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Hailey Hamilton and Levi Simmons are two members of the EWU Social Dancers Club.

From classroom to ballroom

March 6, 2013

EWU Social Dancers Club practices different dance styles By Katie Simpson contributing writer Three pairs of students glide across the floor of the dance studio to Avril Lavine’s “I’m With You,”...

Visiting filmmaker spotlights asexuality

Visiting filmmaker spotlights asexuality

By Aascot Holt, Staff Writer March 1, 2013

  March 3, 2013 Editor's note: One of the couples featured in the film were not described accurately. A couple can not be heterosexual and asexual at the same time. Asexuality can describe many...

Bold spicy flavor warms in cold dreary weather

Bold spicy flavor warms in cold dreary weather

By Jasmine Kemp, Eagle Life Writer February 28, 2013

Corona Village offers Mexican experience On a cold February night, the flames of the fire coming from the open kitchen bring warmth to students who come in for lunch and dinner at a small restaurant...

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Trivia trend takes over Cheney

By Al Stover, Eagle Life Editor February 27, 2013

Surrounded by half-full glasses of Batch 19 beer, EWU student Jaime Mahoney and her six teammates huddle together as they try to answer questions like, “What is the chemical name for laughing gas?” Mahoney...

Patrick Mcmanus (middle) from Mcmanus In Love
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Audience falls in love with McManus

By Al Stover, Eagle Life Editor February 27, 2013

  Patrick McManus was falling as his life flashed before his eyes. After a brief moment, he realized that the images he was seeing were not his own memories. “That’s not my life,”...

Music: A History of Dischord, Part II

Music: A History of Dischord, Part II

By Davis Hill, Staff Writer February 27, 2013

  Welcome to A Brief History of Western Music, Part II. As I explained last week, in Part I, the colloquial term "classical music" actually covers a wide variety of style periods, each with...

S&A Fee Committee allocates 2013-2014 funds

S&A Fee Committee allocates 2013-2014 funds

By Aascot Holt, Staff Writer February 22, 2013

First Published 3/20/2013 For the 2012-2013 academic year, the Services and Activities Fee budget totaled $5,067,337. The purpose of the Services and Activities Fee committee is to create an...

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Paper Towels Cause Stink

By Aascot Holt, Staff Writer February 22, 2013

First Published 3/20/2013 If students walked through the campus mall the morning of Jan. 14, they probably walked through raw sewage. The sewer system leading from the PUB towards the campus...

Condom-Mania information fits all purpose

Condom-Mania information fits all purpose

February 22, 2013

While there were initially many giggles, blushes and rolled eyes, students walked away from Condom-Mania either having a fun time playing the games or learning more about sexual health in an engaging...

Cadets gain world knowledge through humanitarian work

Cadets gain world knowledge through humanitarian work

February 21, 2013

Cadet Amanda Reich watches closely as a woman screams, wide-eyed inside a vehicle with a lion sleeping next to it in the sunny, hot Serengeti. It was one of the many experiences Reich had while in Africa....

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Damn Dirty Apes blow it all up at performance

By Al Stover, Eagle Life Editor February 21, 2013

  Stan and Larry were putting together Ikea furniture and reading instructions in Swedish when they were invaded by Carl, a Swedish-speaking alien who accidently shot out Stan’s eye. Stan...

Rudy Francisco performs one of his poems at his Feb. 14 show.

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Spoken word artist speaks from heart

By Al Stover, Eagle Life Editor February 20, 2013

  “Let’s go.” This was the phrase Rudy Francisco had the audience say before he began one of his poems. Francisco is a spoken word artist and poet from San Diego who was brought...

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