Looking Back: Rev. Jesse Jackson redefines identity
By Bob Cubbage, Easterner Archives
February 21, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features
This story was originally published in The Easterner in Vol. 19, No. 25 in 1969 and has not yet been changed except for AP style. The Reverend Jesse Jackson drew a standing ovation from a near capacity crowd in Showalter Auditorium Thursday night as he spoke on the new meanings his people are...
EWU alum presents: The Totem
By Kaisa Siipola, Reporter
February 21, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features
EWU alumnus Edmond Bruneau presents 126 new poems and one short spiritual story in his third and newest poetry book: "The Totem." Bruneau will host a reading of The Totem at the Unitarian Universal Church in Spokane on Feb. 24 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The doors open at 6:30 p.m. Bruneau graduated f...
FUSE Career Fair brings businesses to students
By Sam Jackson, Copy Editor
February 20, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features
There will be 124 organizations participating in the FUSE Career Fair. With that volume of employers, some might say that this opportunity is like bringing Indeed or Handshake to an event center. The FUSE Career Fair is a “one-of-a-kind opportunity” that provides students and organizations “access...
Music Department starts Coffee Club
By Kaisa Siipola, Reporter
February 15, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features
There’s only 10 minutes until your next class, but the winter chill and lack of sleep combo have you jonesing for your next cup of coffee. There’s only one problem. You’re in the coffee-free reaches of the Communication, Arts, Theater and Radio-TV building, and 10 minutes isn’t enough to make ...
Eagles soar to Washington’s Capitol to lobby for university issues
By Sam Jackson, Copy Editor
February 14, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features, Carousel
EWU students are on a mission to express their concerns and advocate for bills that matter to this university and universities at a statewide level, by taking a trip to Olympia for Eagles’ Lobby Day. The two-day event invites students to gather on a bus and ride to the capitol addressing eight p...
PE classes are seeing lower enrollments
By Amanda Haworth, Chief Copy Editor
February 14, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features, Carousel
Bet you didn't know EWU offers a quarterly scuba diving class. No matter the level of experience, taking this course will give you a lifelong certification in scuba diving, but students seem to lack information to find courses like this. At least two students, out of 18 enrolled in scuba divin...
Days of Kindness returns to EWU
By Kaisa Siipola, Reporter
February 14, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features, Carousel
Besides spreading the love on Valentine’s Day, EWU is spreading kindness to the campus community. EWU’s seventh annual Days of Kindness kicks off during the week of Feb. 19 to Feb. 22 with several events planned. Days of Kindness is hosted in remembrance of the 26 victims in the Sandy Hook Eleme...
M.R. Piggy’s BBQ Cafe opens in Cheney
By Kaisa Siipola, Reporter
February 6, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features
As local favorite Rokkos Teriyaki & BBQ closes its doors, a new restaurant rises up to give Cheney residents the barbecue goodness they crave. M.R. Piggy’s BBQ Cafe, which made its debut on Jan. 8, is located on 809 1st. St. in Cheney and offers smoked barbecue dishes. Originally, owner...
Northwest Boulevard turns exclusively digital
By Jeremy Burnham, Managing Editor
February 6, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features, Carousel
An EWU student publication is saying goodbye to its main product: its print edition. And no, the publication is not The Easterner. Northwest Boulevard has been an outlet for the artistic voices of EWU students since 1994. The student-led journal briefly stopped publishing in the late 1990s befor...
EWU abuzz with anticipation for beekeping conference
By Kaisa Siipola, Reporter
February 6, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features, Carousel
There are some fun-filled, buzzing events to bee aware of this weekend at EWU. The Pacific Northwest Beekeeping Conference is from Feb. 8 through Feb. 10 at EWU. On Feb. 8 is a “HappBee Hour” event with Sarah Red-Laird (aka the Bee Girl) the founder and executive director of the Bee Girl Org...
Drag queens host grocery store bingo
By Sam Jackson, Copy Editor
February 6, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features
She used to take her boombox and a handful of dresses across the street from her childhood home and dance to the Pussycat Dolls all summer long. Now, Spokane drag queen Arianna D. Spanic Kaine, is fulfilling her passion of entertainment and co-hosting Drag Queen Grocery Bingo on Feb. 7 at EWU. The ...
Healthy activism arrives at Eastern
By Sam Jackson, Copy Editor
January 30, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features
For the first time, the Activist-in-Residence Program has recruited an activist instead of choosing from multiple applications of candidates. The topic of activism will emphasize health with this year’s activist—Rowena Pineda. The Activist-in-Residence program has been at EWU for six years so far and...
