The Easterner: Volume 102, Issue 21

Volume 102, Issue 21

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Apr. 3, 2019

THE INDEPENDENT, STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER OF

EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

3 News | 6 Arts | 8 Features | 10 Sports

Up A practical guide for your spring "First Thursday."

We give you everything you need to know about each Cheney bar.

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Bottoms News

Sports

Enrollment rates down 2.5%

The five all-time best intramural team names

Since last spring, EWU enrollment rates have decreased by 2.5%. Conversations between EWU officials regarding enrollment are constantly ongoing, according to Jens Larson, interim associate vice president for enrollment management.

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We rank the top five team names found from the past intramural champions list going back to 1993. Some aged better than others, like 2001 men's football 'B' champions "Michael Jackson's two handed touch."

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Letter from the editor

Spring: fighting off senioritis

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MICHAEL BROCK Editor in Chief Hello fellow Eagles, Welcome back from spring break! I hope everyone had a safe, relaxing and enjoyable time off from classes.

For those who don’t know me, my name is Michael Brock and I am the Editor in Chief of The Easterner. This is my third year at EWU and I will be graduating in June.

As a senior with just 10 weeks left until graduation, it would be easy to mail it in for the rest of the year. I could let senioritis seize its unrelenting grasp on my life, and just scrape by on responsibilities with classes and The Easterner. C’s do in fact get degrees, right?

Though you are not in my exact shoes, I am here to tell you there is another option. Whether you’re a senior getting through the last stretch of classes or a freshman finding your footing in college, the turn of the calendar to April always brings the same thing: a higher potential for complacency.

As the doldrums of winter turn to the chipper vibes of spring, it becomes easier to relax and rely on the foundation that is set. Despite this urge to take my foot off the gas pedal, I plan to finish the year strong, both with the newspaper and my classes.

Speaking specifically about The Easterner, we have made many adjustments to our product this year.

We have a new print layout, an updated website and we have branched out to do more multimedia projects like podcasts and videos.

In an effort to become more synonymous with EWU, we have also strived to strengthen our relationships with organizations and groups on campus. Our ultimate goal, which is included in our mission statement, is to “inform our EWU audience of the governance, activities and views of our community.”

We want students to be knowledgeable about what’s going on at the university, while also making sure content is presented in a way that’s beneficial to our audience. One way we are making sure our readers needs are met is with a reader survey, which can be found on TheEasterner.org/reader-survey.

Please take a few minutes to let us know how we’re doing and potential areas of improvement.

With each passing day, my time in college continues to wind down. Again, I have no plans of letting senioritis take over my life, either with classes or the newspaper. However, that doesn’t mean I can’t have some fun. This is the time in our lives when we can take risks and try new things.

What that means differs for each person. For me, that’ll mean pushing the envelop on our design and editorial coverage, as well as venturing into new reporting strategies and strengthening relationships.

Whatever we end up attempting in the next 10 weeks, there’s no doubt in my mind that we will continue improving week to week and informing you, our EWU audience. •

Copy Editor Sam Jackson Reporters Drew Lawson Kaisa Siipola Marco Vargas Photographers Mckenzie Ford Bailey Monteith Director of Student Newspaper Carleigh Hill Faculty Adviser Jamie Neely

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Enrollment rates decrease KAISA SIIPOLA Reporter

Enrollment decreasing EWU enrollment rates are down 2.5% since last spring.

According to Mark Baldwin, the undergraduate policy and planning associate vice president, EWU wanted to see where the enrollment number trends are at and where they are going. “(We) knew in fall that we were not going to meet the university wide enrollment numbers that we were hoping for,” Baldwin said in a March interview with The Easterner.

“We’ll know in April about what spring is going to look like.”

Factors The university acknowledges that it needs to bring in freshmen, undergraduate, transfer and returning students, Baldwin said.

A few factors to the enrollment rates

decreasing are a lack of transfer students, more students in the workforce, birth rates and a strengthened economy, according to Baldwin.

“Birth rates have been declining across the United States since the Great Recession began in 2007,” Jens Larson, the interim associate vice president for enrollment management said in an email to The Easterner. “In fact, last year marked the lowest birth rate in U.S. history.”

It should be noted, however, that it is unclear how lower birth rates since 2007 would be a factor in the number of potential students, because children born since then wouldn't be older than about 12.

Another challenge is many students are choosing to study at prominently online institutions like Western Governors University and Southern New Hampshire University because it can be convenient for students availability, according to Larson.

“These types of schools spend tens of millions of dollars on advertising, and they

offer different delivery models for classes,” Larson said in an email to The Easterner.

