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Athletes receive treatment and training

Athletes receive treatment and training

By Elohino Theodore, Sports Writer February 5, 2014

Trainers keep students in tip-top shape for competition Injuries will always be a constant adversity that all athletes will have to deal with no matter what sport they perform in. Athletes rely on...

Unknown donor gives $800,000 scholarship to Rural American

Unknown donor gives $800,000 scholarship to Rural American

February 5, 2014

By Rebekah Frank In April 2013, EWU senior Daisy Dice received an award letter from the Rural American Scholarship fund that would help her in accomplishing her dream. Originally from Priest River, Idaho,...

EWU strikes at the local lanes

EWU strikes at the local lanes

January 30, 2014

By Elohino Theodore   The bowling club is looking to make their mark as a club sport in 2014. According to club President Danielle Terrell, the members enjoy each others company while bowling. They...

A Glee-ful visitor speaks at Eastern

A ‘Glee’-ful visitor speaks at Eastern

January 30, 2014

By Kailee Dunn Lauren Potter may seem different, but she is just another 23-year-old with dreams and aspirations, which came true when she received the call of a lifetime four years ago. Potter, who has...

Community marches on Main Street

Community marches on Main Street

January 30, 2014

By Kailee Dunn Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, students gathered in downtown Spokane to celebrate him and answer the question, “What are you doing for others?” On...

Swine flu plagues Spokane

Swine flu plagues Spokane

By Rebekah Frank, Eagle Life Writer January 29, 2014

There have been recent increases in H1N1, also known as swine flu, and as this strain of the flu is more contagious than the common cold, students may be more susceptible to it during the beginning of...

Faculty leaders look to improve retention

Faculty leaders look to improve retention

By Wilson Criscione, News Writer January 29, 2014

  With the decision finally made to stick with quarters rather than switching to semesters, EWU faculty leaders can now put their energy into reforming the general education system in the hopes...

Otherworldly auction house faces real-world problems

Otherworldly auction house faces real-world problems

By Wilson Criscione, News Writer January 29, 2014

In what used to be the main office, Mike Ferguson sits surrounded by various items cluttering a darkened room, reminiscing about the days when his business flourished. Now, any resemblance the room...

Lost lives remembered through kind actions

Lost lives remembered through kind actions

January 23, 2014

By Rebekah Frank   In remembrance of the 26 lives lost in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Conn., the EWU Office of Community Engagement is holding a “Days of Kindness” event. On...

Success of sports teams may impact EWU merchandise sales

Success of sports teams may impact EWU merchandise sales

By Elohino Theodore, Sports Writer January 22, 2014

  Fan interest ultimately sways EWU merchandise sales depending on their interest in the sport teams. According to Bob Anderson, the director of the university bookstore and PUB operations,...

Patterson forensics lab complete with mystery

Patterson forensics lab complete with mystery

By Wilson Criscione, News Writer January 22, 2014

  Unused, unfurnished and locked, a new forensics lab unlike anything Eastern has seen before rests on the third floor of Patterson Hall. Yet even after its construction, the purpose of the lab...

Writers exposed at Naked Lunch Break

Writers exposed at ‘Naked Lunch Break’

By Wilson Criscione, News Writer January 22, 2014

  Once a week, local writer Travis Naught rolls up to the stage in his wheelchair, lowers the microphone and reads to an eager audience, sometimes poetry, other times a piece of fiction. He is...

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