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What does diversity mean? After an award, questions about a diverse faculty remain

MITCHELL ROLAND News Editor

Malati Powell for The Easterner

Dr. Robert Bartlett is the grandfather of The Easterner’s social media editor, Isaiah Gessner. Gessner was not involved in any of the processes behind the creation of this article.

Dr. Robert Bartlett, a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Justice at EWU, recalls a comment a student made to him during his first year at Eastern that has stuck with him since.

“Dr. B," the student said. "Do you ever notice how there are more squirrels on campus than black people?”

While the student was kidding, like any joke, it was rooted in truth. While EWU has again won an award for diversity, some believe the campus is left with room for improvement and a question of what diversity on a college campus actually looks like.

Eastern recently won the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine. But even though this is the second year in a row EWU has won it, some faculty members on campus have questions.

“I, to this day, wonder whose numbers (INSIGHT Into Diversity) are looking at,” Bartlett said. 82.6% of faculty members at Eastern in October 2017 were Caucasian, According to EWU’s office of Human Resources, Rights and Risk. The next largest racial group among faculty was Hispanic, at 5.2%. 3.1% of faculty at EWU are African American. Bartlett said that four of the African American faculty members on campus are in the same department— Africana Studies.

“What we call it in the business is ghettoizing the department,” he said.

Essentially, this means minority professors are grouped together in a field of study that correlates with their race, even if it's not what they were originally hired to teach.

Bartlett said that being an African American faculty member means having to do things his coworkers aren’t asked to do.

“I end up in meetings my colleagues don’t end up in,” he said.

Bartlett said that he is often tasked with being on search committees and other responsibilities simply because of the color of his skin, and that the extra roles that come with being an African American faculty member are not something they learn about in the interview process.

“It’s not often mentioned to candidates,” he said. A lack of connection

collectiveness outside of the classroom.”

Finnie said that in order for EWU to maintain a diverse faculty, it is important for faculty members to feel connected to their surroundings, whether that is on campus or in Cheney.

“That sometimes could be fellow faculty, or fellow residents,” he said.

Bartlett said he has the same piece of advice for African Americans who are moving to the area.

“If you want to be in the company of other black people in Spokane, in this region, you’re going to have to be intentional,” he said. “You’re going to find yourself sitting in a restaurant, and you’re the only black one there.”

Bartlett said that African American faculty members leave the area because there isn’t a support system for them.

“They felt isolated. They felt alone. They didn’t feel supported,” Bartlett said.

Bartlett said that a diverse faculty does not happen without an effort to make it happen.

“Not here. Not in Eastern Washington. It doesn’t just happen,” he said.

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“cultural h u m i l i t y training” for faculty, and Finnie agrees. “We all need it,” he said. “It’s a mutually collective need.” Finnie said that he thinks there is an appetite for increased training among faculty members.

“I think all the professors on campus want (training),” he said.

Finnie said that he thinks faculty members on campus have a good compass when it comes to understanding the social climate around them.

“I think the faculty have a good thermometer,” he said.

Before teaching at EWU, Bartlett taught at Gonzaga University in Spokane, and Washington State University in Pullman. And no matter where he’s taught in Eastern Washington, the same topics come up.

“Some of the challenges are exactly the same, no matter where I’ve lived,” he said. “Diversity becomes a hot topic, mainly because where we live.”

At Gonzaga, Bartlett was the assistant dean of students, and he still remembers a meet and greet where he met the other new hires. While he was introducing himself to colleagues, Bartlett was asked about diversity. Again. And again. And again.

Bartlett estimates that three-fifths of the questions he was asked that day were about diversity on campus and what could be done, even though that topic was nowhere in his job description.

“I went back to work that day thinking, ‘This is going to be a different experience,’” he said.

Bartlett said that at Gonzaga he began to notice the school “pushing for a more diverse student population at the time (they) don’t have a diverse faculty.”

Bartlett said he’s told every school he’s been at that “if you are really serious about creating a diverse campus,” then they need to focus on the faculty.

Finnie said that during his time at EWU, there has been growth for faculty in understanding social issues around diversity. He said that during his time at Eastern “there’s been a definite increase in broadening what is the educational pathway outside of conventionalism.”

Even still, Finnie said that he thinks his fellow EWU faculty can do more. He recommended that professors “go off the heavily trotted path of conventional history” and “break out of the blinds of eurocentrism.”