Baldwin says that there is often confusion between the Bachelor of Science degree one would get from a four-year university and the Bachelor of Applied Science one would get from a technical program. Baldwin says the two are often advertised as being equal.

The Bachelor of Applied Science degree at a two-year institution is a technical degree which can help students enter the workforce quickly, but students can’t enter a master’s or doctoral program with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree. They must have a Bachelor of Science, according to academic affairs representative Sarahi Gutierrez.

Solutions Conversations between EWU officials regarding enrollment are constantly ongoing, according to Larson.

“With recent reductions to how the

state funds the salaries of employees, the conversation became more important,” Larson said.

Larson said EWU is seeking ways to improve as an institution to enhance enrollment rates by exploring new academic programs and ways to enhance how EWU is advertised as a university.

“EWU is currently working with the faculty on a way to create a curriculum that is more attractive and assessing what is the right size for EWU as an institution,” Baldwin said.

Changes on campus could be implemented as well.

“Adding native prairie or a new science building, or expanding the reach of our programs, such as the addition of the Catalyst Building in downtown Spokane,” Larson said in an email to The Easterner.

“EWU is always committed to its mission, so growing enrollment will always entail the search for new ways to provide transformational experiences for learning,” Larson said. •

Satire

Squirreling away stereotypes ANTHONY CARROLL Contributor Anthony Carroll is a contributor for The Easterner. The opinion expressed in this article is his own, and does not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of The Easterner's editorial board.

For those of you who took the time to read my well thought out plan on how to eradicate the squirrel population on the EWU campus, I thank you. I thank you for the many gift baskets I received and letters advocating for “speedy squirrel extraction.”

However, I must also sincerely apologize.

I never knew quite how ignorant I was of the squirrel community we have here on campus. After my plan was published into The Easterner, I found myself wandering aimlessly around campus, my mind drifting into an endless enigma that left me

standing alone in the quiet of the night in front of a solitary tree. I had never seen this tree before on campus, it was as if it had been struck up instantly by the will of God. Curiosity killed the cat, right? Or was it snooping slew the squirrel? Nevertheless, my interests led me to approaching it.

It was upon closer inspection that I found a hole near its base. Either interest or instinct drove me to entering that hole, but the night feels like such a blur now I can no longer remember. I fell deep into the earth and madness nearly took ahold of me.

I examined the nature of my own being.

Each second of existence, every breath exhumed from my body, each pounding beat of my heart flashed before my eyes, and yet, in an instant, I was sitting in a den of dirt. It was warm, my assumption was that I was alone.

Alas, there was a squirrel in front of me.

He spoke my English tongue, and yet the

only thing he said was, “Come.” He grabbed my hand with his tiny little squirrel hands and led me through a door that I had not noticed prior. He showed me a village of squirrels beneath the Earth. They were a happy civilization, and for the next couple of weeks I lived amongst them as a squirrel, doing squirrel things. They taught me their ways. It was not before long that they accepted me as one of their own.

There was a celebration, and it was a most tremendous show of their hospitality. At the end of the ceremony, I was offered a small cup of golden liquid. I assumed it was pee, but since I wanted to be kind and it had been longer than three hours since I had my last cup, I decided to partake.

I gulped it down, and everything around me went black. I awoke sometime around dusk, there was a heavy fog that laid upon the air. I was lying outside of the President’s

Residence. I had no memory of how I got there, all I remembered were the squirrels.

I cannot tell you whether it was a dream or if it actually happened. I am starting to think that I was drugged or maybe I had an epiphany. My mind is leaning more toward the idea that an epiphanic state took over my body and I was led on a spiritual journey.

I realized my plan to eradicate was filled with malicious intent. These squirrels live here on campus. They were here my freshman year, and as I am now, by the time you are reading this, graduated, they remain here.

I realized my intents springing into the world should be in love. I knew not the ways of the squirrels, but I was shown an existence I never knew. The squirrels belong on campus. We should show every living creature on this earth the love and respect we, ourselves, desire, except snakes. •

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No conclusion was reached regarding obstruction of justice, though the attorney general's summary suggests there is evidence that supports both sides DYLAN HARRIS News Editor The Justice Department announced Sunday, March 24 that special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation did not find evidence that President Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election.” No conclusion was reached, however, as to whether Trump obstructed justice.

This came as good news for Trump, who had referred to the two-year investigation as a “witch hunt” on multiple occasions.

The report was summarized in a fourpage letter by Attorney General William Barr.

