Grubhub replaces Tapingo at EWU
By Dylan Harris, Managing Editor
September 27, 2019
College students are busy. Crazy class schedules, job commitments and hours of studying often take up valuable time, which means grabbing a bite to eat isn’t always convenient. Grubhub, a popular food delivery and pickup app, now offers on-campus dining options at EWU. Similar to the Tapingo app...
Keep the change: PayByPhone app replaces coin-operated parking meters
By Dylan Harris, Managing Editor
September 27, 2019
Coins are a thing of the past at EWU. Over the summer, the university removed the old coin-operated parking meters and replaced them with signs for the PayByPhone parking app. The PayByPhone app was introduced in 2017 as an extra, more convenient way to pay for parking, but the coin-operated meters w...
Ready or not, here comes a Roos renovation
By Dylan Harris, Managing Editor
September 6, 2019
EWU announced plans on Friday, Sept. 6 to move forward with a $25 million renovation of its football stadium. The EWU Board of Trustees unanimously approved the proposal. The project will be funded through private donations and fundraising, not through state funds or student fees. “Eagle Nation...
Two EWU football players shot in downtown Spokane
By Drew Lawson, Sports Editor
July 13, 2019
EWU football defensive starters Dehonta Hayes and Keith Moore were reportedly shot early Saturday morning in Spokane in the central bar district. Both players are expected to make a full recovery. According to a report from The Spokesman-Review, the shooting occurred at 1:22 a.m. at the intersection...
ASEWU: 2019 in review
By Jeremy Burnham, Managing Editor
June 10, 2019
ASEWU officers are wrapping up their final duties before the school year ends and another group takes over. That is, except for Connor Attridge. ASEWU duties Attridge is the outgoing technology advancement officer and the incoming vice president. Attridge, and others in ASEWU, perform various dut...
Angela Jones participates in Millennium Leadership Initiative
By Marco Vargas, Reporter
June 10, 2019
EWU Vice President for Student Affairs Angela Jones was in Washington, D.C. from May 31 to June 4 as one of 29 higher education leaders selected to be national participants in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities’ 2019 Millennium Leadership Initiative. In the past 20 years, the progr...
Single use plastics discussed at PUB
By Karolyn Wambold, Reporter
June 10, 2019
The usage of single-use plastics has been a heavily publicized issue in Washington state in recent years. There has been a ban in Seattle on single-use plastic straws to help decrease plastic pollution since 2018. Washington has been trying to expand the ban on plastic straws across the whole state...
Phi Delta Theta fights ALS
By Karolyn Wambold, Reporter
June 10, 2019
Washington Epsilon, Phi Delta Theta, became the No. 1 chapter in the U.S. for fundraising toward helping those with Lou Gehrig’s disease, also known as ALS. Over the last 28 years of being founded, Phi Delta Theta has raised over $87,000 toward those with ALS. The members of the fraternity ran ...
ASEWU helps students register to vote
By Marco Vargas, Reporter
May 31, 2019
ASEWU held a voter registration table on May 21 to register students to vote in local, state and federal elections. Angélica García-Macías, council representative of legislative affairs and a senior studying political science, led the event. About 20 people registered to vote. According to the U....
ROTC’s Hennig wins Armed Person of the Year
By Marco Vargas, Reporter
May 31, 2019
Sgt. 1st Class Jason Hennig, an instructor in EWU’s Reserve Officer Training Corps program, was named Greater Spokane Armed Forces Person of the Year. Hennig was presented the award during the 63rd annual Let Freedom Ring ceremony at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane earlier this month. Hennig, who was als...
STA Swoop Loop comes to Cheney
By Karolyn Wambold, Reporter
May 31, 2019
Spokane Transit Authority has added a new bus route to Cheney called Swoop Loop. The Cheney-only bus route starts and ends at the PUB. STA began offering the new route, also known as bus route 67, on May 19 as a way to give students and residents another option for getting around Cheney and the EWU ca...
Military sexual trauma linked to posttraumatic stress
By Sam Jackson, Copy Editor
May 30, 2019
While military post-traumatic stress disorder is commonly associated with experiences from war, military sexual trauma is also a leading cause of PTSD. Some EWU student veterans wake up with night sweats, recall unpleasant memories, feel tense and avoid reminders of traumatic events—all symptoms of...
EWU rolls to victory amidst coaching change
October 18, 2019
EWU (6-3) pulled out a decisive 6-2 win Thursday night against the Santa Rosa Junior College Polar Bears. Earlier...
Volleyball snaps lengthy conference skid
October 18, 2019
EWU players euphorically rushed the court to celebrate as head coach Leslie Flores-Cloud embraced her...
Gaining perspective: What it takes to create change in today’s world
October 18, 2019
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Sherman relieved of head coaching duties
October 17, 2019
EWU is parting ways with head hockey coach Greg Sherman, the team announced today. EWU was 2-6 with...