Learning from each other

Finnie said that in his classes, he uses real-world examples to teach students about diversity and other social issues.

“I’ll use the African American experience as a case study of human nature,” he said.

Finnie said that when he does this, he asks students to compare what they learn to the world around them.

“Use a case study, then ask students what parallels they see,” Finnie said.

This isn’t always easy, Finnie said. Often times students are uncomfortable by this exercise.

But he said that this uneasiness is key for a student’s learning. By doing this, they are able to break away from their own point of view and see the world differently.

“We’re locked into our own perspective,” Finnie said.

And by looking at the world from a different point of view, Finnie said his goal is for students to begin to listen to each other.

“The key is to learn from each other,” he said.

Finnie said that at the end of the day, the goal should be to prepare students as well as possible for the world around them.

“The highest hope is to cultivate young minds to think for themselves from an informed homebase,” he said.

Bartlett said that regardless of where he’s been, diversity is continuously brought up to him.

“Diversity’s going to come your way,” he said. “Those questions will default to you, whether you like it or not.” •

SPOOKY Season

Find out which events EWU will be hosting the week of Halloween

Spooky season is right around the corner. Eastern is celebrating the season with its students by hosting a wide array of events. If you're interested in attending these events, and would like more information, then look no further. Here is a preview of Halloween week at EWU.

Information gatherd by Elizabeth Price, Photo by Hamine Mendez

Halloween Skate Night Monday, Oct. 28. 6-9 P.M. (URC Ice Rink)

There will be a costume-themed skate night on the Monday before Halloween. There will be a costume contest with prizes for the top three costumes. Students will also get a chance to carve or paint a mini pumpkin and enjoy caramel apples and Eagle punch.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark & The Babadook (Swoop’s Cinema) Wednesday, Oct. 30. PUB NCR 7-11:00 p.m.

Wednesday, the school will be putting on a movie night.“The Babadook” and “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” will be shown on a large projector screen. Get in the spirit the night before Halloween with your fellow Eags.

Haunted Story Hour & Craft Night Thursday, Oct. 31.

Location TBD

On Halloween day, Eagle Entertainment will be putting on a haunted story hour and craft night. Students will have the option to listen to a scary story told with light effects and wall imagery. There will also be a chance for students to win an Echo Dot! End your week with some scary stories and crafts.

Trick-Or-Treat Tuesday, Oct. 29. 12-2 P.M.

PUB Table Skirt A&B

Students are welcome to stop by the PUB tables on Tuesday for a chance to trick-or-treat for Eastern swag. This tabling event will have games where you can win prizes. This is also a chance to meet some of your Eagle Entertainment team.

Harvest Fest Thursday, Oct. 31. 2:45-5:30 P.M. Around various EWU buildings

Each year, nearly 350 kids come to Eastern’s campus to trick-or-treat around the buildings. There will be a carnival on campus for children and their families, as well as spooky science activities in the Science Building. Students are encouraged to wear family friendly costumes and assist in leading children on candy tours. If students are interested in donating candy for kids who attend Harvest Fest, they can contact the Office of Community Engagement at communityengagement@ ewu.edu.

Eastern set to celebrate ghouls night out

THE EASTERNER Archives

This story was originally published in The Easterner, Vol. 21, No. 6, Oct. 28, 1970 and has not been changed except for AP style.

When the moon rises on Saturday night, and the wind begins to howl—should the lights flicker and the air grow chilly—lock the windows and doors and crawl deep under the covers to shiver.

Halloween—the night for witches and ghouls, for ghosts and goblins— is upon us once again. All Saints Day, October 31, is traditionally the night for evil spirits and witches and warlocks to rise up from the graveyard to parly and brew their stew.

In the old country, various means of protection were used to ward off these spirits, and October 31 was the night to be especially wary of. Wreathes of garlic, wooden crosses, magic circles and squares were all used for protection.

At Eastern, the fearless among the students will participate in the many gatherings scheduled for the occasion, among them the free party at Streeter Friday night.

“War of the Worlds,” Orson Wells’ famed radio broadcast of 1938, will be aired again on Halloween night by KREM-FM.

