When I first arrived at Eastern, I was a transfer student from Boise State University — an admittedly bigger, more established and consequentially richer school — and as a result there were a few privileges...
The west side, the east side and now the south side.
Washington is really no stranger to use of force issues within police departments. The Pasco Police Department is the newest member on the list.
On...
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 remodel. We are fully aware of the student population’s...
By Zoe Colburn, Opinion Editor
• February 23, 2015
Somehow in recent years a movement that had more or less gone by the wayside has come back full-force. For whatever reason, it’s once again become at least borderline-popular not to vaccinate your children....
Control freak. Stalker. Intimidating. Demeaned. Debased. Abused.
These are actually how the protagonist in “Fifty Shade of Grey,” Anastasia Steele, described the romantic interest Christian Grey...
By Jaclyn Archer, Eagle Life Editor
• February 16, 2015
Given the varied values and taboos surrounding sexuality in the U.S., it can be extremely difficult for educators to teach sex education to a diverse group of other people’s minor-aged children.
The...
By Zoe Colburn, Opinion Editor
• February 15, 2015
The American education system has made strides in diversity in the last 40 or so years, but we still have a long way to go. One of the worst offenses in modern education is how diversity requirements are...
By Aaron Bocook, Contributing Writer
• February 14, 2015
Excuse me, are you registered to vote?
We’ve all been asked — at the downtown Spokane bus plaza, leaving the grocery store and even on the steps of the EWU PUB. The next time you are asked, be careful...
By Nathan Peters, Managing Editor
• February 13, 2015
Freshman at Eastern should join Greek organizations to set themselves up best for academic success.
I fear for freshmen who come here unknowingly unprepared for the academic and social demands on campus....
I sat in the dentist chair with my head tilted back staring into the overhead light while my dentist and his assistant hovered over me like aliens.
“Now, you’re going to feel some pressure,” said...
Most of us have had a pet of one kind or another growing up, be it a dog, a cat, a bird or any other number of animals, so the urge to get a pet once we move off-campus or out of our parents’ house is...
It’s incredibly baffling that a person would go to a mall, sit down on a chair and let a 16 year old ram a dull gold-plated stud into their ears like they were cattle.
Of course, I’m sure not many...
