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Members of EWUs Black Student Union, Africana Studies Department and other Eastern students advocated race and diversity education on campus through a protest held on Nov. 3.

“Let us march on ’til victory is won.”

By Samuel Deal, Sports Editor November 12, 2014

Chants of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” could be heard throughout campus Nov. 3, when members of the Black Student Union, dressed in all black, marched to the PUB steps holding photos of African-Americans...

Mike Cardenas and Cw Twohy speak with a princess at the Harvest Carnival.

Children celebrate Halloween on campus

By Ayanna Fernandez, Staff Writer November 6, 2014

What started as an idea from a former university president’s wife has transformed into a campus tradition. EWU has hosted the Harvest Festival and Carnival for five years. It is the University’s...

Sapna Basy, sophomore, was crowned Ms. Eastern alongside Bryce Dressler, sophomore, who was crowned Mr. Eastern on Oct. 27.

Mr. and Ms. Eastern crowned into royalty

By Ayanna Fernandez, Staff Writer October 30, 2014

Eastern hosted its annual Mr. and Ms. Eastern Pageant on Oct. 27, crowning two new students. Chairperson Mike Cardenas, chairperson for Eagle Entertainment, said the pageant started in the 1940s and...

Students exchange T-shirts in celebration of the EWU Homecoming kickoff event on Oct. 27.

ASEWU T-shirt event marks beginning of Spirit Week

By Catherine Gosen, Contributing Writer October 30, 2014

Monday morning was brought to life as music blasted through the campus mall, the smell of cotton candy rose in the air and dozens of students gathered around tables stacked high with T-shirts for the Homecoming...

Hannah Gunderson, an EWU sophomore and member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, volunteers at the Rake a Difference event on Oct. 28.

Homecoming unites campus to community causes

By Nathan Peters, Managing Editor October 30, 2014

Community service is a part of the annual events of Eastern’s Homecoming Week. Rake a Difference was this year’s Eagle Spirit Week community engagement project, which was held on Oct. 28. The event...

EWU basketball teams, students celebrate Eagle Madness

By Elohino Theodore, Senior Reporter October 29, 2014

The women’s and men’s basketball team celebrated Eagle Madness with the EWU community on Oct. 23 in honor of the 2014-15 season. The night started out with both teams warming up on opposite ends...

Nelson and Hodgins recognized by Big Sky

By Elohino Theodore, Senior Reporter October 29, 2014

College Sports Madness named EWU basketball’s redshirt senior Lexie Nelson and redshirt junior Hayley Hodgins to their 2014-15 preseason All-Big Sky Conference team on Oct. 15. Nelson made the first...

Proposed science building to create opportunities for students

Proposed science building to create opportunities for students

October 29, 2014

It’s been less than a year since Eastern finished the Patterson Hall renovation project, and Eastern is already setting its sights on starting something big by proposing a plan to build two new science...

State budget a hot topic for Washington

State budget a hot topic for Washington

By Jasmine Ari Kemp, News Editor October 29, 2014

Just as ballots are being mailed to Washington state residents, the candidates for each political race in the region are pitching their ideas to the public. EWU and WSU teamed up to host the Candidates’...

Department recognizes enviromental destabilization

October 28, 2014

The Department of Defense (DoD) released the 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap in June. In it, they admitted that the government needs to be taking action to secure national interests. These interests...

Homecoming expands campus spirit

By Eric Long, Chief Copy Editor October 28, 2014

SAIL, Eastern’s Alumni Association and STCU teamed up again this year to bring Eagle Spirit Week to the EWU student body and community. This is a week full of events designed to promote a sense of home...

Mary Cullinan at the Passing Through the Pillars event on Sept. 23

University address by Cullinan sets college goals

By Nathan Peters, Managing Editor October 28, 2014

University President Mary Cullinan, Ph.D., gave her first State of the University address on Oct. 3. Her speech to colleagues gave updates on the university’s progress on goal completion over the past...

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