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V100 • N1• Independent student journalism SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 V100 N15 Independent Student Journalism

Custodians, the Unsung Heros of EWU February 23, 2017

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3 News 8 A&E 10 Features 12 Opinion 14 Sports

Easterner Asks: What is your worst test taking experience?

Staff List Editor-in-Chief Rosie Perry 509-359-6737 easterner.editor@ewu.edu Managing Editor Brad Brown easterner.mngeditor@ewu.edu

Aly Doloughan junior “I had an anxiety attack in class while I was taking a test.”

Bernt Goodson senior “Community college, I showed up to my pre-calc class and didn’t realize I had a test that day so I showed up totally illprepared, failed the test.”

Hannah Lewis freshman ”My chemistry final last quarter. I kind of guessed on everything because it didn’t make any sense.”

Spencer Glass freshman “I didn’t really study the night before. I had no time because I was studying for other tests.”

Amy Holt sophomore “My professor, in a 50 minute class, decided to make it a final instead of like a 50 minute test.

Kody Kuk junior “I took Calc I [and we had an exam that] was eight pages long and we had 30 minutes to do it. [Nobody] finished and there was four pages left which he then had to give us as a separate test to finish.”

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Abbi Vance | Art Director For our features section this week, we decided to shine the spotlight on the unsung heroes on our campus, the custodians. We felt that featuring them on the front page would be a good thank you to not only them, but all our custodians.

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NEWS

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International Women’s Day is Coming to EWU Colette-Janae Buck Copy Editor Working in partnership with businesses and universities across Spokane, the EWU Women’s Center will bring both renowned visual artist Favianna Rodriguez and regional author Megan Kruse to lead workshops in celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD).

Celebrated annually on March 8, IWD commemorates the social, political and economic achievements made by women around the world, while attempting to build upon those achievements, according to the International Women’s Day website.

Candace Martin, EWU Women’s Studies program coordinator, and this year’s chair of the Spokane Women’s Day

event, said the choice to bring Rodriguez to EWU as a keynote speaker and workshop leader was in response to this year’s IWD theme, “be bold for change.”

“We think the way she uses art particularly appeals to our students who are interested in both activism and art,” Lisa Logan, EWU Women’s Center manager, said.

Logan also said that sponsors of Spokane’s IWD were interested in

having Rodriguez be a guest at this years celebration.

Sponsors include “EWU Women’s Studies Center, EWU Student Activities, Involvement, and Leadership (SAIL), EWU Chicano/Chicana Studies Program, Gonzaga University Women’s and Gender Studies Program and Gonzaga University Unity Multicultural Education Center (UMEC),” Martin said via email.

The sponsor list also included many other local groups and individuals.

“Immigration is a huge topic being discussed right now, and several sponsors were interested in having her, so we decided to fundraise and bring her to EWU,” Logan said.

Rodriguez is based out of Oakland, California, and is known

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Women’s Day continued... internationally for her interdisciplinary visual art, which she uses as a method of activism to discuss social issues, such as immigration and interdependence. She is also the executive director of Culture Strike, according to a Feb. 13 EWU Women’s Center press release.

“Her mission is to create profound and lasting social change in the world,” said Martin. “She will bring a unique perspective on how to enact that lasting social change.”

Rodriguez will be leading the keynote speech on March 4, from 1:15-2:15 p.m.

Afterwards, individuals attending the event can chose between three different workshops. “Applying Mindfulness,” hosted

by Dori Langenvin, “Bollywood Dance,” hosted by Naghmana Sherazi and “Activism 101,” hosted by Liz Moore at the Spokane Woman’s Club.

Regional author Megan Kruse, whose debut novel “Call Me Home” was released in 2015, will also be participating in the IWD celebrations on EWU’s campus where she will lead a keynote and discussion on March 8 from 4-6 p.m.

Kruse teaches fiction at Eastern Oregon University. She studied creative writing at

Oberlin College and earned her MFA at the University of Montana.

Participants can also take part in the tabling events offered during Spokane’s IWD. Martin said the event’s sponsors “will be having tabling events where sponsors can present their work and community members can view the resources available in their communities.”

EWU students wishing to attend the event’s scheduled on March 3 and 4 are encouraged to pre-register through the Spokane IWD Eventbrite page in order to reserve one of the 50 available spots, Martin said.

Opportunities to volunteer are also available for interested individuals.

Martin said students looking to get involved can sign up to help during the March 4 event by contacting Annica Eagle of Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and Northern Idaho at annica.eagle@ppgwni.org. •

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Infamous EWU fires Now Have a Wikipedia Page Logan Stanley Staff Reporter On Feb. 15, EWU Libraries hosted a Wikipedia editing event that tasked students, faculty and staff with the assignment of constructing an entry about the EWU fires into the website’s database.

Referred to as an “edit-athon,” it is the second rendition of the event and is organized by EWU’s Education Librarian, James Rosenzweig.

“It’s a chance for us to choose something about Eastern’s history that isn’t covered on Wikipedia and to use the resources we have in the library, in our archives, special collections to add material to Wikipedia,” Rosenzweig said, who has been an administrator at Wikipedia since August 2003.