While the report clears Trump of any possible collusion charges, the president’s claim of “complete and total exoneration” contradicts Mueller’s findings regarding obstruction of justice. Barr said in his letter that “the report sets out evidence on both sides.”

“The special counsel states that ‘while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him,’” Barr said in his letter to Congress.

Barr’s summary of the report did not satisfy Democrats, who are calling for the full version of the report to be released.

“The fact that special counsel Mueller’s report does not exonerate the president on a charge as serious as obstruction of justice demonstrates how urgent it is that the full report and underlying documentation be made public without any further delay,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer in a statement.

Because Barr said in his letter that he determined that there wasn’t sufficient evidence to bring obstruction of justice charges against Trump, Pelosi and Schumer have raised questions about Barr’s credibility.

President Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Prescott Valley Event Center in Prescott Valley, Arizona. The Mueller report showed no collusion but did not exonerate Trump of wrongdoing.

“Given Mr. Barr’s public record of bias against the special counsel’s inquiry, he is not a neutral observer and is not in a position to make objective determinations about the report,” Pelosi and Schumer said in their statement.

Barr has said publicly that he doesn’t believe there should be changes to the guidelines that block a sitting president from being indicted. In his letter, Barr directly addresses this perceived bias.

“Our determination was made without regard to, and is not based on, the constitutional considerations that surround the indictment and criminal prosecution of a sitting president,” Barr said in his letter.

Barr says he plans on releasing a redacted version of the report by mid-April.

This version will have some information blacked out, such as grand jury material, information that could compromise sensitive sources and information that could affect ongoing investigations.

While Mueller’s findings have thus far been widely viewed as a victory for Trump, the investigations did yield results.

The report, as summarized by Barr, describes the efforts by the Russian government and Russian organizations to interfere in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Thirty-four people were also charged in Mueller’s investigation, including six Trump aides and advisers. The majority of the other people charged were Russians accused of election interference.

Mueller’s findings may not exonerate Trump of any wrongdoing, but they cleared the president of any provable crimes, according to Barr. Democrats are continuing their own investigations, and they plan to authorize a subpoena for the full Mueller report if Barr doesn’t meet their deadline.

So while legal trouble may still be on the horizon for the president, Mueller’s report gives him some breathing room for the time being. •

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ASEWU president and EWU senior Dante Tyler will be attending Gonzaga Law School after he graduates from EWU in June. Tyler has been offered the Thomas More Scholarship.

The Thomas More Scholarship is offered

by Gonzaga to about five first-year law students every year. It pays the full cost of tuition and is renewable for all three years of the program, as long as the student fulfills program requirements. The tuition for a Gonzaga law student is $40,500 a year according to the Gonzaga website.

The scholarship is aimed at students wishing to “realize their commitment to serving the public interest through law,” the website reads. While in the program, students are expected to “complete a significant amount of pro bono public service legal work for which they receive no academic credit or compensation.”

“It’s a public interest scholarship,” said Tyler. “The students go there and do a certain amount of community service … You do that for all three years and then right after, part of the deal is you do three years of public service or public interest law.”

This is all in line with what Tyler says he wants to do after his education is complete.

“I want to help people, to make their lives better,” Tyler said. “Whether that is by being a public servant, being a politician or even being a judge possibly one day. Something in which I can have a tangible focus on the law in a way that helps people by breaking down those systematic barriers.”

While Tyler is more interested in a career in politics than becoming a practicing lawyer, he likes the options that a law degree can provide.

“My goal has always been to go into government, so this is perfect for me,” Tyler said. “But it also allows me to look into other options like being a defense attorney, or practicing some other kind of public-interest law. Maybe something where I wouldn’t make as much money as an attorney, but (because of the scholarship) I would have the opportunity to do it because I don’t have to take on the monstrous debt. This allows me to be able to look at interests other than corporate law while paying off my debt.”

Tyler will start studies at Gonzaga this fall. More information on the Thomas More Scholarship, including instructions on how to apply in the future, can be found on Gonzaga’s website by searching for “Thomas More Scholarship.”•

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Welcoming students back from spring break with a non-ranked list of first-Thursday options

1 Wild Bill's

405 First St. 2 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Pull out those cowboy boots and jeans and get your “howdy partner” on at Bill’s. This bar is great for hanging out with friends for a cold beer and some whisky shooters. Bill’s offers popcorn and its birthday wheel which you can spin for various cash prizes on your birthday. A popular choice for a 21st birthday, people head to Bill's to spin the wheel and try the blowjob shot which consists of amaretto and Irish cream liqueurs topped with whip cream. This bar includes games to play: darts, pool and a punching power game. The relaxed atmosphere makes Bill’s a great place to chill with friends.