Considered by many to be a landmark program in radio broadcasting, the original program

A jack-o-lantern and a Cheney cat sit in front of an unknown EWU sign. The Easterner, Vol. 21, No. 6, Oct. 28, 1970

will be presented at 11 p.m. October 31 “to let the young listener who wasn’t around in 1938 to get a chance to hear it, as well as bring back memories for those who did,” said a KREM spokesman.

When it was originally broadcast, it caused considerable turmoil throughout the United States and resulted in many deaths. A large segment of the listening audience believed the broadcast to be a real news item, rather than a dramatization of the novel H.G. Wells.

The novel is about an invasion of the earth by martians, resulting in a science-fiction war between the two worlds.

KREM-FM can be heard at 92.9 megahertz.•

“Halloween—the night for witches and ghouls, for ghosts and goblins—is upon us once again. ”

THE EASTERNER, Archives

Illustration by Keri Kelley for The Easterner

An edge for women in STEM Students working on an assignment in lecturer Amber McConnell's chemistry class. McConnell started the Women in Science at EWU club last spring as a way to encourage more female students to get involved in the STEM fields. Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner

Inspiring future generations of women to succeed in the STEM fields by promoting thought-provoking conversations within the community

HAMINE MENDEZ Arts & Features Editor

Eastern Edge is a panel discussion taking place in the Spokane Convention Center on Oct. 23, and will be featuring women in the STEM fields.

It is meant to highlight some of the actions taken by EWU, and its STEM programs to increase the number of women enrolled in the STEM college.

One moderator for the discussion will be Eastern’s very own Dr. Leslie Cornick, the associate dean for the EWU College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. The panel will include notable women who graduated with a STEM degree, some of them being EWU alumni. The panel will also feature panelists that are current EWU STEM students.

This will be a large scale event for the Inland Northwest community, not just for EWU students.

“The biggest value is when we come together as a community, not just internally at Eastern,” Cornick said. “There's a specific reason we are having this in the Spokane Convention Center, and not on campus. It’s that this is an event that is about the community that this institution serves. That is the region of the Inland Northwest. We are greater than the sum of parts when we come together as a community to have these conversations.”

In the STEM fields, women are still underrepresented. Only about 35% of STEM degrees in 2015 and 2016 were obtained by women, according to catalyst. org, a non profit orginzation dedicated to creating work places that are ideal for women. “Particularly in the technology fields like computer science and engineering,” Cornick said.

The panel was chosen by Emily Moser, Lance Kissler and Cornick. They wanted to show how successful EWU STEM alumni can be. Godsil, a processing engineer for Boeing, has been very supportive of the EWU STEM program since she graduated, Cornick said.

EWU student and panelist Vernice Keys told The Easterner in a phone interview that there is a “big gender gap” and said she hopes this panel will create awareness on how there is not a lot of women in the STEM fields.

Moderator and former Vice President for Student Affairs Angela Jones said during a phone interview that so many jobs are becoming available and the field will need women with STEM degrees. Nearly half of the U.S. population is women, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, however, only about 35% of the STEM field is women, as stated by catalyst.org.

Jones said that she would like current STEM students to interact with women already in the STEM field.

“I am hoping that the people who are currently there are committed to helping students once they are ready, and are going to help hire them,” Jones said.

She wants to highlight whether the school is creating a space for young women to be successful. Are we taking the same steps as other universities in our region?

“I would like a call to action,” Jones said

The event also correlates to the STEM career fair happening all day in the PUB on Oct. 24.

This event will celebrate the startup of a new program called “100 Women Strong,” for the computing and engineering students. Cornick didn't want to give any information away about this program, to keep it a surprise.

“I really think this is going to be a gamechanger for our women students in computer science and engineering degrees,” said Cornick.

An important takeaway is learning about what women students can do to become successful during their time at Eastern, while also becoming informed on the resources offered to them. It will cover the struggles, highlights and rewards of pursuing a degree as a woman in the STEM fields. • “

We are greater than the sum of parts when we come together as a community to have these conversations. ” - Dr. Leslie Cornick, Associate Dean of the EWU College of STEM

Sports - The Easterner 10 A vision of success

EWU men's and women's cross country buys into collective mindset while incorporating bevy of underclassmen

EWU redshirt junior Isaac Barville (center) competes in a track meet on April 6. Barville is one of EWU's top three cross country runners this season. Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner

DREW LAWSON Sports Editor

Family. Friends. Positive. Proud. Fun.