This year’s selection was the Eastern fires that occurred in 1891, 1912 and 1977. Wikipedia has no articles on their site about the fires. Last year, the editing event produced an article on EWU’s Red Reese, the coach who has won the most games in the history of EWU. Those who chose to participate in editing were armed with laptops and supplemented with stacks of papers. Tables were designated for each fire. Scattered across the tables were printed newspaper articles sourced from microfilm: traditional scans of old newspapers, a few books written about EWU, maps of Cheney and State Normal School (EWU’s former name) and meeting minutes from the Board of Trustees.

In all, Rosenzweig said “we probably got 60-70 different unique resources.”

With their laptops and newspaper articles, those editing scoured and poured over the information to add to each specific entry. Dates, times and locations were all checked to ensure accuracy of the new passage being put into Wikipedia.

The first fire that happened in 1891 burned down the entire university -- which consisted of one

building -- and was then referred to as the State Normal School. The fire was reportedly caused “when a leaking hydrant soaked a pile of lime next to the building.”

The school was finally rebuilt, but then a portion, a main classroom and an office building, subsequently burned down in 1912. The cause is allegedly unknown but “was speculated to be faulty wiring.”

Rosenzweig said that after the first two fires, the state of Washington was unsure if they wanted to pay to rebuild the school. Quite literally, EWU came very close to ceasing to exist.

Ultimately, the school was rebuilt.

The most recent fire, which happened in 1977, burned down the entire Old Fieldhouse. Rosenzweig said there was already a three sentence article on the 1977 fire, so their intentions were to add onto the existing material. As of now, all three fires have Wikipedia entries.

The turnout was stronger than last year, with more students already showing up in the first few hours of the event than the totality of the previous year, Rosenzweig said.

One of the participants was EWU graduate student Angel Rios, who has attended both editing events.

“It was kind of fun to be in a room doing something I’m so passionate about with people who aren’t necessarily studying history the same way I do, but they’re very interested in what is taking place in the history of the institution,” Rios said.

Rios -- who is also the treasurer of Phi Alpha Theta, EWU’s history club -- was encouraged to come to the event as an aspiring historian.

She said she was sure there were more than two fires and wanted to find out for herself.

Looking ahead, the plan is to put on the edit-a-thon again next year, but the topic remains undecided, Rosenzweig said. •

EWU Student Representatives Lobby for New Science Building and New Science Major ASEWU representatives taveled to Olympia to discuss the growing student population.

Kyle Fredricks Staff Reporter In an effort to help expand EWU’s academics and further the growth of the university, ASEWU and EWU students met with legislators in Olympia on Feb. 16-17 to discuss certain topics prevalent to EWU. The ASEWU and EWU students planned a 50 student trip to show their support and have their voices heard.

Topics that were on the agenda dealt with targeted investments to help improve the university. These included funding the College of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (CSTEM) limited capacity and creating a new degree in Computer Engineering, as well as addressing the teacher shortage.

CSTEM enrollment over the last eight years have grown by 33 percent, with no increase in faculty according to EWU’s state operating budget priorities. With the funding, more core science and math

classes will be available to students in order to keep up with the growing enrollment.

The creation of a new degree in Computer Engineering (CpE) was also discussed. CpE is the combination of computer science and electrical engineering.

The CpE program is headed by Dr. Steve Simmons and Dr. Uri Rogers. Simmons said state legislators should be very glad to hear about EWU’s CpE proposal and budget request because of how popular and successful EWU’s Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences programs have been.

The Washington State Legislature decided it is an idea worth investing in, and other universities such as Western Washington University (WWU), UW and WSU have offered and been funded for new majors. The cost of EWU’s proposal is $2.1 million, according to EWU’s state operating budget priorities.

Simmons said one obstacle that stands in the way of getting a CpE degree is that it is hard for the legislators to understand what exactly computer engineering is.

Simmons also said that Rep. Drew Hanson, along with a few other legislators, have made it known that they want to leave EWU out of the campaign for the degree and have told that personally to EWU’s Dean of CSTEM, Dr. David Bowman.

ASEWU is also addressing the teacher shortage with this trip to Olympia. This proposal would cost $7.5 million and would increase the the number of graduating teacher candidates to 300 per year and the number of endorsements to 425 per year in the next five years, according to EWU’s state operating budget priorities.

The emphasis will be placed on subjects in high-need areas, such as rural educators, STEM and English language learning, as well as special education programs.

Another topic discussed focused on student success and making sure students have the resources they need to succeed and graduate.

The Graduation Project, which will cost $2.6 million, focuses on meeting

the goals of the state. The goal of this program is to make sure each student has the necessary resources to increase the number of university graduates while decreasing the time needed for students to earn a degree. •

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First Immigration Conference Comes to EWU

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The Movement Performance Finalizes Black History Month The Movement: 50 Years of Love and Struggles on Feb. 28 at noon to 2 p.m. in the Showalter Auditorium, will demonstrate the highlights of political, social, cultural change of the nearly 50 years since the passage of the “Voting Rights Act of 1965.” This will show the generation transition from “Black Power” to “Post-Racial” AfricanAmerican exeprience.

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Marco Vargas For The Easterner EWU’s Immigration Conference invites campus community members, including students and parents, to the Showalter Auditorium on Feb. 24 to discuss the current public tension around the subject of immigration.