2 Monterey

321 W First St. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This smaller bar is typically more popular for its food during the day, but you can come at night and expect a good time. Usually, a shoulder-to-shoulder bar until about midnight, this place is filled with people having a good time. Some choose to play water-pong, others dance to the music, but most just find a spot to sit and talk. Monterey‘s is one of the best places to converse with friends and different students in Cheney.

Typically, during bar hours, this is a place for students.

The bar part itself is rather small, but don’t be scared of the packed floor. If you find yourself here for first Thursday, you are in for a good time.

3 Eagle's Pub

414 First St. 3 p.m. to 2 a.m.

There is typically something for everyone at Eagle’s.

Here you can find a great mix between locals and students for a great small-town bar feel. One of the most popular features of Eagle’s is its karaoke and music. On Thursdays, Eagle’s features its Cheneyfamous gator-piss shots, consisting of a watermelon liqueur and sweet and sour mix, for a low price; these are definitely worth a try on first Thursday. Eagle’s also has a fully-functioning kitchen and a large area for pool, dancing and conversing. This is a great place to start the night and get some good, cheap drinks for you and your friends.

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4 Red Zone

407 First St. Noon to 2 a.m.

The Red Zone is the newest to the Cheney bar scene, consists of an open setup and is well lit. This bar usually offers specials like buy one, get one. Many of the bartenders are students which makes for good conversations and fun times. The Red Zone is great for groups of friends and offers a pleasant time with a more up-and-coming type of feeling. The music here is modern, and fits the vibe you’d expect for a collegetown bar. This is definitely worth the visit and time spent here. The Red Zone can offer students a great time away in a younger crowd.

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5 The Basement

315 First St. 8 p.m. to 2 a.m.

From the low-light environments, to the outfits worn, to even its location, The Basement gives off an underground nightclub type of feel. This bar is underground, ergo The Basement. It ranges from a hangout area to a packed club often hosting a DJ and offers multiple activities: dancing on the stage (which features two dance poles), billiards, darts and a punching power game. There are also large areas for seating and viewing. One of the best parts about this bar is the open dancing to modern music for college-aged people. The Basement offers a specialty called the fruit loops shot, containing vodka, fruit loops and Blue Curaçao. Sticky shoes are unavoidable.

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EWU celebrates 137 years with diversity SAM JACKSON Copy Editor What began as the Benjamin Pierce Cheney Academy Formal School for Children in 1882, has evolved into a university recognized for its diversity known as EWU. April 3. marks the university's 137 birthday.

The name game According to EWU Archives and Special Collections, EWU’s campus was once a formal school named after Cheney’s

namesake Benjamin Pierce Cheney. In March 1890 the academy transformed into the State Normal School at Cheney, a school for teachers. By 1937 the school became Eastern Washington College of Education and was renamed again in 1961 to Eastern Washington State College. The university's current name was granted in 1977.

The earliest records of EWU Archives and Collections that contain details regarding the names and number of students on Eagles territory reach back to the State Normal School. Thirty-four out of 50 of the first students enrolled at the school were Cheney residents. All but two

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students enrolled in 1890 were residents of Washington state.

Diversity Now EWU enrolls students from anywhere, allowing diversity on campus to grow. According to EWU's website, “more than one in three students are from diverse backgrounds.”

EWU earned the 2018 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine during fall quarter. The award recognizes higher education institutions that demonstrate commitment to diversity and inclusion.

This was the first time the university has earned this achievement.

“I think they really looked at us as a whole, and they were impressed by our vision and what we have in place now,” said Dr. Shari Clarke, vice president of diversity and inclusion.

Clarke believes the university is “just at a better place” due to the Multicultural Center, Pride Center, Office for Diversity and Inclusion and the programs offered that cover race and culture.

The Office of Diversity & Inclusion intends to increase the number of students with diverse backgrounds on campus, according to Clarke.

“We are at 15.4% Hispanic Latino students and we would like to be at 25%,” Clarke said. “Our goal is to be a diversity serving institution and a hispanic serving institution. So we’re working on those numbers diligently.

We want to increase our numbers of all underrepresented populations. We want to be sure that everybody who comes here has this incredible, glorious experience here.”

Initiatives Clarke said the Office of Diversity & Inclusion is continually working on initiatives that will promote and expand diversity.

One initiative Clarke mentioned is that EWU joined the Southern Regional Education Board. The board works with institutions to improve public education. Some programs work to increase the number of minority faculty, according to its website. “(SREB) primarily work with doctoral granting institutions and support individuals who are underrepresented women and other underrepresented populations toward their doctorate,” Clarke said. “We are now a part of that, (and) we received a special designation.

