Volume 102, Issue 18
www.TheEasterner.org
Feb. 27, 2019
THE INDEPENDENT, STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER OF
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
Taylor Newquist for The Easterner
3 News | 7 Arts | 8 Features | 12 Opinion | 13 Sports
The cost of success
An EWU football player lines up on defense before the ball is snapped. The EWU football team placed second in the FCS Championship and finished the season 13-3.
Board of Trustees evaluates the expenses and revenue of the football playoff budget DREW LAWSON Reporter Athletics Director Lynn Hickey presented an athletics budget update focused on the football team’s January appearance in the FCS National Championship to EWU’s
Board of Trustees and President Mary Cullinan last week. Hickey and Vice President of Business and Finance Mary Voves presented the revenue brought in from hosting three FCS playoff games, and how that compared to the expenses of sending a group to the
national championship. The three playoff games in Cheney brought in $349,455 in gate revenue and cost $334,298 to put on, profiting $15,157. In the three to four days following EWU’s semifinal victory over Maine, the board had to decide on whether to purchase all
4,000 tickets offered to the university for the game. Hickey said they chose to buy all those tickets.
See Budget, pg. 13
News
Features
PDF problems for the sight-impaired
Ash Wednesday reminds students of faith
For sight-impaired individuals, PDFs pose a much larger challenge than other document types that allow students to use text-readers. EWU’s Disability Support Services office wants to spread the word.
For the many Christians that participate, Ash Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, the six weeks of repentance that precedes Easter Sunday. During this time, participants will often give up something in their life to prioritize their relationship with God.
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