These are all adjectives that members of EWU men’s and women’s cross country used to describe the culture of the team this year.

“We’re one big family, it’s amazing,” freshman Kenzie Gaines said. “They’ve taken care of us from the day we got here. Everyone is super welcoming and friendly.”

The EWU women have six freshmen. Freshman Rees Jacot said they’ve all become friends and plan on living together next year. Currently, they’re split between two dorm rooms. Jacot said that bond has helped the team.

“We’re all there for each other,” Jacot said. “It’s not just about competition, it’s about making everybody faster.”

EWU is laden with youth, sporting just three juniors and no seniors. The women’s team is made up entirely of underclassmen in eligibility.

EWU second-year head coach Sam Read said that when a team is so young, they’re forced to naturally bond or separate into groups. This year, EWU did the former.

“I think this year’s team did a really good job of welcoming the newcomers and opening their arms to them,” Read said. “That translates into the family aspect.”

Another way to describe EWU cross country this year is more engaged, according to two of the team leaders. Sophomore Carter Ledwith said the team has had a much better mindset than 2018’s squad.

“We’ve been a lot better this season at showing up and being ready to run,” Ledwith said. “We’re all on the same page now … there were times toward the end of the (2018) season when people’s mentality wasn’t quite there.”

Redshirt sophomore Megan Pitzman, a captain this year, said there’s a more positive mindset around the 2019 team.

“We’re a lot more proud to be Eastern,” Pitzman said. “We’re really happy to rep the Eagle on our chest … this has been the most fun year I’ve had so far.”

Read said the returning runners have done a good job of sharing the team’s vision with the newcomers.

“(We) have (a) number of returners on the men’s side and a really strong group of women returners that have a vision,” Read said. “When you have returners that have a vision, it’s easy to mold the newcomers on how this team is.”

That vision is to be the best, according to Read.

“We’re not the best yet, but we’re working towards it,” Read said. “It’s about picking one Big Sky school off at a time.”

EWU’s regular season concluded after four varsity competitions.

The men have been led by Ledwith and redshirt junior Isaac Barville, who were EWU’s top two finishers in all four regular season meets. Junior Ethan Green was EWU’s third finisher in three of the four meets.

Ledwith had EWU’s best finish of the season, placing fifth at the Charles Bowles Invitational on Oct. 5.

Freshmen have been the top performers for the women. Gaines, Jacot and Maddie Drennen have accounted for all of EWU’s top two finishers. Drennen was EWU’s top finisher at The Clash of the Inland Northwest to start the season, with Gaines and Jacot following. Gaines and Jacot were

EWU’s top two finishers in the following three meets, with Gaines getting two top finishes and Jacot one. Gaines had the best finish for the women at the Cougar Classic on Sept. 13, finishing ninth.

Read said the newcomers have been his high point of the season.

“They bring a lot of energy to the team,” Read said. “It’s been a lot of fun having all the new faces.”

The biggest area EWU needs to improve upon is closing the gap between its top finishers and bottom finishers, according to Read and Green.

“Our spread could be better,” Green said. “I’m the No. 3 guy on the team right now. I’d like to close the gap between (myself), Isaac (Barville) and Carter (Ledwith).”

Read said he wants EWU’s runners to keep pushing each other.

“(Improving the spread) is something that every team wants to improve on,” Read said. “I want to see that 5th through 8th pack start pushing the top 4.”

EWU’s next competition is the BSC Championships in Greeley, Colorado on Nov. 2. •

Volleyball snaps lengthy conference skid

EWU breaks 26-match Big Sky Conference losing streak with Oct. 17 victory

EWU freshman middle blocker Nicoletta Capizzi celebrates a point. Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner

DREW LAWSON Sports Editor

EWU players euphorically rushed the court to celebrate as head coach Leslie Flores-Cloud embraced her assistant coaches. Looks of celebration, relief and elation were visible on their faces. The volleyball team was celebrating one simple fact: The losing streak is over. EWU (1-6, 3-16) was victorious in a Big Sky Conference match for the first time since Nov. 3, 2017. The Eagles knocked off the Southern Utah Thunderbirds (4-3, 11-8) in a back-and-forth five set match (25- 13, 22-25, 22-25, 25-16, 15-7).