Pui-Yan Lam, EWU professor of sociology, said the idea for the Immigration Conference is to educate the campus community on different immigration topics.

“I think since the election, there are different developments, concerns and fears,” said Lam. “But I think in general, I find that personally a lot of people are not very knowledgeable about our immigration policies or the dynamics that contribute to migration.”

Lam also said there is a need to help people better understand why there is migration and whether people are migrating for economic reasons or political reasons, like refugees. She also said the contribution to migration is part of the global process.

Nydia Martinez, EWU professor of chicano studies and history, said another aspect of the immigration conference is to offer support for multiple communities and for people who are interested on the subject or have immigrant family members.

“It is also to help people who are interested in supporting our communities, even if they don’t know how to do it,” said Martinez. “The conference is a guide of how to be effective in support.”

Lam and Martinez said this year will be the first time EWU will have the Immigration Conference.

“I do not think that we have had any conference specifically on a topic like immigration,” Lam said.

The Immigration Conference will feature keynote speaker Cathi Tactaquin. Lam said the speaker will help the audience learn about the United States in global context.

Martinez said she is not sure if the immigration conference will be an annual event, but said that EWU could have a conference on a different topic.

“I think having this kind of platform, whether if it is going to be about immigration or about another topic, is what the university is about,” said Martinez.

“We picked immigration as a topic because it is timely.

Maybe it is a topic that we need to focus on and have new developments that might help us do another immigration conference.”

Martinez said the conference is not just designed for students but to be an inclusive space of dialogue for the staff, community and faculty.

Lam said the idea of the immigration conference came up after the outcome of the election.

“We recognized that there was a need for our campus communities to have greater information and knowledge on the subject,” Lam said.

Lam said she expects a large turnout at the immigration conference.

“I hope we will have a wide variety of participants,” said Lam. “Some might be immigrants themselves.

Some are not. We do try to build a conference with a wide range of participants that would benefit from it.” •

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EWU Ties for First in Recycling Nationals Riley Baker Staff Reporter EWU football performed well in 2016 both on the field and in the stands, from a recycling standpoint that is.

EWU tied for first place with Ohio University in the 2016 GameDay Recycling Challenge with a diversion rate of 95.6 percent. The challenge is a competition between 79 colleges nationwide to reduce the amount of waste produced at home football games in the fan and tailgate areas.

“The idea is to divert as much of the waste that’s generated by a home football game from the landfill,” EWU Transportation Supervisor Scott Buck said.

They did just that on Oct. 29 in a game against Montana when 0.57 pounds per person was recycled, and 2,667,245 pounds of materials were recycled or composted throughout the challenge nationwide in 2016.

This is the seventh year EWU participated in the challenge after finishing fourth in diversion rate in 2015. This year the EWU gameday facility service team had a lot more help, Buck said.

“The first year that we did this that I was here, we didn’t really do anything but collect in the collection bins,” said Buck. “The third year they went to all compostable items in the stadium so that made it a lot easier.”

Along with the compostable items, facility services also spent time educating the fans with

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ambassadors and announcements on the scoreboard. This year they focused more on the tailgating section, moving away from trash cans and giving them all trash bags with instructions on them while rewarding them with Inferno Shop gift cards for using them correctly, Buck said.

“It’s really improved over the years,” said EWU Sustainability Coordinator Erik Budsberg. “So I’d say that the bump we saw there probably from this year to last year was just volunteer work, more hands on. It takes a lot of work to be able to do that.”

After finishing tied for first in 2016, they said they will increase focus on the tailgaters in 2017 to try and get their diversion rate even higher. •

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POLICE BEAT

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Kristi Lucchetta News Editor

Hit and Run February 14

Two students reported their parked vehicles were hit another vehicle in Parking Lot 5. A witness observed a green truck backing up into a vehicle and then pulling forward and hitting another vehicle. The truck then proceeded to leave the scene. The witness gave officers the suspects license plate number. Officers made contact with the registered owner and he said his daughter, a student a EWU, was the one driving the car at the time. Officers made sure information was exchanged between the suspect and victims.

Hit and Run

Theft

Alcohol Offense

Drug Violation

A female student parked her vehicle at the 1100 block on Elm Street at about 4 p.m. When she returned at about 5 p.m., she found a dent near her license plate. There was no paint transferred onto her vehicle. There are currently no suspects or witnesses.

An EWU Dell Latitude laptop went missing in Patterson Hall room 148. A female student rented the laptop from the JFK Library and had the laptop behind her from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. The laptop is worth about $1,300, and the number on it is E6540. There are currently no suspects.

Officers responded to an alcohol violation around 12:15 a.m. on the fifth floor in Streeter Hall.

Officers made contact and found that five students were underage, and two were over the age of 21.

All of the minor students declined a preliminary breath test and were charged with minor-in-possession.

Around 10:05 p.m., officers observed a group of students entering the elevator in Pearce Hall that smelled of marijuana. Officers entered the elevator and the students went up to the sixth floor.

Officers made contact with the male student who was the resident of the room and received a consent to search. Officers found marijuana wax and an e-cig. The student was arrested and referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities.

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Officers responded to a possible trespass in snyamncut Hall. The male student was told by Student Rights and Responsibilities that he was only permitted to go onto the first floor of the building, allowed during events and into the Residential Life office. The officers responded to the person who reported the student who was then advised to get a restraining order.

