Apparently it’s WSU’s birthday today. It was March 28, 1890, that the Washington state Legislature established the land-grant college named Washington Agricultural College and School of Science. I would have known this if I’d thought about it, though it was the Student Alumni Connection’s cake distribution on the mall that tipped me off. I took pictures, and then cake, because it was lunchtime and I think it’s a reasonable bias that I support my university’s longevity. I mean, my degree would not be worth much if WSU keels over before its 119th.

Just because I was curious, there are no people in the world alive today who were around when WSU was born. The oldest person in the world right now is only 114 years old (though almost 115). She’s older than the Evergreen.

I was, however, aware of another reason today is special, and it gives me a certain amount of delight that they fall on the same day because it represents two of my favorite interests. I’ll leave that for the next post.