EWU’s win not only snapped a 26-match BSC losing streak, but also broke a 14-match losing streak overall. Flores-Cloud, who is in

her second season at the helm, earned her first BSC win.

Flores-Cloud said the win meant a lot to her, because she and the team still believe they can make a run in the BSC. "We just needed to get this monkey off our back," Flores-Cloud said. "We're going to go full steam ahead."

Sophomore middle blocker Ashlyn Blotzer led EWU with 17 kills. Junior setter Ana Paula Zandona had 51 assists, while junior Catelyn Linke got the start at libero and contributed 20 digs. Freshman middle blocker Nicoletta Capizzi added six blocks for EWU.

Linke said the win gave the team a lot of confidence. "We were talking in the locker room before (the match)," Linke said. "We said, 'we need this to prove to ourselves that we're good enough.' We came out ready to play tonight and showed what Eastern volleyball is all about." •

Ready to be recognized The EWU women's club rugby team (right) in action during the 2018 season. EWU's first game in 2019 is on Oct. 26 at Western Oregon. Courtesy of Meaghan Franz

Women's rugby club seeks equal attention between men's and women's sports while looking to build a sustainable program

RANDLE KINSWA Sports Reporter

There has been an ongoing debate in America concerning the lack of attention that women's sports receive. This debate was exponentialized in 2019 when the U.S. women's soccer team won the World Cup. The players felt they didn’t receive the attention and love they deserved.

The EWU women's rugby club team feels the same way.

Junior forward lock Meaghan Franz, the president of the club, said rugby doesn’t get enough attention.

“I definitely think that rugby hasn’t been popular on the East side (of the state) as (much as the West side) ,” Franz said.

Franz would like to see the club be more known on campus. Franz would also like to see more people come out in support of the team at games.

Senior forward lock Emma Oaks said the club is overlooked. Oaks said it’s difficult to gain attention when they can’t schedule games on Saturdays due to football games.

“With the football team here, it’s a little hard to schedule games because we’re not allowed to have games at the same time as the football team, even though we play at different fields,” Oaks said. “Most people don’t want to sit through a football game and then watch a rugby game right after.”

Oaks said she'd like to see the university help with the club’s transportation and paperwork.

Junior 8-man Klarity Riesen also said the club doesn’t receive much recognition.

“Rugby is not a super well known sport,” Riesen said. “Women's (rugby) in particular, there is the whole stigma on women's (sports) getting overlooked in general.”

Riesen said women’s sports don't get enough attention overall.

“The (U.S.) women did well in the … (soccer) World Cup and we hardly hear anything about that … even on campus with all the other women's sports, we really only hear about men’s sports … We could do better when it comes to advertising women’s sports.”

Freshman center Peyton Henry said she is glad she is a part of the club.

“I like it a lot,” Henry said. “I was really scared at first because I hadn’t played rugby, and I didn’t know if the girls would be nice … it was really open arms when I got here, the girls were really nice, especially the vets.”

EWU’s head coach is Ian Martin. Martin used to be the men's rugby coach, but transitioned to coaching the women earlier this decade.

“I coached the men here from 2003 until around 2012 or 2013," Martin said. "I’ve been coaching the women ever since.”

Martin said the team is counting on its multitude of great players. The team has a total of 22 players, nine of whom are freshmen.

“We’re very young this year,” Martin said. “We lost numbers quite rapidly last year, and ended the season (short) on numbers, we got a bunch of new (players), mainly freshmen … I’m hoping they will be with the team for a bunch of years and help build up the program.”

Franz said she likes the direction of the club.

“We got a large portion of rookies coming in,” Franz said. They are very strong, very determined and we are looking like a strong team for the year.”

Franz also said she wants to see the club move up in rank.

“I would definitely like to see us move up from a D-2 team to a D-1 team,” Franz said.

Oaks said the club’s participation numbers have fluctuated.

“We have definitely had some highs and lows,” Oaks said. “We started out at maybe a max of 15 girls my freshman year.”

Oaks said during her sophomore year the team had nearly 40 players. This year the team has 20.

EWU’s first game is against Western Oregon on Oct. 26 at 10 a.m. The first home game is against University of Puget Sound on Nov. 9 at 10 a.m.•

Basic rules of rugby 1. 15 players on the field per team. 2. Players can carry the ball in any direction. 3. Passes can only go behind or directly beside the intended receiver. 4. Players can kick the ball in any direction. 5. Points are scored when the ball is placed across an opponent's goal line or kicked through the opponent's crossbar.

