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The Easterner

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The Easterner

The independent, student-run news site of Eastern Washington University.

The Easterner

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Claret is one of the many types of red wine currently sold in markets.

Minors Kept to Daytime Networking Events

By Aascot Holt, Staff Writer April 3, 2013

  If a student started college at EWU before the age of 18, they are likely to be barred from university-funded networking events. The popular university-promoted off-campus networking event,...

Final Exams: Study, Prepare, Survive

Final Exams: Study, Prepare, Survive

By Davis Hill, Staff Writer March 22, 2013

  Although we no longer have to hunt for food or defend ourselves against marauders, these skills still serve us well in the modern academic wilderness of final examinations. Your finals will...

Graphic contributed by Karli Ingersoll

Literature festival celebrates 15-year anniversary

By Jasmine Kemp, Eagle Life Writer March 16, 2013

Editor's note: There were errors that went into print. According to Melissa Huggins, she is actually the Director of Get Lit Programs. Her title was changed a couple of years ago. Also the basketball...

Illustration by Vania Tauvela

Pinkies up, pencils down, time for class etiquette

By Jasmine Kemp, Eagle Life Writer March 15, 2013

  It is two minutes before class starts and for some blasted reason there is still a class working hard like it has only been 10 minutes since class began. I don’t know what it is, but...

Photo by: Nic Olson

Blaine Nicholls plays John Keats and Nicki Meyer plays Fanny Brawne in the "Ode" play.

“Ode” delivers homage to Keats

March 15, 2013

Written By Paul Sell Staff Reporter [email protected] John Keats is a poet who has lost most of his family to disease, and the ones that he has not lost are either off in another country or...

Marketing grad rocks with Nixon Rodeo

By Nick Johnson, contributing writer March 13, 2013

http://youtu.be/WdrQXxUsWlA Rocking his way into the music world, Ethan Harrison has juggled two bands alongside finishing his marketing degree at EWU. Before joining the music scene, Harrison was...

Students weigh in on transportation

Students weigh in on transportation

March 8, 2013

By Paul Sell, Staff Reporter, [email protected] For EWU students that live in Spokane, the winter quarter began with a perilous journey to campus.Some were forced to brave the weather and drive...

Chicano students create extended family at EWU

Chicano students create extended family at EWU

March 7, 2013

  By Paul Sell [email protected] In Monroe Hall, students of the Chicano education program converse as classes draw to an end, like a tightly-knit family discussing issues of the day and...

Photo illustration by: Jade Raymond

Carter and his human, Kourtney Pickens, are out playing around campus.

Puppies perk up campus blues

March 7, 2013

By Paul Sell Staff Reporter [email protected] With finals week just around the corner, stress and anxiety are reaching a boiling point for some students, which could be solved by many things,...

The "Sacajawea The 'Bird Woman'" statue, under glass in Showalter Hall, was presented to Cheney State Normal School,
a previous name used by Eastern, by the class of 1916.

No salvaging ‘Savages’

By Al Stover, Eagle Life Editor March 7, 2013

  March 6, 2013 Editor's note: The mascot for Stanford University was described incorrectly in print. They are actually known as the Stanford Cardinal. It was 2004 when a group of students...

Photo by: Al Stover

Detox from "RuPaul's Drag Race" Season 5 hangs out with the crowd.

Queens keep calm

By Jasmine Kemp, Eagle Life Writer March 6, 2013

Money donated to AIDS network   Blowme Bubbles lifts up her dress and gets close to a male audience member with a pair of black spandex underwear being the only barrier between her crotch and...

Eating disorders can go unnoticed

Eating disorders can go unnoticed

By Libby Campbell, Senior Reporter March 6, 2013

       Editor's note: We've corrected a date to reflect that Ruse over-exercised until February 2012. For the nearly 30 million Americans who suffer from eating disorders, aspects...

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