So we are allowed to go recruit at the teaching and mentoring institute every single year in an effort to get folks to see who we are as an institution and hopefully encourage some of those underrepresented faculty to join us here.”

Another initiative toward diversity and inclusion the office established is

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the Self-Esteem and Higher Education (SHE) Leadership Academy. The program invites 10 girls from six high schools in Spokane and Cheney once a year to spend a day on campus exposed to higher education and mentored by a female campus leader in an effort to encourage college attendance.

“So we’re everywhere,” Clarke said.

“We’re involved in campus, we’re in the community, and we’re always moving that agenda forward and inclusive excellence forward.”

The associate vice president for student life and the dean of students Amy Johnson said in an email to The Easterner that the university has expressed a clear commitment to being a campus community that welcomes diversity in all its forms.

“We want individuals of every background, belief, and identity to feel included and respected,” Johnson said.

“This is evidenced by the recent hiring of our first vice president for diversity and inclusion and the creation of our first Multicultural Center for students, which we were proud to construct in our newly renovated PUB, along with the EWU Pride Center.”

Johnson said she thinks that the university’s recognition as a recipient of the 2018 HEED Award, speaks to the focus and dedication of diversity on campus.

“Students are responding—and choosing EWU because of it,” Johnson said. “We still have lots of work to do, particularly in terms of attracting and retaining diverse students, faculty, and staff and in developing a high level of cultural competence across our Eagle Family. It’s work that we look forward to tackling together.”

Only 98 institutions received the 2018 HEED Award and three were from Washington state. Clarke said the importance of diversity and inclusion at an institution has to do with preparing all students to live and work in a diverse world.

“It’s a global society," Clarke said. "So we want to be sure that everybody who leaves here is comfortable and aware of diversity and embraces it. And respects diversity in all its incredible formats. And I think that’s what’s really important.”•

“We want individuals of every background, belief and identity to feel included and respected.

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AMY JOHNSON Associate Vice President for Student Life and the Dean of Students

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Looking Back

What are your spring quarter goals and why?

“I want to pass all my classes and get an A in everything. I am a CS major, so I am really just hoping to get through everything but I also plan to meet a lot of people in my classes.”

- Colton Estlund, Sophomore “I would say my biggest goals are just to understand everything in my classes and pass them all and get a good GPA. I am taking a lot harder classes and a full load this quarter."

- Celynne Pope, Sophomore “I want to figure out my major because I am undeclared. I am a sophomore and I think I am going into something like art. I really like drawing, and I’ve done it ever since I was little."

- Makayla Kent, Sophomore “I would say my goals are to learn, but also to push myself past my comfort zone. I usually don’t have to try and pass. I want to try and push myself."

- Annyn Sparling, Junior “I really just want to get good grades. The fact is not to procrastinate, like I tell myself (that) a lot each quarter. I just need to stay on top of things. I plan to go to the library more."

- Jafeth Luna, Junior

'College Queen' THE EASTERNER Archives This story was originally published in The Easterner Vol. 19, No. 28 in 1969 and has not been changed except for AP style.

Kathleen Marie Kay, a sophomore at Eastern, has been chosen to represent Washington in the National College Queen Pageant held in Palm Beach, Florida, in April, and will be competing for the title of National College Queen.

Based on her scholastic accomplishments and her leadership in campus activities, Miss Kay was chosen as State Winner from among approximately 300 college girls in Washington.

The 20-year-old Miss Kay is a member of Chi Omega sorority and is majoring in English. She is presently the AWS secretary, vice-president of her sorority and secretary of Dressler Hall.

Miss Kay will leave on April 11, traveling by plane to West Palm Beach. There, she will participate in a series of forums and will face nearly 40 national judges – educators, journalists, celebrities, who will score each finalist on her knowledge, academic achievements, personality, poise, and record of service to her college and her community.

Miss Kay said she entered the contest through her sorority and added “I’m very grateful to be chosen and I am really looking forward to the trip.”

The entire pageant will be filmed for television, in color. Miss Kay will appear throughout the film, which will later be presented as a TV special on stations throughout America. The Coronation of the new “National College Queen” will be on Sunday evening, April 20.

For the past year, hundreds of college newspapers across the nation have encouraged students to enter this competition. Candidates were also nominated by sororities and campus club groups. The final judging was completed recently in

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WASHINGTON College Queen Kathleen M. Kay will represent Eastern in the National College Queen Pageant in Palm Beach, Fla., this month, competing with finalists from each state.

