EWU graduating seniors reflect on college
By Malati Powell, Reporter
June 10, 2019
Filed under Arts & Features, Carousel
Graduation is an exciting time for seniors, and an important milestone symbolizing a life accomplishment. EWU graduation ceremonies will be on June 15 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. Ceremonies for the College of Business and Public Administration and the College of Social Sciences will be a...
ASEWU: 2019 in review
By Jeremy Burnham, Managing Editor
June 10, 2019
ASEWU officers are wrapping up their final duties before the school year ends and another group takes over. That is, except for Connor Attridge. ASEWU duties Attridge is the outgoing technology advancement officer and the incoming vice president. Attridge, and others in ASEWU, perform various dut...
Phi Delta Theta fights ALS
By Karolyn Wambold, Reporter
June 10, 2019
Washington Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, became the No. 1 chapter in the U.S. for fundraising toward helping those with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS. Over the last 28 years of being founded, Phi Delta Theta has raised over $87,000 toward those with ALS. The members of the fraternity ran ...
Heber Hatchets Axe Throwing opens in Spokane
By Richard N. Clark IV, Multimedia Director
June 10, 2019
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When Dave Kelley began throwing hatchets over 15 years ago, he thought of it only as an “obscenely fun” pastime with friends and family—not a way to make money. That is until recently, when Heber Hatchets Axe Throwing decided to open a sixth location in Spokane and was looking for a manager. ...
Student-athlete of the year: Dehonta Hayes
By Drew Lawson, Reporter
June 5, 2019
Filed under 2018-19 Eags of the Year, Carousel, Sports
Our inaugural Eag of the Year awards recognize three members of EWU who have gone above and beyond to represent the campus community. One scholar, one athlete and one staff/faculty member. The awards, which were voted on by students from various organizations on campus, were given to nominees who adhered...
Scholar of the year: Jordan Stevenson
By Sam Jackson, Copy Editor
June 5, 2019
Filed under 2018-19 Eags of the Year, Arts & Features, Carousel
Our inaugural Eag of the Year awards recognize three members of EWU who have gone above and beyond to represent the campus community. One scholar, one athlete and one staff/faculty member. The awards, which were voted on by students from various organizations on campus, were given to nominees who adhered...
Faculty/staff of the year: Stacey Reece
By Dylan Harris, News Editor
June 5, 2019
Filed under 2018-19 Eags of the Year, Arts & Features, Carousel
Our inaugural Eag of the Year awards recognize three members of EWU who have gone above and beyond to represent the campus community. One scholar, one athlete and one staff/faculty member. The awards, which were voted on by students from various organizations on campus, were given to nominees who adhered...
Don’t Dress for Dinner capstone at EWU
By Erik Rotness, A&F Editor
June 5, 2019
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With a “who’s on first” style of comedy and confusion, the EWU theatre capstone class offers a study reprieve with “Don’t Dress for Dinner," opening June 7 at the University Theatre Main Stage. The sex farce, set in a renovated, 1950-60’s French barn, features a married couple trying t...
The Easterner’s ‘Best of’ the Cheney/Spokane area 2019
By Malati Powell, Reporter
June 5, 2019
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We're just a few weeks away from graduating and if you're like us, you've been so disconnected from the world outside of tests and papers that you can't remember all the great things out there. Fear not! We raised our voices arguing for and against our picks for the best of food, nightlife and recrea...
ROTC’s Hennig wins Armed Person of the Year
By Marco Vargas, Reporter
May 31, 2019
Sgt. 1st Class Jason Hennig, an instructor in EWU’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program, was named Greater Spokane Armed Forces Person of the Year. Hennig was presented the award during the 63rd annual Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane earlier this month. Hennig, who was als...
STA Swoop Loop comes to Cheney
By Karolyn Wambold, Reporter
May 31, 2019
Spokane Transit Authority has added a new bus route to Cheney called Swoop Loop. The Cheney-only bus route starts and ends at the PUB. STA began offering the new route, also known as bus route 67, on May 19 as a way to give students and residents another option for getting around Cheney and the EWU ca...
Military sexual trauma linked to posttraumatic stress
By Sam Jackson, Copy Editor
May 30, 2019
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While military post-traumatic stress disorder is commonly associated with experiences from war, military sexual trauma is also a leading cause of PTSD. Some EWU student veterans wake up with night sweats, recall unpleasant memories, feel tense and avoid reminders of traumatic events—all symptoms of...
June 13, 2019
EWU graduating seniors reflect on college
June 10, 2019
Graduation is an exciting time for seniors, and an important milestone symbolizing a life accomplishment. EWU...
June 10, 2019
ASEWU officers are wrapping up their final duties before the school year ends and another group takes...
Angela Jones participates in Millennium Leadership Initiative
June 10, 2019
EWU Vice President for Student Affairs Angela Jones was in Washington, D.C. from May 31 to June 4 as...
