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

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

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

The Easterner

Colleen Ford, Web Editor

Colleen Ford is The Easterner’s Web Editor. Ford, a senior studying journalism PR, moved to the US from South Africa eight years ago, and she has dreams of exploring the rest of the world as a travel writer. She also loves painting, camping and riding her bicycle around campus.

All content by Colleen Ford
Sports camp

[Photo] EWU Athletics’ summer camps connect future students with teams’ staff and players

By Drew Lawson, Reporter
April 25, 2019
Frisco Prices2

[Photo] EWU athletics seeks to balance budget with stadium proposal impending

By Michael Brock, Editor in Chief
April 10, 2019
ASEWU Cover

[Photo] ASEWU elections matter: vote

By Editorial Board, The Easterner
April 10, 2019
Saftey Dehonta Hayes poses in front of the PUB food pantry as part of a promotional campaign led by Hayes to sponsor the program. The football team is holding a canned food drive to help fill the pantries through April.

[Photo] EWU football fuels food pantry awareness on campus

By Taylor Newquist, Sports Editor
March 13, 2019
Washington state Senate Bill 5875 calls into question unfair practices involving compensation of athletes in higher education. The bill would make student athletes able to receive payment for their name, image or likeness.

[Photo] WA state bill questions NCAA student athlete compensation

By Taylor Newquist, Sports Editor
February 27, 2019
RIP

[Photo] Student athletes are not immune to mental health problems

By Taylor Newquist, Sports Editor
January 30, 2019
Sketches of the five different throws in track and field.

[Photo] A good throw comes from below

By Drew Lawson, Reporter
January 25, 2019
Bailey Monteith for The Easterner

EWU Theatre performs “The Tempest” with plenty of mischief and laughter

By Colleen Ford, Contributor
March 14, 2018
Photo courtesy of EWU

EWU professor wins regional Outstanding Educator Award

By Colleen Ford, Contributor
March 8, 2018

FUSE career fair sparks job opportunities for area students

By Colleen Ford, Contributor
March 8, 2018
Five of the six students who attended the Rising Stars Conference (from left): Iziah Nixon, James Ruiz, Arthur Lane and Erik Ratchford (junior and freshman from Gonzaga), and Jordan Holubasch | Colleen Ford for The Easterner

EWU students help engineering professionals win national award

By Colleen Ford, Contributor
February 28, 2018
EWU engineering students in Brazil for a rocket competition. The group won third place last year in a international collegiate rocket launch competition | Photo courtesy of EWU Rocketry Group

Engineering Department projects keep raising the bar

By Colleen Ford, Contributor
February 14, 2018
Students shop at the Fresh Market in Tawanka Hall. The market was set up to provide students with healthy fresh foods | Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner

Dining Services offer a fresh place to eat

By Colleen Ford, Contributor
January 24, 2018
Jesse Graves

Tennessee Poet brings Appalachian poetry to the Pacific Northwest

By Colleen Ford, Contributor
January 24, 2018
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