New York City, where the 50 finalists were selected.

While in Florida, the contestants can win more than $5,000 in prizes, including a trip to Europe and a Pontiac “Firebird” convertible.

The college girls will spend 10 days in Florida, living at the Palm Beach Towers. During a series of seminars and competitive events, each of the young women will be asked to voice her opinions on a wide range of subjects. Forums will be conducted on education, and campus life, general knowledge, current events, fashions

and career goals.

To encourage safe driving among millions of college students, during the Pageant the Center For Safety Education of New York University will giving driving instructions. Candidates will demonstrate their knowledge of highway and pedestrian safety, with awards being presented by Pontiac.

One factor which helped Miss Kay reach the National Finals was an essay she wrote entitled “Why I Decided To Attend College.” •

Confessions These posts were originally published on Twitter @ConfessionsEWU. The purpose of this platform is to provide a safe-place for students to comfortably share their experiences and to support one another. The account @ConfessionsEWU is not affiliated with The Easterner and is independently operated by an EWU student. In order to submit confessions, please go to @EWU_Confessions on Instagram.

“I want to graduate.

I want to be more on Cheney campus more than Spokane campus.

I also want to exceed assignment goals and expectations, now that I have more time."

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All-time best intramural team names

Freshman Elijah Hammer competes in the javelin toss at the Buc Scoring Classic at Whitworth University on March 16. Hammer finished fifth with a 55.20 meter throw.

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Spring intramural season is starting up, and teams need to be in by April 11. We rank the top five team names found from the past intramural champions list going back to 1993. Some aged better than others, like 2001 men's football 'B' champions "Michael Jackson's two handed touch."

Track rakes during spring break Eagles bag 18 first-place finishes across two outdoor meets

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Taylor Newquist Sports Editor In the two weekends before and after spring break, the track and field team competed in two meets, serving mostly as warm-ups for the outdoor season.

The first was the 14th annual Sam Adams Classic at Whitworth from March 22-23. The Eagles held out most of their competitors fielding only nine athletes from the men's team and 11 from the women's team.

EWU earned three first-place finishes: senior Larry Still in the pole vault, freshman Garrett Peoples in the shot put and senior Madison Doepker in the hammer throw.

The following weekend the Eagles competed in the Al Manuel Invitational in Missoula, Montana. EWU collected 15 first-place finishes in the meet that featured mostly EWU, Montana and Montana State athletes.

Notably, junior Keshun McGee picked up where he left off in the indoor season, winning the triple jump and long jump. His marks leave him first in the Big Sky for the triple jump and second in the long jump behind freshman Zach Nunis from Idaho, who finished second place behind McGee in both events during the indoor championships.

The Eagles now have three outdoor events under their belts with seven remaining until the BSC outdoor championships on May 8.

The team will compete locally for the next two weeks, going to the WAR XII held at Spokane Falls Community College on April 5-6 and EWU's lone home meet, the 48th Puller Invitational, the following weekend.•

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Larry Still • Still broke his own EWU pole vault record at the Sam Adams Classic on March 23.

• His vault of 5.23m is good for the No. 22 spot nationally this outdoor season.

Sophie Bowles • Bowles won the 100 and 200 meter dashes at the Al Manuel Inviational on March 30.

• Both marks put her in the top 25 for the Big Sky outdoor rankings.

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Prop 48's 2005 men's basketball tournament champions must not have had the test scores needed for the NCAA.

Shirts for sure 2002 men's softball champions give the answer to the age-old shirts or skins question for all the thick boys out

Two bump chumps 2017 coed volleyball tournament champions only needed to change one letter for their less than mature pun.

Four play 2001 coed volleyball champions made sure to let everyone know how many players they had on the team.

Pudendal pirates 2006 men's softball tournament champions sought to educate on one of the more sensitive nerves.

Tweet of the week McPherson wants all the GU smoke

Garrett Peoples • Peoples won first place in the shot put at Sam Adams Classic and the Al Manuel Invitational.

• His 15.78m mark at the Al Manuel Invitational is the No. 7 best in the Big Sky.

Although I would argue that baseball is the top dog among team spring sports, the reinstatement of a program at EWU is a far cry from reality. The Big Sky doesn't have a college baseball league, so the team would have to find a home elsewhere.

I understand that the school opts for more individual sports to conserve scholarships and bolster the product that runs onto the red field in the fall, but that doesn't mean EWU should give up on fielding a team sport for the spring.

EWU's leading rusher last season took to Twitter at the start of the NCAA Tournament to call out people expecting him to root for the Bulldogs at the Big Dance.