EWU Women's Rugby Club Schedule

Date Oct. 26

Opponent @ Western Oregon

EWU heads to Missoula for crucial rivalry bout Illustration by Keri Kelly for The Easterner

DREW LAWSON Sports Editor

There’s nothing better than a good rivalry in sports. The storylines are cliche, but classic: Neither team likes the other. Legacies are on the line. The stakes have never been higher. For the EWU football team (2-1, 3-4), those cliches ring true as a trip to Missoula to take on the No. 10/11 Montana Grizzlies (2-1, 5-2) looms on Oct. 26. Getting Fired Up

“It means a little bit more against (UM),” EWU head coach Aaron Best said. “It always has, it always will, just based on the sheer competitiveness of the games over the years.”

EWU can’t afford another loss in its final five games if it hopes to advance to the FCS playoffs. The first of those wins will have to come at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. EWU has yet to win on the road this season.

EWU senior tight end Jayce Gilder said the team will be fired up to get that first road win.

“I don’t think it’s very hard to get excited for this game,” Gilder said. “Everyone’s aware that we haven’t won on the road yet this year, so we’ll be hungry to do that.” About the Opponent

UM has had a highly successful 2019 campaign, ranking as high as No. 5 in the FCS. However, UM was hit hard with adversity on Oct. 19. The Griz were thrashed by Sacramento State 49-22 and lost senior quarterback Dalton Sneed to a right leg injury. Sneed is doubtful for Saturday's

game against EWU.

The Griz are formidable, even with Sneed likely out. UM will turn to junior Cam Humphery at quarterback if Sneed can’t go.

Humphery transferred to UM from Saddleback Community College in 2018 and has been Sneed’s backup since then. Humphery has appeared in six games this season. He has 182 yards and one touchdown pass with a 43.3 completion percentage.

Offensively, sophomore running back Marcus Knight leads the Griz in rushing with 508 yards and nine touchdowns. UM has a deep wide receiving corps. Senior Jerry Louie-McGee and juniors Samuel Akem and Samori Toure all have three receiving touchdowns and over 30 receptions. Sophomore tight end Bryson Deming has three receiving touchdowns on just 12 receptions.

Defensively, the Griz are led by senior linebacker Dante Olsen. Olsen has 85 total tackles, 5.5 of which are tackles for loss. Olsen also has an interception and a forced fumble. Sophomore safety Robby Hauck, son of UM head coach Bobby Hauck, has 68 total tackles, an interception and a forced fumble.

For EWU to earn its first road win of the season against its classic rival, the Eagles will likely have to play their best game of the season. Three keys to victory

1) Win the third quarter

The Griz have been exceptional in the third quarter this season, outscoring opponents 95-44. Meanwhile, EWU has been outscored in the third quarter 63-58. If the Eagles can flip the script on this trend, the pressure shifts to the Griz, who are trying to avoid a disappointing loss for the second week in a row.

2) Control the clock

Even without Sneed, Montana boasts a strong offense that’s averaged 38.3 points per game this season. Luckily for Eagles fans, EWU has the ability to match that offensive attack. EWU must try to do so while controlling the time of possession. The fewer opportunities the Griz have to score, the better chance EWU has of escaping Missoula with a dub.

Gilder said if EWU is able to get in an offensive rhythm and keep Montana off the field, the defense will benefit.

“When our offense is rolling, it’s huge for our defense,” Gilder said. “I think it’ll be huge on the road in that environment to get settled down.” 3) Force Humphery to win the game

When a team is forced to start its backup quarterback, its coaching staff usually comes up with a conservative game plan that avoids putting too much pressure on that signal-caller. If the Griz follow this trend with Humphery under center, EWU would be wise to try and disrupt that plan by stopping the run and creating long down-and-distance situations.

EWU senior defensive end Jim Townsend said the defense’s goal every week is to make the quarterback move out of his comfort zone.

“If we’re able to get to (Humphery) and … get him throwing on the run, I think we can maybe affect him a little bit,” Townsend said.

If Humphery is forced to make difficult throws, EWU’s chances of a victory likely increase.

EWU at Montana kicks off at 11 a.m. PST on Saturday, Oct. 26. The game will be televised on ROOT Sports. •