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The Easterner

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

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Police Beat

By Josh Fletcher, News Editor March 14, 2018

Warrants March 6, 2018 Employees at Sutton Hall felt threatened when a female student and her boyfriend were making a scene because they wanted more financial aid money. Their limit for the quarter...

Republic Parking to take control of P11 come spring quarter

By Sam Jackson, Reporter March 14, 2018

Due to an increase in rent, lot P11 will no longer be operated by EWU and is effective April 1. Lot P11 is currently owned by the Newman Center. Paul Heric, the priest and director of the center had...

Students play corn hole outside Tawanka. March is National Nutrition Month and this week EWU is celebrating Nutrition week | Josh Fletcher for The Easterner

EWU is going further with food during Nutrition Week

By Josh Fletcher, News Editor March 14, 2018

The month of March is National Nutrition Month and EWU is celebrating all this week. This year’s theme is “Go Further with Food.” EWU Dining Services and campus Dietitian Natalie Stein started...

EWU honor students head to Oklahoma for undergrad conference

By Jeremy Burnham, Reporter March 14, 2018

Four EWU students from an honors class for transfer students will be heading to Oklahoma this April to participate in the National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR). The conference is put...

The movie poster for "Hailing Cesar." The filmmaker, Eduardo Chavez grandson of Cesar Chavez, made this film to explore his roots | Photo courtesy of IMDB

Eduardo Chavez explores his roots and finds himself in “Hailing Cesar”

By Kaitlyn Engen, Reporter March 14, 2018

Eduardo Chavez took his curious endeavor of discovering his family’s past to the screen in his documentary “Hailing Cesar” presented at the JFK Library March 5. Growing up, Chavez inherited the...

Proposed free speech policy aims to break down barriers for student voices

By Kaitlyn Engen, Reporter March 14, 2018

A newly proposed First Amendment activities policy could affect student engagement in “Free Speech” activities while also re-introducing the conversation of student expression on campus. The proposed...

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EWU professor wins regional Outstanding Educator Award

By Colleen Ford, Contributor March 8, 2018

Professor Uri Rogers was awarded the Outstanding Educator Award from the Spokane Section of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) at their student presentations on Feb. 22. Dr. Rogers...

Students gather at the Campus Mall to speak out against racist flyers posted around campus in 2018. The unity Rally was to show that EWU dopes not stand for hate and discrimination | Jeremy Burnham for The Easterner

EWU students hold Unity Rally in response to Neo Nazi posters on campus

By Jeremy Burnham, Reporter March 8, 2018

Around 200 EWU students gathered at the campus mall on Feb. 27 for what organizers called a unity rally. The student-organized rally was in response to white supremacist propaganda that was found posted...

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Police Beat

By Josh Fletcher, News Editor March 8, 2018

Suspicious Circumstance Feb. 27   A male student reported to police that he was being harassed by another student who stole his debit card. The male’s card was stolen by somebody he knew...

FUSE career fair sparks job opportunities for area students

By Colleen Ford, Contributor March 8, 2018

Over 700 students gathered in the West Ballroom of the Spokane Convention Center for the FUSE Career Fair on March 1.  Around 117 local, national and international businesses were represented at the fair. Students...

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Police Beat

By Josh Fletcher, News Editor February 28, 2018

Argument Feb. 14   A university employee called police after a male student threatened to fight him for providing help while the student was driving. The employee was nearing the end of his...

Students at Cheney High School hold a rally outside by the front doors. They, along with students all over the country, have staged walkouts protesting gun violence and school shootings | Photo courtesy of the Spokesman-Review

Cheney High School students walk out in protest to gun violence

By Josh Fletcher, News Editor February 28, 2018

Near the end of the school day on Feb. 14, an expelled student returned to his old school to kill 17 students and faculty. This is the seventh shooting to take place at a school during school hours,...

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