GU made it to the Elite 8 before losing to Texas Tech.

I did grow partial to track and field as the beat writer for the team last year, but track only holds one spring meet the entire year.

And nobody can tell me with a straight face that the average person is going to come out to a six hour track meet.

Golf and tennis are in the same boat. The closest the golf team competed this year was over 1,000 miles away in St. George, Utah.

Instead, a softball team would fit the bill. It would allow the school to balance scholarships in coordinance with Title IX

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regulations, as well garner that sweet spring sound of a cracking bat.

Seven of the 11 BSC members compete in softball, and EWU would join the ranks of Weber State, Idaho State, Sacramento State, Portland State, Montana, Southern Utah and Northern Colorado. Who would argue that another chance to beat the Grizzlies would be a bad thing?

There is a hole in the spring sports lineup at EWU. It can only be filled by the hightened emotions that team sports bring.•

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Football Saturdays give off familiar senses to EWU students and alumni, with the red turf shining in the foreground, the smell of hot dogs in the air and the sound of slightly intoxicated screams carrying into the distance.

Another familiar sound on game day is the EWU marching band, which leads fans, cheerleaders and players in the showcase of school spirit.

The marching band has a walk-on policy, encouraging all EWU students with musical experience to join.

Director of Bands Don Goodwin told The Easterner about the open-door policy.

“Marching band is a community band basically,” Goodwin said. “If you’re an Eastern student and you have a background in band, then you can join without an audition.”

Senior Kendall Parrett, a music education major and clarinet player, told The Easterner the current band members spend time recruiting potential players.

“We kind of ask around,” Parrett said. “It’s open to anybody on campus. We need instruments of all types.”

The marching band, which consisted of roughly 90 members during the 2018 football season, is divided into section leaders. Those leaders meet and come up with set lists and chants to perform on gameday, a process that begins in June before the season begins. The band practices three times a week in two-hour sessions.

“The set list is interesting,” Goodwin said. “We have a stable of songs that we’ve played for years, and we’re always adding to that.”

Goodwin said the marching band likes to play certain songs for different situations in the football games.

“We play the Darth Vader theme when the team is about ready to start on offense,” Goodwin said. “When they’re on defense ... it depends on athletic marketing. I have to interact with them and they might say, ‘hey, we want to do these various things when we’re on defense.’ We have certain things we play at different times in the game.”

Goodwin said that some, but not all, students in the marching band are on scholarship.

“We offer performance-based scholarships to those that audition,” Goodwin said. “The marching band has a percentage of students that are on scholarship based on their auditions and their merit, basically.”

The musicians that play at Reese Court during basketball and some volleyball games are part of a specialized group called Code Red. To become a member of Code Red, students are required to be a part of marching band and go through a blind audition process. All students in Code Red are on scholarship. The amount they get is dependent on their attendance and performance. “(Scholarships) are how we reward them for being a member of that ensemble,” Goodwin said. “It’s based on their performing at games. If they play all 20 games or whatever it ends up being, they get the max scholarship that’s available.”

The name Code Red originated from the athletic marketing department. Goodwin said there were various names being thrown around when the department called, and the choice was easy.

“I’m always reminded of the great Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson movie,” Goodwin said in reference to the 1992 film A Few Good Men. “‘Did you order the Code Red?’ I

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Senior saxophone player Nicholas Walsh performs with Code Red at a basketball game on Feb. 28. During games band members typically taunt opposing teams, including yelling "50% is still failing" every time a player makes one-of-two free throw attempts. don’t know, it just sounds cool.”

Senior Nicholas Walsh, a jazz performance major, plays saxophone in marching band and is a third-year member of Code Red. He told The Easterner that the songs played by Code Red at basketball and volleyball games is dependent on various game scenarios.

“We have a setlist at the top, before the game starts,” Walsh said. “If the game is really intense we play … something to really reflect the mood of how the game is going: if the game is really close, if we’re stomping them, if the team is falling behind and needs a little encouragement. If the refs are making really bad calls we play ‘Forget You.’”

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Parrett noted that while the marching band shares a common interest in music, the various personalities within the group add to its community.

“The funny thing is about the band, is you would think there’s one personality about a band person, but no, there’s sub-personalities,” Parrett said. “The flutists have a slightly different attitude than the clarinetists. Don’t even get me started on the trumpet attitude. There’s a bunch of little micro-societies.”

