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Support Girls on the Run with the purchase of grilled cheese

Support Girls on the Run with the purchase of grilled cheese

By Kristi Lucchetta, Staff Writer March 9, 2016

Grilled Cheese with the GPhiB’s is back for the fourth year in support of Gamma Phi Beta’s mission Girls on the Run (GOTR). The event will begin March 10 at 9 p.m. and continue until 2 a.m on March...

Spokane holds spring break opportunities

By Erin Rebar, Contributing Writer March 6, 2016

Spring break is almost upon us, and with it comes stories and expectations of a wild trip away. According to the Chicago Tribune, a study by cheaptickets.com found “more than half of college students...

EWU student bring Love Your Melon to campus

EWU student bring Love Your Melon to campus

By Kristi Lucchetta, Staff Writer March 6, 2016

EWU now has a student-run college apparel brand, Love Your Melon, with the mission to give a hat to every child battling cancer in America. EWU junior Kaitlin Dessin first thought to bring the organization...

How nutrition and sleep can help with your finals

How nutrition and sleep can help with your finals

By Kristi Lucchetta, Staff Writer March 5, 2016

Stress levels can be high and energy levels low as finals week approaches. Sleep and nutrition can be key to making students’ lives easier during dead week along with preparation throughout the quarter. Not...

‘Eddie the Eagle’ a true underdog sports story

By Joe Matthews, Staff Writer March 4, 2016

Eddie Edwards made history in the 1988 Winter Olympics, becoming the first athlete to ever compete in ski jumping for Great Britain. Doing so when nobody believed he could, after the heartbreak of being...

Visiting author brings crowd to tears at Auntie's

Visiting author brings crowd to tears at Auntie’s

By Natasha Nellis, Contributing Writer March 4, 2016

“Because I’m American.” This was visiting author Lidia Yuknavitch’s response to why the themes of her stories focus on sexuality and violence. “[Americans] are raised in violence as a commodity....

Shakespeare’s ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ comes to EWU as a musical

By Brad Brown, Contributing Writer March 2, 2016

“Love’s Labour’s Lost: The Musical” – a musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy – is scheduled to open March 4 at EWU’s University Theatre. Students and faculty have come...

March looking good for games

March looking good for games

By Chris Mudd, Staff Writer February 28, 2016

With mid-terms coming to a close and the stress levels of college life reaching a critical height, it is important to unwind with a good ol' video game, and March is looking to be an excellent month to...

William "Red" Reese continues educating EWU students

William “Red” Reese continues educating EWU students

By Erin Rebar, Contributing Writer February 27, 2016

A live view of a new Wikipedia page on William “Red” Reese — the man Reese Court was named after — is projected on a screen just inside of the JFK Library’s entrance. Notebooks, printed copies...

‘The Witch’ is the wrong kind of nightmare

By Joe Matthews, Staff Writer February 26, 2016

With few good horror movies to hit the big screen so far this year, “The Witch” was quite promising. Unfortunately, instead of treating us with what could have been a terrifying tale of the first...

4th Annual Days of Kindness

4th Annual Days of Kindness

By Kristi Lucchetta, Staff Writer February 26, 2016

The Office of Community Engagement at EWU hosted the 4th Annual Days of Kindness in remembrance of the 26 lives lost in the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting. For seven days, from Feb. 16-22, EWU students...

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