As a Husky fan, Seattlest could simply not sit quietly as this story made the local news rounds. Pullman, Wash., home of Washington State University, has approved a new city ordinance to make fist-fighting a civil infraction. The ordinance passed Tuesday and will go into effect next week. After which, if you happen to get caught in fisticuffs in Pullman, expect to pay a $250 fine. This isn't a law to protect college students from......

The Seattle Seahawks announced this morning the signing of Northwest native and starting cornerback Marcus Trufant. The Wilson High (Tacoma) and Washington State University alum inked a long-term deal last night, according to the Seahawks, for $50.2 million over six years. Trufant was previously designated as the Seahawks' franchise player, which would have resulted in a one-year $9.5 million salary, but luckily a long-term deal was locked up. Even more impressive is Trufant's ability to......

The brackets are set for the men's NCAA Tournament--expect productivity at work to continue on a downward spiral as the week goes on. Carve out a couple hours in your schedule in the next three days to research and fill out your brackets for your office pool. Rick Neuheisel knows what we’re talking about. Or, you could select your winners based on mascots, school colors, or blind guessing. Those always seem to work for......

The Cougs are still missing that killer instinct. Up 20 points and closing in on half time, Wazzu let the Oregon Ducks whittle away at the lead. With the 75-70 victory, Washington State will seek revenge against the Stanford Cardinal, who beat Arizona last night to advance to the semi-finals of the Pac-10 tournament. The Cardinal swept the Cougars in the regular season, an OT win in the Palouse and a 7-point win just two......

The AP's Odd News department may as well just set up a bureau in Pullman. Last week, a Wazzu student gets busted for pot twice in one night. This week, sentencing for Garth Flaherty, who was nabbed after reports of underwear thefts in laundry rooms near the Wazzu campus. Cops later determined that he's stolen 1,613 panties. For that, he gets 45 days in jail. By our math, that's 40 minutes per undergarment.......

Tony Harris was a star basketball player at Garfield High School and Washington State University. After college, he played in a variety of international pro leagues: The Philippines, South Korea, Brazil. He was in his second stint in Brazil this fall, having left his pregnant wife behind in Seattle, when he disappeared, claiming that his life was in danger. He was later found dead. What went wrong? Possibly, it was Harris' own mind. ESPN's Wright......

When you're seen as the number-two city and number-two university in the state you can either embrace it or try and avoid the notion. Washington State University and Spokane had a chance to host next year's Vice-Presidential debate, and passed, deciding to hold out for one of the Presidential Debates, a gamble that didn't pay off. We're not sure if their loss is such a big deal. There's little mention of the location of a......

Swoop, the mascot of Eastern Washington University, was stomped outside a bar Sunday night and briefly detained by none other than police chief Gil Kerlikowske. Apparently. Reports the Seattle P-I:Lt. Kenneth Hicks, shift commander at the precinct that includes Pioneer Square, was leading Kerlikowske on a closing-time tour of the club district when the senior officers witnessed a man-on-eagle fracas, according to police documents. The officers watched as a 30-year-old Seattle man shoved the eagle......

Now that the UW finally picked a commencement speaker (they settled on Congressman Norm Dicks after Doug E. Doug cancelled), we've compiled this list of 2007 grad day yakkers at all local colleges (source: The Chronicle of Higher Education). Please let us know if we're wrong or if we left anyone out. Local colleges Bastyr College: Joycelyn Elders, masturbation proponent City University of Seattle: James Donaldson, ex-NBA player Evergreen State College: Maxine Mimms, education expert......

So. The Huskies. The team that's our city's best chance at a 2007 championship trophy, and they can't even beat the Cougs. Historical fact: No team has ever lost to Washington State University and gone on to win the championship of anything. But here's the good news: because the Huskies are in the nation's best conference, they have six more games against ranked teams, and three against teams ranked in the top 10 (Oregon, Pittsburgh......

For those of you that still harbor the grudge that science is boring and painfully complex, Seattlest would like to introduce you to the buckyball. Not only is this little sucker given a name that is impossibly irresistable, it is also potentially one of the more important scientific discoveries of the past 20 years (yielding a Nobel prize for its co-discoverers in 1985). Oh fine, back to the name: nature is apparently teeming with......

Google's released Google Trends, which compares the frequency of two searches. After trying out the obvious, (black beats white, dogs beat cats, and good obliterates evil) we tried a few Seattle-centric battles. Kenny G vs. Jimi Hendrix:: Jimi's the winner by a wide margin, but not in Kuala Lumpur, whose citizens either have the worst musical taste in the world or are the type of people who can't resist tasting spoiled milk. University of Washington......

Exactly one week after Randy Johnson threw the first no-hitter in Mariner history against Detroit, a 26-year-old rookie made an auspicious Mariners debut at Tiger Stadium. Russ Swan no-hit those same Tigers for seven innings--Cecil Fielder led off the 8th with a single, dashing his (and our) young hopes for another baseball milestone. Swan spent three more years largely unremarkable years with the Mariners as a reliever and spot starter. He had a hand in......

After Mother Nature decided to make up for an unusually mild winter with a sudden few weeks of cold and rain, the sudden appearance of actual spring weather has had Seattlest keeping an eye out for every sign of spring we can find. Sometime this week, one of the surest signs of spring yet has arrived: the notorious Tent Caterpillar infestations are back! While these pests can do an incredible amount of damage to trees......