The band and its multitude of personalities won’t be performing for any of the spring sports, but will be back in action when the football team charges onto the Inferno this fall.•

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Left: Freshman pitcher Cassidy Kennedy hits ground balls at practice. Right: Baseball club president Jake Richards steps onto a mound during practice. The softball and baseball clubs practiced in the field house in the winter, while the snow was on the ground in preparation for their spring seasons.

The diamond shines on club sports Without official baseball and softball teams, clubs carry on America's pastime DREW LAWSON Reporter Baseball has not been an official sport at EWU since 1990, and the school is one of four Big Sky Conference members without a softball team, which leaves club sports as the only opportunity for Eagles to toss the hardball.

The baseball club consists of 26 members. They play with aluminum bats and compete in the National Collegiate Baseball Association, which is considered Division II club competition. Most games are nine innings, but if the team plays a doubleheader, one game will be seven.

EWU is part of a five-team league within the NCBA called the Northern Pacific-North Conference. The other four schools include familiar names: Idaho, Montana, Gonzaga and Washington State. The regular season lasts approximately 12-15 games. It began in early March and runs through late April.

The winners of each conference throughout the country have the opportunity to continue playing in the postseason. Club vice president and catcher Christian Lopez told The Easterner about the advancement process.

“We go four weekends of league games,” Lopez said. “Then regionals and nationals.”

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Club president and senior pitcher Jake Richards said that regionals are in Idaho, but EWU hasn’t advanced that far since the year before Richards came to college.

EWU plays its home games approximately 10 miles north of Cheney in Medical Lake. The Eagles were scheduled to host the Vandals to open the season in a series on March 2-3, but the series was called due to snow. The next scheduled series is against Gonzaga, also in Medical Lake, the first weekend of April.

Prospective members of the club, which charges $60 per quarter for membership, are recommended to register during fall quarter in order to be able to take part in all practices and games.

“In the fall we started practicing and play one or two weekends,” Richards said. “Winter quarter, that’s when we start getting ready for the season … Winter quarter is the last chance to join. Most people join in the fall. If you want to join in the winter you can.”

Junior Alex Larsen, who plays second and third base for EWU, was invited to go to camps to potentially walk on at West Virginia University and the University of Maryland. A shoulder surgery forced him to redshirt at Shoreline Community College instead. After transferring to EWU, he said he has enjoyed the competition the NCBA brings.

“When I got to club here, everybody was trying to have fun and push everybody to be better.”

Larsen said. “It’s been a really good experience … You see us out on the field and we’re probably one of the most competitive bunches.”

The fastpitch club is similar to the baseball club. EWU competes in the National Collegiate Softball Association. There are five teams in its conference, the Pacific Region North. The other four teams are WSU, GU, Boise State University and University of Oregon.

The Eagles have started the season 0-3 after getting swept in March by Oregon. Their next series is the weekend of April 6 at WSU. Club president and second baseman Bridget Black has been with the club for two and a half years.

She said the team plays two to three seven-inning games in a series. Black noted the low cost of joining the club.

“We charge about $30 per quarter,” Black said. “(It’s) pretty affordable.”

Currently, there are 14-15 team members. Similar to the baseball club, softball practices twice a week in the Fieldhouse year round, with a few non-league games in the fall and regular league play in the spring. Practices for the regular season ramp up during winter quarter.

Junior catcher Toni Cloud said the communication and

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community of the team has been a positive experience in her first year on the club.

“It’s been a lot of fun,” Cloud said.

“These girls make the time to practice with each other, and we’re always flexible on when to meet … We have a random group chat that makes us be friends as well as teammates.”

Freshman third baseman Valerie

Zaragoza said the team could do well this season.

“There’s lot of skill here,” Zaragoza said. “Everyone here is really nice, and there’s definitely talent here. I think it’s going to be a pretty good season.”

More information on both clubs can be found on the EWU Club Sports website.•

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Bring baseball back to Cheney Taylor Newquist is the Sports Editor for The Easterner. The overtly hyperbolic opinion expressed in this article is his own and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of The Easterner's editorial board.

Stumbling through the dark frozen tundra of the EWU campus during winter quarter seeded gloom TAYLOR NEWQUIST Sports Editor deep into my mind. But the sun is finally breaking through, and that can only mean two things: there is hope for us, and it's time for baseball.

Baseball is one of the best sports to attend, especially when the sun is out and it is coupled with all the stereotypes of hot dogs and crackerjacks.

The thing missing from EWU's spring sports lineup is a spectacle. The Eagles' baseball team disbanded in 1990 due to a $175,000 deficit in the athletic department budget, and now its time to bring back America's game, a sport older than See Newquist, pg. 10 EWU itself.

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