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Suicide prevention advocate shares his experience

Suicide prevention advocate shares his experience

By Jaclyn Archer, Eagle Life Editor January 21, 2015

Kevin Hines, who survived a leap from the Golden Gate bridge, came to Showalter Auditorium on the evening of Jan. 13 to talk about his life since that suicide attempt and share his message of mental health...

PUB remodel campaign growing

By Katie Dunn, Staff Writer January 16, 2015

A date is set in place, Feb. 24, as a push from ASEWU toward students to vote for the PUB redesign in the weeks to come. A poster, hung on the Pence Union Building, is one of the ways ASEWU is trying...

The Red Barn located on Washington Street, house the EWU Police Department.

EWU Police eliminate gun storage at Red Barn

By Alex Miller, Staff Writer January 15, 2015

The Eastern Washington University police station, commonly known as the Red Barn, will not offer students the service of checking in their guns for storage anymore, according to EWU Director of Public...

Middle Eastern studies lacking at EWU

By Katie Dunn, Staff Writer November 20, 2014

The University of Washington offers an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. program in Near and Middle Eastern Studies, and Washington State University has at least 13 courses covering the history and culture of the...

Left to right: Jean Louise Finch (Scout), played by Kady Cullen; Jemery Finch (Jem), played by Jameson Elton; Charles Baker Harris (Dill), played by Luke Hamburg.

EWU Theatre’s adaption relevant to current social injustice, racial issues

By Ayanna Fernandez, Staff Writer November 19, 2014

The EWU theater program presented “To Kill a Mockingbird” on Nov. 14, a play adapted from Harper Lee’s book of the same name, by Christopher Sergel. According to Sara Goff, Associate Professor...

Panel speakers: Satori Butler (far left), BSU President; Easterner staff, as well as Africana Studies Department professors and students.

University curriculum challenged at BSU forum

By Nathan Peters and Alla Drokina, for the Easterner November 19, 2014

Eastern boasts as one of the most diverse campuses in Washington state, yet lately situations and feedback have arose that point to a less-than-racially-inclusive campus. Eastern’s Black Student...

Low turnout for Spokane County in midterm elections

Low turnout for Spokane County in midterm elections

By Aaron Bocook, Staff Writer November 16, 2014

The day before the Nov. 4 general elections in Washington state, local media in Spokane predicted low voter turnout. KXLY, KHQ and The Spokesman-Review all predicted this phenomenon, which is common...

Flag ribbons tied to a pole on campus in rememberance.

EWU evokes veteran appreciation

By Nathan Peters, Managing Editor November 12, 2014

With about 560 veterans attending Eastern fall quarter, the campus shut down Nov. 11 to honor those who served. ASEWU Legislative Liaison Jordan Martin said Eastern is one of the most veteran-friendly...

Members of EWUs Black Student Union, Africana Studies Department and other Eastern students advocated race and diversity education on campus through a protest held on Nov. 3.

“Let us march on ’til victory is won.”

By Samuel Deal, Sports Editor November 12, 2014

Chants of “Lift Every Voice and Sing” could be heard throughout campus Nov. 3, when members of the Black Student Union, dressed in all black, marched to the PUB steps holding photos of African-Americans...

Sapna Basy, sophomore, was crowned Ms. Eastern alongside Bryce Dressler, sophomore, who was crowned Mr. Eastern on Oct. 27.

Mr. and Ms. Eastern crowned into royalty

By Ayanna Fernandez, Staff Writer October 30, 2014

Eastern hosted its annual Mr. and Ms. Eastern Pageant on Oct. 27, crowning two new students. Chairperson Mike Cardenas, chairperson for Eagle Entertainment, said the pageant started in the 1940s and...

Hannah Gunderson, an EWU sophomore and member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, volunteers at the Rake a Difference event on Oct. 28.

Homecoming unites campus to community causes

By Nathan Peters, Managing Editor October 30, 2014

Community service is a part of the annual events of Eastern’s Homecoming Week. Rake a Difference was this year’s Eagle Spirit Week community engagement project, which was held on Oct. 28. The event...

Shawn Vestal, author of fiction, is an adjunct professor at EWU.

EWU alumnus awarded PEN/Bingham honor

By Aaron Bocook, Staff Writer October 18, 2014

Eastern Washington University alumnus and adjunct faculty member Shawn Vestal won the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for debut fiction at a New York ceremony Sept. 29 for his collection of short stories,...

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