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Anyone who has any information on a pending investigation please call EWU Police Department at (509)359-7676 or the Anonymous Tip Line at (509)359-4286.

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A&E

Painting with Passion Hannah Kelly For The Easterner

For most artists that enjoy the creative process, art is a way to express who you are, develop creative skills, learn from your mistakes and unleash your creativity.

“Making art is a huge part of my life, it inspires me to grow and change everyday,” Jessa Morissey, an EWU art student said.

Morissey said she wants to inspire creativity and make art with high schoolers, and is majoring in secondary art education.

“I take art classes at Eastern to expand my creativity and intuition when it comes to making art, we have been gifted with great resources called art professors,” Morissey said.

Having many finished pieces of art, Morissey said she likes to display and show at festivals like them Kirkland Summer Fest in 2015. One of her favorite pieces, and also one of her most recent, is called “The Amethyst Forest.”

“I am proud of this painting because it was an idea that I’ve wanted to explore for a long time,” said Morrisey. “I also am a huge rock and crystal lover, so incorporating my two passions into one artwork was very fun for me.”

Set to graduate in the spring, Morrisey said she wants to use her degree to help the next generation of kids to learn and explore art as much as she did while in school.

“When you wake up every morning with a desire to create things, I guess that is when you know,” Morrisey said. •

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Jessa Morissey poses in front of her most recent painting, “Amethyst Forest” | Hannah Kelly for The Easterner

EVENTS

Courtesy of the Spokane Arena

Blake Shelton Concert Blake Shelton’s “Doing it to Country Songs Tour” makes its second stop in Spokane. The concert includes songs from his album “If I’m Honest,” as well as a special guest performance with the season 11 winner of “The Voice.”

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Registration

When: Feb. 24 Time: 7:30 p.m.

Where: 720 W. Mallon Ave. Spokane, WA Cost: Tickets for adults start at $32

Priority registration for spring quarter starts this week. Look at the list below for information on when registration starts for you. The dates are based on your class standing. Spring registration is based on total graded credits through the prior fall quarter.

Seniors (135+ credits): Feb. 22-23 Juniors (90-134 credits): Feb. 24-27

Courtesy of EWU Gamers Club

Sophomores (45-89 credits): Feb. 28 to March 1 Freshmen (0-44 credits): March 2-3

Courtesy of EWU Student Affairs

Friday Game Night

Immigration Conference

Join the Gamers Club’s weekly game night. Games include Magic, Yu-GiOh, various board games, WiiU with Smash Brothers and Mario Kart.

Learn about immigration and the current political climate in the U.S. while listening to Keynote Speaker Cathi Tactaquin.

When: Feb. 24 Time: 4:30 p.m.

Where: Patterson 220 Cost: Free

When: Feb. 24 Time: noon to 4 p.m.

Where: Showalter Auditorium Cost: Free

Courtesy of EWU Student Affairs

The Movement & BlackJew Dialogues Enjoy “The Movement,” a one man show about the changing face of the AfricanAmerican experience. Then, attend the “Black-Jew Dialogues,” a comedy that promotes cultural awareness and encourages honest dialogue.

When: Feb. 28 Time: The Movement at noon, Black-Jew Dialogues at 7 p.m.

Where: Showalter Auditorium Cost: Free

Courtesy of CYT Spokane

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Enjoy a performance of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” a musical that playfully reinvents an Old Testament tale.

When: Feb. 24 Time: 7 p.m.

Where: 901 W. Sprague Avenue Spokane, WA Cost: $14 in advance, $16 at the door

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FEATURES

Nichol Baker (right) and William Canfield (left) work as custodians on the EWU campus | Whitney Bolar for The Easterner

More than Just a Job

EWU custodians find deeper meaning in their work Erin Rebar A&E and Features Editor In his free time, EWU custodian William Canfield likes spending time at home, playing legos with his kids.

“I spend a lot of time with my kids doing that,” said Canfield.

“I have two, a 5-year-old and a 9-year-old. They are both wild.”

In charge of the maintenance and cleanliness of six buildings on campus, Canfield is young enough that he could easily be mistaken for a student. His easy smile and slouchily tucked in uniform doesn’t feel out of place on a college campus,

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though a second glance might tell you that he is in fact part of an often overlooked workforce and not a student at all.

Canfield has worked at Eastern for almost four years, first as a parttime worker doing weekends and then as a full-time custodial member.

Before EWU, he worked odd jobs

here and there — factory work with his dad and refurbishing homes and concrete, among others. He launched himself into the workforce almost immediately, dropping out of Cheney High School and getting his GED, a move that he credits mainly to his desire to put some distance between himself and his parents.

“Of course now I regret it,” said Canfield. “Now I try my hardest to see my parents as often as I can, but we all live lives. It can be hard sometimes.”

Nichol Baker, another EWU custodian, went to high school with Canfield and graduated in 2008. She spends her days in JFK, cleaning the main lobby.

When she started at EWU, she had three jobs on top of her custodial position. Now that she is a full-time custodian, she makes enough that she can survive on just the one job. This, Baker said, is a primary reason that she works here at EWU. Being able to quit her other jobs has given her more time to do the things she loves.

