ASEWU – The Easterner

ASEWU President heads to Olympia to address student hunger

February 15, 2019

When walking across campus between classes, students are likely to unknowingly pass many fellow students who don’t always know if their food will last un...

ASEWU has big plans for 2019

January 30, 2019

ASEWU is working toward goals and objectives for the rest of the school year. One of its main priorities is to make EWU tobacco-free. ASEWU has bee...

The PUB officially opens to EWU community

January 9, 2019

The suspense is finally over. The PUB is now accessible to students, faculty and the public. The PUB had been closed for renovations since Decem...

Students voice thoughts to ASEWU at “EWU Cares About…” event

November 28, 2018

Coffee, hot chocolate and cookies were provided to students who completed a survey in the campus mall on Nov. 16 for the EWU Care About… event. The ev...

EWU schedules broadcasting class for Winter 2019

October 24, 2018

A TV broadcast class will be available to students starting next quarter. The class will be an experimental communication studies class. Dante Tyler,...

ASEWU justice Teddy Mead steps down

October 4, 2018

Teddy Mead, former member of the ASEWU Superior Court, has decided to step down as of Sept. 21 in order to pursue an internship that benefits his major. Sin...

ASEWU President Dante Tyler settles into new role

September 30, 2018

With the first two weeks of school finished, many students are settling into their new classes. One such student is senior Dante Tyler. However, new class...

Eagle Entertainment hosts inaugural music festival, Swoopalooza

June 6, 2018

EWU held its first music festival, Swoopalooza, on The Inferno Friday, June 1 from noon-4 p.m. Breaking from the traditional spring concert, Swoopalooza fea...

ASEWU elections attract over 1,000 voters

By Jeremy Burnham, Copy Editor

May 16, 2018

Filed under News

One-thousand-thirty EWU students took to the polls on May 8 to vote in the 2018 ASEWU elections. Among other issues, voters elected Dante Tyler as ASEWU President, voted to approve a change to the constitution that allows ASEWU to move elections to a time when semester students are still on campus and approved an addition of an ASEWU dissolution clause to the constitution. ...

Decisions are made by those who show up

May 3, 2018

With some seven weeks remaining in the spring quarter, attention around campus has begun turning to next school year, including the upcoming ASEWU general elec...

ASEWU special election falls short of voter turnout requirement

By Brandon Cline, Editor in Chief

February 8, 2018

Filed under News

For the second consecutive year, an ASEWU special election did not meet the voter turnout threshold needed to enact changes to the ASEWU Constitution. Of the 10,566 EWU students who are eligible to vote, just 304 (2.88 percent) students voted in the special election. All three measures easily cleared the two-thirds majority needed to pass, but the 2.88 percent voter tur...

ASEWU special election measure aims at clearing gambling license hurdle

By Brandon Cline, Editor in Chief

January 24, 2018

Filed under News

For the second consecutive year, ASEWU is holding a special election on three different measures that would alter the body’s constitution, one of which could provide benefits for clubs and organizations on campus. This year’s special election takes place on Jan. 30, with the three measures appearing on this year’s ballot having also been on last year’s. Despite eac...