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

The Easterner

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

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‘Shark Tank’ style investors come to campus for next big thing

By Dylan Harris, Contributor May 11, 2018

Some of EWU’s brightest aspiring entrepreneurs will be gathering in the Showalter Auditorium on May 10 to compete in the final round of the Eagle’s Nest Business Pitch Competition. The event, put on...

Runners participate in the 42nd annual Bloomsday race. The 7.46 mile had over 40,000 runners sign up | Kelsey Magnuson for The Easterner

Eagles win Bloomsday Corporate Cup for 22nd consecutive year

By Kelsey Magnuson, Contributor May 11, 2018

In its 42nd year, Bloomsday continues to be a tradition that draws participants from all over the world to run the 12 kilometer course. The 41,699 “Bloomies” who signed up this year experienced...

Sitting down with ASEWU candidates

Sitting down with ASEWU candidates

By The Easterner Staff May 4, 2018

The 2018 ASEWU general election takes place on May 8th, as the EWU student body elects a new executive branch and student council. The Easterner sat down with the presidential and vice presidential candidates...

Students participate in EWU's second annual Slut Walk on April 27. The movement, which is against gender-based violence, started in Toronto in 2011 | Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner

“Sluts” walk on EWU campus for sexual assault awareness

By Kaitlyn Engen, Reporter May 3, 2018

Over 100 students protested victim-blaming and slut-shaming April 27 for EWU’s second annual Slut Walk. The transnational Slut Walk movement originally started in Toronto in 2011 during a protest...

Preacher Keith Darrel talks to a crowd of students outside of the JFK Library. Darrell's unconventional style of preaching Christianity draws him plenty of attention when he preaches at college campuses around the region | Bailey Monteith for The Easterner

Warmer weather brings hotter tempers to EWU

By Josh Fletcher, News Editor May 3, 2018

Around this time of year when the weather starts to warm up, EWU has more events outside. One infamous character is a preacher known for his strong stances and shouting at students. “I don’t know...

Graphic by Gail Powers for The Easterner

Police Beat

By Josh Fletcher, News Editor April 25, 2018

Suspicious Circumstance/Voyeurism, April 17 EWU PD has caught a man, who for the past year, has been spying on men and following them into the men’s bathroom. Police said he would put paper over...

Patrick F. McManus was a celebrated author who sold millions of books. McManus taught at EWU for 24 years and has a scholarship in his honor | Courtesy of WSU Manuscripts, Archives and Special Collections

Life and influence of former EWU professor commemorated

By Kaitlyn Engen, Reporter April 25, 2018

Former EWU professor and author Patrick McManus died on April 11 at the age of 84. “He was the Mark Twain of the Northwest,” said Dr. William Stimson, a journalism professor at EWU and a lifelong...

EWU breaks the silence of sexual assault

By Kaitlyn Engen, Reporter April 25, 2018

EWU Health, Wellness & Prevention Services and the Scary Feminists Club have joined forces to host Sexual Assault Action Week– April 23-27– headed by Health Education coordinator Lindsey Fulton. A...

Fraternity wrecks lodge in northeastern Washington

Fraternity wrecks lodge in northeastern Washington

By Brandon Cline, Editor in Chief April 25, 2018

On April 18, The Chewelah Independent reported that an EWU fraternity, Beta Theta Pi, left over $4,000 in damages at the Northern Lights Lodge near Northport, Washington. Chase Lea, the fraternity’s...

EWU cross country runners divided over former coach's actions

EWU cross country runners divided over former coach’s actions

By Logan Stanley, Managing Editor April 23, 2018

Disclosure: The author of this article briefly trained with the men's cross-country team in fall 2016 before deciding to leave the sport of running altogether to focus on his duties at The Easterner. EWU...

Police Beat

Police Beat

By Josh Fletcher, News Editor April 22, 2018

DWLS, April 9 An EWU PD officer was driving North on Washington St. when they noticed a car quickly pullover and the driver ran into the trunk. Police then pulled the man over where the male student...

EWU graduate student assistants Victoria Senechal, Dill Gautam, Jessica Ochoa, Zoe Dugdale, and Guillermo Mendez (above) pose for a picture. The Master of Public Health Students are traveling to Colombia fora ten-day visit to help develop a community health assessment by collecting data from surveys, interviews and focus groups | Photo courtesy of  the College of Health Science & Public Health

EWU and Bogatá University students partner

By Kaitlyn Engen, Reporter April 18, 2018

Five ambitious EWU Master of Public Health students are seeking to make monumental impacts on post-civil war Colombia. At the crown of South America’s head exists a country traumatized by the same...

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