In her free time, Baker enjoys camping and hunting, as well as crocheting. She makes hats, scarves, cat toys, shark tails and little donuts, as well as other miscellaneous crochet crafts. She has a website and sells her creations on Etsy, but for Baker, crocheting is not as much a side-job as it is a hobby.

“It’s not a business,” said Baker.

“I would rather sell you something super cheap and see you smile from it. It’s fun. I like it. [I go to] craft fairs where all the little old ladies come over. It’s adorable.”

Baker hopes to eventually complete her A.A. degree and maybe go on to be a veterinarian. Her dream is to one day buy her own house in the Airway Heights area.

In his near and distant future, Canfield plans on obtaining a maintenance custodian position in the new PUB, and then later making the move up into maintenance.

However high he climbs the proverbial ladder, Canfield said he hopes he can stay at EWU. The hospitality at EWU, he said, is unrivaled. “[You’re] welcomed with open arms here,” said Canfield, “no matter who you are or where you’re from. You don’t get that out in the open market for jobs.”

Canfield says he believes his job in custodial is about more than just cleaning up. For Canfield, being a custodian is about service and helping the students and faculty of EWU have the best experience they can on campus.

“I’m a people pleaser,” said Canfield. “I like to make people happy. Providing an area that’s clean and sanitized makes people happy, whether they say it right off the bat or not. No one walks into a bathroom and goes, ‘uhh, I don’t wanna go in here,’ without thinking that the custodian is not doing their job. It’s satisfying to me to provide a positive service for people. Something that makes them appreciate every day.”

Though Canfield said he feels his position often gets overlooked, he also believes that the students and faculty of EWU tend to be more appreciative than people elsewhere.

“I’ve had students, just for no reason, stop me and thank me for what I’m doing,” said Canfield.

“I’ve had teachers, faculty and staff do the same thing.”

Baker has had similar experiences here at EWU. “A lot of people don’t actually pay attention to us,” said Baker. “We are just a fly on the wall. We don’t really do anything. But other people will thank me every single day.”

While she said she believes most of her coworkers see custodial as simply a job, Baker said she finds it satisfying because she does not just represent JFK or even EWU, but rather the whole of Cheney.

When people tour the school, one of the first places they visit is JFK. If the building was not clean, Baker said, people would notice.

In the end, both Baker and Canfield stressed the impact students can have on their day to day life, and the importance of being respectful. According to Baker, just saying ‘hi’ or ‘thank you’ can deeply affect a person’s day.

“Push in your chairs and flush your toilets,” said Baker. “Just be respectful. If you see us, we’re still people. We’re here.” •

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OPINION EDITORIAL

Killing the Conversation in College Classrooms The Easterner Editorial Board Remember the good ole’ days when teachers would send home permission slips for questionable films like “Schindler’s List” or “The Alamo,” so parents could ensure their children weren’t subjected to any ideas they didn’t agree with?

Fast forward a little to the college years. College, the place where people go to become full-fledged adults and welleducated members of society. The place where the world gets a little bigger and the safety net gets a little weaker. Or is it?

Lately that seems to be a question on everyone’s mind. Enter the trigger warning phenomenon.

Trigger warnings are those fun little warnings that you see at the beginning of books, articles, videos or notifications from professors at the start of a lecture that alert a person to the fact that what they are about to see or hear contains “potentially distressing material.”

This could include discussions on rape, gang or domestic violence, slavery and so on that could potentially bring up memories of trauma to those listening. The term trigger warning is also used as a label for any information one might not agree with, such as different religions or ideologies that go against a person’s fundamental beliefs.

This is a trend that is rising at an alarming

rate on college campuses, and while we understand why such warnings are provided, the question really is should they be?

According to an article in the Society for the Teaching of Psychology, “In addition to the request for a warning, there is often an expectation, implicit or explicit, that students be excused from course work that might be a trigger for them … Certainly, good teachers are respectful to their students … Nevertheless, many faculty argue that trigger warnings go too far in accommodating students.”

This means that students who take advantage of the trigger warning policies can opt out of entire sections of a class, and therefore, have a gaping hole in their knowledge of the world.

Do we really want to produce generations of people who can’t face the difficult subjects? People who close themselves off from the harsh realities of life because it is too hard for them to hear?

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) released a report in 2014 stating “The presumption that students need to be protected rather than challenged in a classroom is at once infantilizing and anti-intellectual.

It makes comfort a higher priority than intellectual engagement and it singles out politically controversial topics like sex, race, class, capitalism, and colonialism

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Gerald Maib for The Easterner for attention. Indeed, if such topics are associated with triggers, correctly or not, they are likely to be marginalized if not avoided altogether by faculty who fear complaints for offending or discomforting some of their students.”

Trigger warnings and the fear of making someone uncomfortable not only harms the individual, but the class as a whole if a professor fears broaching a subject with their students. This is a higher education facility, and students shouldn’t be receiving the watered down version of the truth so someone doesn’t get upset.

According to the AAUP report, “Some discomfort is inevitable in classrooms if the goal is to expose students to new ideas, have them question beliefs they have taken for granted, grapple with ethical problems they have never considered, and, more generally, expand their horizons so as to become informed and responsible democratic citizens.

