trevor Bond, WSU Libraries-Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections. 

[[WSU Highlights by Decade|'''WSU Highlights by Decade''']]<br> Highlights in WSU history from 1890-2000. Originally compiled by Bob Smawley '52. 

'''[[This is WSC - narrated by Edward R. Murrow|This is WSC - narrated by Edward R. Murrow]]'''<br> A 1952 movie introducing Washington State College, narrated by Edward R. Murrow. 

== Contact Our Story  ==

[mailto:our.story@wsu.edu E-mail Our Story staff] 

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Pullman, WA 99164-1227 

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