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Valiant Hearts: The Great War Review

Valiant Hearts: The Great War Review

By Chris Mudd, Staff Writer October 1, 2014

A weary older man traversing the gunfire and rubble in the trenches of World War I is not the usual protagonist of a popular video game. “Valiant Hearts: The Great War” tells the story of Emile,...

Awareness and concern of Ebola ripples across the US

Awareness and concern of Ebola ripples across the US

By Katie Dunn, Staff Writer September 25, 2014

Search ‘Ebola’ on the Internet and there are images from West Africa of people donning white suits carrying the dead away in body bags. The largest outbreak of Ebola, with a fatality rate of 90...

EWU President presents personal perspective

EWU President presents personal perspective

By Aaron Bocook, Staff Writer September 25, 2014

At the top of the polished stone staircase in Eastern’s Showalter Hall, tucked back from the long hallways, high ceilings and echoing voices, is the Office of the President. For the past eight years,...

Chicano Education Program students at the campus mall.

Eastern awarded competitive CAMP grant by US Department of Education

By Nicole Ruse, Editor-in-Chief September 6, 2014

For the third time since 2002, Eastern was awarded a $2.125 million federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education on June 23 that supports freshmen undergraduates who come from migrant or seasonal...

Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers speaking on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 16, 2013.

Letter to the Editor: Cathy McMorris Rodgers should help hard-working students

July 26, 2014

Dear Editor, As the parent of an Easterner and a visitor to Cheney this week, I have seen that there are many students who work hard to put themselves through college and yet, they struggle. Your federal...

Former president Rodolfo Arévalo points out different faculty members to incoming president Dr. Mary Cullinan (2014)

New Eastern president steps into the spotlight

By Jasmine Kemp, News Editor June 30, 2014

EWU’s Board of Trustees named Dr. Mary Cullinan, former Southern Oregon University president, as the first female president of Eastern . During a meet and greet on June 26, Cullinan gave a short statement...

Shooter contemplated EWU, other universities as targets

By Jasmine Kemp, News Editor June 20, 2014

Amidst gunfire around the country, campus police at EWU are on high alert. On June 5, one person was shot dead and two others were sent to the hospital after a man started shooting on Seattle Pacific...

New ASEWU members prepare for next year

New ASEWU members prepare for next year

By Katie Dunn, Staff Writer June 11, 2014

  Photos contributed by ASEWU The newly elected 2014-2015 council members gave their oaths and officially started their term on June 5. The council will not establish their new goals...

EWU student travels to London for international masters degree

EWU student travels to London for international master’s degree

By Aaron Bocook, News Writer June 4, 2014

When Jessica Gadingan’s parents left the Philippines for the United States in the early 1970s, they had no clue that over 40 years later their daughter would want to leave the U.S. to follow her dreams. Gadingan,...

Senior athlete competes during breakout season

Senior athlete competes during breakout season

By Ayanna Fernandez, Eagle Life Writer June 2, 2014

In very rare cases would an athlete be able to walk onto a team and not only dominate, but become a part of school history. Making the Top 10 on few list including in the No. 10 spot in the discus...

Cadets wait to load the Black Hawk helicopter on May 16 to do training in a wooded area.

ROTC executes field training complete with Black Hawk lift off

By Kailee Dunn, Eagle Life Writer May 30, 2014

After six years of unavailability, a Blackhawk helicopter dropped in on Eastern’s campus to help with ROTC training. Each spring, EWU’s ROTC executes field-training exercises to practice what...

Eagles finish Big Sky, look toward NCAA preliminaries

Eagles finish Big Sky, look toward NCAA preliminaries

By Elohino Theodore, Senior Sports Reporter May 29, 2014

The Eagles battled at the Big Sky Championships on May 14-17 at Flagstaff, Arizona, where they will look towards the NCAA preliminary rounds in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Men’s head coach Stan Kerr...

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