Trigger warnings suggest that classrooms should offer protection and comfort rather than an intellectually challenging education.

They reduce students to vulnerable victims rather than full participants in the intellectual process of education.”

We are adults, we need to face the harsh realities of life, not bury our heads under the sand and pray that all of the bad in

the world goes away. People die, they hurt each other or get hurt, and the sooner we realize that the world isn’t all butterflies and kittens the better. We don’t mean to belittle the hardships of others, trust us, members of our own staff have things in the past they’d rather not remember, but it is far more important to see the world as it is rather than to coddle each other and keep them stuck in that place.

According to the Society for the Teaching of Psychology article, “There was no consensus among mental health experts that trigger warnings are helpful to students’ mental health.”

EWU has no official policy on trigger warning, and instead, leaves it up to the discretion of the different departments and the personal preferences of professors.

This is the way it should be, and while we understand that some have trouble dealing with certain topics, to close oneself off from the truth stunts one’s growth and ability to manage in the real world. Bad things happen, it sucks, but we can’t let it hold us back. •

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Celebrate beauty and size inclusivity with the Ashley Graham x Swimsuits For All 2017 line

Rings Samara Morgan is back in the new horror film, “Rings.” This is the third film in The Ring series, originally released in 2002, that takes place thirteen years prior.

The plot is the same as the original two movies, just includes modern Courtesy of Paramount Pictures technology, where someone watches a video and that person has exactly seven days to show someone else before they die. Rings stars Matilda Lutz, Alex Rowe and The Big Bang Theory actor, Johnny Galecki. (Kristi Lucchetta)

Colette-Janae Buck Copy Editor When Ashley Graham, plus size model and body activist, released her first Swimsuits for All collaboration in 2016, I was blown away by what she had included in her very inclusive line. String bikini’s, a chain metal ensemble and a low-cut, lace-up one piece were all pieces that made Graham’s line stand out from the other swimsuits available to those a size 14 and above.

This years line boosts new and more exciting prints and cuts, topping last year’s line offerings by a mile and a half. Launching a campaign featuring models in a range of ages and body types, Graham used the backdrop of a beautiful spanish island to promote her line; a vivid video that included Graham flaunting her curves in each of the campaign’s bikinis makes you long for hot summer days.

Graham expanded her size 6-22 line from just offering swimsuits to include two types of coverups, the Chica De Playa floral poncho and the Reina Beach Pant that comes in blue and pink cheetah print. Both are priced at $72. The Reina Beach Pant matches both the Profesora Leopard one-piece swimsuit and the Heroina Leopard bikini. The ever ontrend cut of a high-necked bikini top is featured in Graham’s line, as is the classic “Baywatch” high-hipped one piece-cut.

What really puts this year’s line apart from last years is the variety of two-piece bikini cuts included in the self-proclaimed inclusive line. While she did include a basic string bikini, Graham’s first line relied heavily

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Gerald Maib for The Easterner on dynamic one-piece suits, such as the one-shouldered mesh number; the 2016 line really followed the age-old trend of encouraging plus size women to cover up. This year’s line, however, has taken the opposite route and instead provides a range of bikini’s for all to flaunt what their momma gave them. While the one-piece cuts are still dynamic and risque, the offerings of various bikini’s has me really smittened with this line.

My personal favorite is the “Guapa” bikini. Priced at a steep $88, the bright pink and red strappy bikini sits low on the shoulders and acts like a wrap top that cups the chest and ties around to a bow in the back. The bottoms are structured similarly, with harsh diagonal lines that curve up and over the hips to criss-cross in the back, echoing the silhouette of the bikini top. Graham models this bikini perfectly in the promotion photos and video. Its lines give the wearer a soft, yet powerful feel.

The “Jefa Black” bikini is another unique and powerful swimsuit piece

that also plays with the criss-cross and angle details while also offering the high neckline look. It’s also priced at $88, a tempting but alarming price.

Looking through the various options offered by the line, I am quite drawn to the “Princesa Tropic” bikini, with its simple silhouette and intriguing tropical pattern, and the Valiente one-piece swimsuit, which plays off the “Baywatch” cut mentioned above and the low-cut chest. It’s also such a simple swimsuit, and I admire the cut as it would look flattering on any body shape.

Graham’s commitment to size diversity really shines through in her latest collaboration with Swimsuits for All. The range of cuts, styles, sizes and prints makes me excited for summer to arrive. If you’re thinking of joining me in purchasing a piece from Graham’s collection, you can pre-order the suit of your choice on Swimsuitsforall.com which will ship out Apr. 3, but you’d better hurry. I’ve been watching the sizes to make sure I’m able to snag my suit, and they’re going fast. •

The Animal Crossing series has been a top seller of Nintendo ever since it began in 2002, and the latest instalment is better than ever. This installment takes a different approach from that of its predecessors by allowing the protagonist to play as the mayor of their own unique town. The Welcome Amiibo update was released last fall and Courtesy of Nintendo added exciting new features to game, such as amiibo compatibility. Players can scan compatible amiibos into the game and the character will take their unique RV and camp at the new camp site in your town. Players can then visit the campsite and purchase individualized items from the campers. Animal Crossing: New Leaf is a wonderful choice for casual gamers who love the cute art styles this game has to offer. The game was recently added to the list of Nintendo select games and can be purchased for a mere $20. (Rosie Perry)

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EVOLution by Sabrina Carpenter Normally, I wouldn’t recommend music that comes from a Disney Channel star. With a few exceptions, they usually fall flat in the music business and never gain much headway.

