By Dara Clay, EWU Student
May 23, 2015
Filed under Letters To The Editor, Opinion
First, I want to acknowledge and thank those involved in the production of Diversity Week as I’m sure it can be a lengthy and thoughtful process.
Dr. Mary Cullinan’s talk on May 12 titled “Walking Together to Transform Lives” fell flat as she was unmindful towards the struggle minority groups on campus face.
Well in to her speech, Dr. Cullinan finally gained focus...
By Brandon Gunn, EWU Journalism, PR student
May 23, 2015
Filed under Letters To The Editor
Dear Mr. Mudd,
I read your review of “Avengers: Age of Ultron,” and I respectfully disagree with your analysis. I watched “Avengers: Age of Ultron” opening weekend and felt the exact opposite of how you felt. As a huge comic book nerd, I feel it is my duty to explain why Ultron was exactly what we needed as a comic book movie and how it was executed perfectly.
You're...
By Ellen Picken, EWU Student
May 12, 2015
Filed under Letters To The Editor
The college campus is the one of the central places in our society for free speech.
The proselytizers have a place in the outdoor court here at EWU. They’ve been here for decades.
But hate and ranting is not a call for change; it is a sign of mental illness. What our latest preacher needs is compassion not confrontation. He will not change his mind or behavior, ever.
Engaging...
By Mikayla Lundeen, EWU Freshman
May 2, 2015
Filed under Letters To The Editor
Financial aid is supposed to give all students access to education. However, my experience with the financial aid office has revealed many flaws in the system.
For one, my parent’s income is not my income. No matter how much my parent’s make, they have no obligation to give me any of it.
Ten years ago, my dad wanted to take responsibility for providing for his family,...
By Nancy Street
March 18, 2015
Filed under Letters To The Editor
On Saturday afternoon around 4:00 p.m. on March 7, I left our house near Sutton Park to collect some materials from the Cheney Library. Before I opened the door to leave, I heard a train rumbling around the curve. It got louder as I approached the library, and after I checked materials out of the library, I could hear the continual clicking of the train down First Street,...
By Yasser Khan, EWU Students
March 10, 2015
Filed under Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor:
The new layout of the recreational center does not accommodate to the 13,000 plus students attending Eastern Washington University. All students pay for the rec center within the tuition each quarter, yet I have experience over and over that the rec is too small and isn’t fitting to have fair workouts for all students. The problem is many students not attempting...
By Zoe Mariotti, Ben Kutina, Montserrat Franco, EWU Students
March 10, 2015
Filed under Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor,
The location of the free parking lot is just too far away. Many of us have had the struggle of trying to find parking on and around campus. We are sometimes late to class and it can be detrimental to our learning, as well as disruptive. There’s a simple solution to make the parking at Eastern more efficient. Any student or faculty will tell you that parking...
By Kassandra J. Clark, Faith J. Mehal, Jake D. York, EWU Students
March 10, 2015
Filed under Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor,
Every quarter, each full-time undergraduate at Eastern pays $65 toward a recreation fee. In return, students gain “free” access to the campus gym and recreation center. Along with this $65 fee comes a great frustration. The recreation fee is automatically accounted for in all students’ fees and tuition; however, not all students use the facility that they...
By Zack J. Speiker, Madelynn G. Newman, Brennen J. Maguire, EWU Students
March 10, 2015
Filed under Letters To The Editor
Dear Editor,
We believe all external business vendors operating on Eastern Washington University campus should accept both student meal plan and Flex money. Students living on campus have limited options when it comes spending their meal plan and Flex money and deserve to have more options available, considering the money they’re spending to attend school and build the...
By Marianne Johnson
March 2, 2015
Filed under Letters To The Editor
Washington state has the second highest interest rate on legal financial obligations in the nation at 12 percent. When individuals are incarcerated, they are charged with a fine that starts collecting interest the day they are incarcerated. While people are in jail or prison, they collect a huge amount of debt that is difficult to pay off because of their lack of employment....
February 24, 2015
23 February 2015
I am writing, as a member of ASEWU, in response to the editorial in the Feb. 18 edition of The Easterner regarding the proposed PUB...
By Lloyd M Vigil, EWU Junior, Buddhist Philosophy, Meditation and Peace Studies Club
December 11, 2014
Filed under Letters To The Editor
In the week before Thanksgiving, dozens of frogs were killed in the science building at Eastern Washington University so that biology students could make their legs jump with an electrical current. For the demonstration to succeed, to convey educational value, the animals had to be freshly killed.
Each amphibian was decapitated, alive.
Humane laboratory practices should...