However, Sabrina Carpenter’s new album, “EVOLution,” impresses.

With gems like “Run and Hide” and “Thumbs,” Carpenter speaks to the issues of today’s age with catchy melodies and lyrics that address the issues we all Courtesy of Hollywood Records face. Whether you’re looking for a song that pumps you up or slows you down, Carpenter’s surprisingly mature voice is sure to catch and keep your attention. (Natasha Nellis)

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SPORTS Gerald Maib for The Easterner

Previewing the 2017 Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships Logan Stanley Staff Reporter

Championship season has arrived for track and field athletes, with many of the nation’s best runners, jumpers and throwers competing in the final portion of their seasons. EWU Track and Field is amongst those as they head to Pocatello, Idaho to compete in the 2017 Big Sky Indoor Track and Field Championships.

In all, 49 Eagles will be participating across 24 different events. The meet spans three days and will take place at Idaho State’s Holt Arena. Viewers can livestream Friday and Saturday’s events on WatchBigSky.com.

“The Big Sky Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships are full of opportunity,” said men’s head coach Stan Kerr to GoEags.com.

“Whether you’re trying to repeat as conference champion or making your first championship appearance, the opportunity to excel is there. It’s very much the case of preparation meeting opportunity and making the most of it.”

Men’s Team On the men’s side, two former champions make their return and look to defend their titles -- sophomore pole vaulter Larry Still and senior Trenton

Osborn. Still was the 2016 indoor and outdoor champion in the pole vault and owns the Big Sky’s top mark (16-4 3/4) heading into this weekend’s meet.

Osborn won the 2015 indoor title in the long jump and is ranked ninth currently in the Big Sky (23-1 1/4).

Apart from Still and Osborn, there will be a handful of Eagles to watch this weekend. Freshman jumper Keshun McGee has shown no signs of a learning curve, as McGee is ranked second in both the long jump (24-1 1/2) and triple jump (49-7). Rounding out the jumps is sophomore Chez Jackson, who is ranked fourth in the high jump (6-8 3/4).

In the throws, a pair of juniors lead the way. Aaron Cunningham sits at fifth (56-3) in the shot-put rankings and tenth in the weight throw (56-11 1/2), while teammate Scott Miller is ranked sixth in the shot put (55-7 1/2).

Junior sprinter Jose Garcia and sophomore sprinter Jonah Mathews said they aim to build on their winter training, which Kerr took note of.

“In the sprints, Jose Garcia and Jonah Mathews will make their presence known,” said Kerr to GoEags.com. “Both sprinters have trained hard this indoor season and look to reap the benefits of that training with successful championship performances.”

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The distance team is focusing on rebounding from what coach Chris Shane labeled as a letdown at last year’s indoor championship meet, in which zero points were contributed by distance runners.

During the cross country season and winter training, Shane issued a proclamation to his team.

“Look, we have to score points,” said Shane. “We scored zero points from the distance men’s side. I challenged them that that was unacceptable, that this next year was going to be different.”

Leading that challenge will be senior Logan Stahl, who looks to improve on his winning form from earlier this season; freshman Colton Johnsen, fresh off being invited to the USA U20 Cross Country Championships in Bend, Oregon; and the distance medley relay (DMR) team, comprising of redshirt freshman Steaven Zachman, Chez Jackson, Logan Stahl and senior Isaac Kitzan.

The DMR consists of four legs: 200 meters, 400 meters, 800 meters and 1600 meters. The team, which is ranked fourth in the Big Sky, has a decent chance of breaking the school record, Shane said.

Stahl is also slated to compete in the 800-meter and mile, where he is ranked 13th and 18th respectively.

He will run the 800-leg of the DMR.

Even though Stahl has been planning all year to race the mile at this meet, Shane says Stahl’s best chance of scoring points lie in the 800-meter.

Johnsen, who cracked the EWU top-10 list in his first collegiate 5,000-meter race by running 14:45.04 at the UW Invitational, is targeting the 5k as his main event, even though he is entered in the 3k as well. The freshman will attempt to climb up the EWU all-time list and continue his ascension.

Women’s Team The women’s side returns two former champions as well, in the likes of senior sprinter Rebecca Tarbert and junior high jumper Tierra White.

Tarbert was the 2016 indoor champion, where she set the EWU school record in the 60-meter (7.47) and is ranked sixth heading into the championship meet. White took home the indoor high jump title as a freshman in 2015, jumping 5-7 3/4 and is the eighth seeded high jumper.

Alongside Tarbert and White, a handful of upperclassmen and a lone freshman look to make an impact this weekend. Senior pole vaulters Anandae Clark and Erin Clark are perched near the top of the rankings, second and third, respectively, with sophomore teammate Elizabeth Prouty ranked ninth. In the triple

jump, junior Megan Murphy is ranked fifth (38-4 1/4).

In the distances, it will be the DMR team, seniors Sarah Reiter and Paula Gil-Echevarria and freshman Kaili Keefe aiming to score points. The DMR, which will comprise of freshman Carli Corpus, Keefe, freshman Sophie Bowls and Gil-Echevarria, is expected to perform well.

“We’ve got a really legitimate chance to break the school record,” Shane said.

Keefe will also be running in the mile, where she is ranked fifth, and will attempt to cement herself as one of the fastest milers in EWU history. Her current time places her second on the EWU top-10 list.

Gil-Echevarria will double as well, running the mile (12th ranked).

Sarah Reiter, one of the most prolific distance runners in EWU history, is trying to build on a 2016-17 campaign that has already seen her compete at the NCAA Cross Country Championships this past November. The two-time school record holder’s journey comes with a caveat though; Reiter was forced to miss a chunk of training this winter because of an injury. This weekend will be her first time competitively stepping on a track in 2017. •

Men’s Basketball Moves Into Sole Possession of Third Place With Home Win Over Idaho Michael Brock For The Easterner Sometimes it takes team effort to come out on top.

That is exactly what the EWU men needed in Friday’s 77-67 victory over Idaho at Reese Court, as four Eagles scored in double figures. Junior pointforward Bogdan Bliznyuk led the way with 25 points and 13 rebounds.

As a result, the Eagles improved to 18-9 on the season and 10-4 in the Big Sky Conference (BSC), claiming sole possession of third place with four games to go in conference play.

In addition to Bliznyuk, Sir Washington exploded off the bench for 17 points, while Ty Gibson and Felix Von Hofe had 10 each.

One name was noticeably absent from the double-figure

Junior guard Sir Washington was big in EWU’s win over Idaho, finishing with 17 points on just seven field goal attempts Brad Brown for The Easterner

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brigade, Jacob Wiley. The BSC’s leading scorer was held to single digits for the third time all season. However, this did not stop Wiley from impacting the game. He finished with nine points, 10 rebounds, four assists and five blocks.

From the tip, Idaho was focused solely on stopping Wiley in the post.

But instead of forcing anything, Wiley remained patient, taking only two shots in the first half.

At the intermission, the Eagles were shooting 64 percent (compared to Idaho’s 37) but only held a three point lead as Idaho scored 16 points off eight EWU turnovers.

They were playing well, but they needed a boost. That is when Wiley’s patience paid off. With all Vandal eyes on one man, EWU was able to convert on 5-10 three pointers in the second frame, including two each from Von Hofe and Washington.

“Everybody on this team attacks their role,” said Bliznyuk. “We’re super cohesive, and no one wants anything other than to win. A lot of times it’ll be different guys stepping up.”

The duo led an 11-0 run for the Eagles to blow the game open in the second half, while Bliznyuk registered 17 of his 25 points after the break.

The top five teams in the BSC get a first round bye in the conference tournament, held March 7-11 in Reno, Nevada.

At this point, the 10-4 third place Eagles have a solid chance at earning a bye, but head coach Jim Hayford’s goals are perched a bit higher.

“Our goal going into the season was to get 20 wins, and that’s happened only twice in all of Eastern’s Division I history,” said Hayford. “That’s a lofty goal and we’re closing in on it.

Hopefully we can turn that goal into winning a Big Sky championship.” •

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Conf. / Overall

12-3

17-8

Sacramento State

7-7

10-15

Weber State

11-3

16-9

Portland State

5-9

12-13

EWU

10-4

18-9

Northern Colo.

5-10

9-17

Montana State

9-6

14-14

Northern Arizona

4-10

7-20

Montana

9-6

14-14

Idaho State

3-11

5-21

Idaho

8-6

13-12

Southern Utah

3-11

5-22

Conf. / Overall

Women’s

Men’s

Conf. / Overall

Feb. 18, 2017

12 15

1st 2nd

15 20

11 13

3rd 4th

23 20

EWU

77

Idaho

78 Idaho

Men’s

Feb. 17, 2017

32

1st

29

45

2nd

38

67

TWEET OF THE WEEK @CoachBestEWU

“Another great team win against the Vandals by @CoachHayford and company! #GoEags”

QUOTE OF THE WEEK Bogdan Bliznyuk “Everybody on this team attacks their role. We’re super cohesive and no one wants anything other than to win.

A lot of times it’ll be different guys stepping up.”

BY THE NUMBERS 3

The number of freethrows EWU men’s basketball shot in the first half of their win against Idaho. They scored 32 points in the half.

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BIG SKY STANDINGS North Dakota

Women’s

EWU

Conf. / Overall

North Dakota

13-2

18-8

Weber State

6-8

12-13

Northern Colo.

12-3

20-6

Portland State

6-8

12-14

Montana State

12-3

19-6

Sacramento State

5-9

9-16

EWU

9-5

14-11

Northern Arizona

3-11

7-18

Idaho

9-5

14-11

Montana

2-13

5-21

Idaho State

9-5

15-10

Southern Utah

0-14

5-20

The total number of three-pointers EWU women’s basketball made in their 51-78 loss to Idaho, out of 19 attempts (26.3 percent).

23

The number of freethrows EWU men’s basketball shot in the second half of their win against Idaho.

They scored 45 points in the second half.

13

The total number of three-pointers Idaho women’s basketball made in that same game, out of 28 attempts (46.4 percent).

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