The Easterner Volume 100 Issue 10

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V100V100 • N1 Independent student journalism SEPTEMBER 29, 2016 • N9 Independent Student Journalism

Bye, Bye, Baldwin

January 20, 2017

Table TheEasterner of Contents

3 News 6 A&E 10 Features 12 Opinion 14 Sports

Easterner Asks: Where is the best selfie spot on campus?

Staff List Editor-in-Chief Rosie Perry 509-359-6737 easterner.editor@ewu.edu Managing Editor Brad Brown easterner.mngeditor@ewu.edu Web and Social Media Director Jordan Perry easterner.online@gmail.com Chief Copy Editor Natasha Nellis easterner.copy@gmail.com News Editor Kristi Lucchetta easterner.news@gmail.com Arts, Entertainment and Features Editor Erin Rebar easterner.aef@gmail.com

Kristin Stratte Junior

Sarah Phillips Junior

Michael Telecky Junior

Right here [the campus mall] is the best spot because you got the library right behind you, and the library is gorgeous.

I don’t know, in front of the [EWU] sign.

Definitely in front of the [Lousie Anderson] dorm over by The Roost. Anywhere over there, definitely.

Andy Phillips Senior I’m going to say the library.

Drew Robre Senior Well … either here at the EWU sign or the big eagle.

Isabelle Molitor Silva Senior I’m going to say the eagle inside of Hargreaves Hall.

Sports Editor Brandon Cline easterner.sports@gmail.com Art Director Abbi Vance easterner.photo@gmail.com

Featured picture of the week:

Designer Gerald Maib Content Editor Ian Bouchard Copy Editor Colette-Janae Buck Staff Reporters Riley Baker Mia Manzanares Logan Stanley

Submission Guidelines:

Snowy Day at Eastern Ali Higbee for The Easterner

To submit photos, attach the largest file size in an email to the Art Director at e a s t e r n e r. p h o t o @ g m a i l . c o m , accompanied by your first and last name, photo name and no more than 50 words describing your photograph.

The picture does not have to correlate with any content being printed the week of.

All submissions must be recieved

by Monday night the week you would like it to be published. Photos must be appropriate and not include any obsceneties.

I took this photo right before Christmas break on my way to the library. I think it really shows off the beauty of our campus even during winter.

Photographer Ivone Garza Faculty Adviser Carleigh Hill

About The Easterner

Program Adviser Samantha Armstrong

Our Mission

The mission of The Easterner is to inform the students, faculty, staff and nearby residents of Eastern Washington University of the governance, activities and views of the campus while providing a learning environment for students interested in journalism and related fields. Our main goal is to publish high-quality news content to the community of Eastern Washington University.

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Corrections

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Front

Abbi Vance | Art Director This photo is from this season’s quarterfinal game that, I felt, captured a pondering Beau Baldwin standing on the freezing turf. Not only does this capture his emotion but also our own emotion to his decision to leave Eastern after nine seasons and head to a warmer climate.

Photo by Brad Brown for The Easterner

Address | The Easterner EWU, Isle Hall 102 Cheney, WA 99004 Office Line | (509) 359-6737 Advertising Line | (509) 359-7010

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NEWS ISC Sky walk

ISC Sky walk

Rendering Courtesy of EWU Construction and Planning Services

Science Building is Failing to Keep Up with Student Growth Engineers have designed plans to renovate and to expand the existing building

Kristi Lucchetta News Editor The EWU Science building has served its purpose for the past 50 years, but with the growing student population and the aging architecture, a renovation and addition is being pursued by EWU

lobbyists and ASEWU members.

“The science building has served students exceptionally well, but now it is having a ton of issues,” Benjamin Rowe, EWU ASEWU Olympia Liaison, said.

The science building has been present on campus since 1962 and has since encountered several

issues, including malfunctioning HVAC system, roof leaks causing mold and electrical issues.

According to the EWU Science Building Predesign book, the request includes efforts to increase the instructional productivity and existing square footage to optimize the use of existing facilities

and to create the potential for collaboration between students and academic departments.

The plan is also seeking approval for an Interdisciplinary Science Center, which would be attached to the current and renovated science building with a skywalk.

The predesign is requesting $51,344,000 in state capital funds for the total project cost for Phase I and $52,693,000 for Phase II of the process.

“We are hoping legislature understands the importance

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EXTRAS Kristi Lucchetta News Editor

Eastern Washington University App Available EWU has an app available for students and faculty that features schedules, upcoming events, campus maps, notifications, grades and much more. The student or faculty member will need to login with their SSO information in order to sign into their own personal EWU account. The app is available at the App Store at no cost.

Get Lit! Has a New Interim Director EWU has appointed Kate Peterson, an EWU english instructor, to be the new Interim Get Lit! director. The previous director, Melissa Huggins, departed Get Lit! when she became President Executive Director of Spokane Arts, a local arts nonprofit. Peterson started the position on Dec. 16.

of a new building, along with the renovations of the science building,” Rowe said.

Rowe said EWU staff is doing as much as possible to deal with the mold and other issues for the time being by constantly replacing ceiling tiles that grow mold because of the dark, cold climates in the ceiling area.

Incidents have already occurred regarding faculty members having to relocate their office into another building on campus because of the mold and flooding that has occurred. Rowe said students have been in the middle of a lab when bugs started coming out of the ceiling.

Not only are there chronic issues with the building’s infrastructure, Rowe said the biggest problem is the student growth is increasing each year with limited space to accommodate them.

“Faculty and students don’t have the space, and even if they

had the space, they don’t have the controlled atmosphere in the building to perform experiments or do their research,” Rowe said.

According to the Predesign Book, the current state of the Science building has substantial deficiencies that go against the University’s mission to provide “an excellent student-centered learning environment” through “exceptional facilities.”

The deficiencies also cannot support the region’s growing need for STEM and healthcare degrees, thereby reducing EWU’s capacity and ability to “build upon the region’s assets and offer a broad range of choices as appropriate to the needs of the university’s students and the region.”

Rowe said the addition of the Interdisciplinary Science Center will be a big help but stressed that it will not solve the problem to the current state of the building if the renovations are not approved. It is important for the current Governor’s budget proposal to include the

renovation since it will truly help the students, Rowe said.

There is an approved investment of $400,000 in the predesign as well as an approved investment of $4.8 million into the design request. According to the predesign book, the final contract closeout will be completed in Feb. 2023. •

We’ve Moved!

NOW OPEN! We’re thrilled to announce new dining options, a JFK computing hub, and the relocation of the Bookstore. Here’s where to find them: Bookstore • • • • LAH, 1st Floor Einstein Bros. Bagels • • • • TAW, 1st Floor Food Truck Plaza • • • • Outside MON, SW Entrance

JFK Computing Hub • • • • JFK, 2nd Floor Atrium Area Thomas Hammer Coffee • • • • JFK, 1st Floor

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Malicious Mischief

Alcohol Offense

A female resident noticed the latch on her mailbox at the Townhouse Apartments was not latched on Jan. 10. The last time she remembers checking her mail was on Jan. 8 and does not know if any mail was stolen. There are no current suspects.

Around 9:22 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 4th floor of Morrison Hall because of a reported odor of marijuana.

Officers made contact with the two female students and discovered marijuana, a smoking device and alcohol. The students were cited and referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities.

January 13

POLICE BEAT

Stalking

January 12 A female student reported a male student that had been stalking her since July 2016. She said it had been going on mostly on Facebook and she told the suspect to leave her alone which he did not.

Officers contacted the suspect and he admitted he had been writing to her. The suspect was placed under arrest.

Alcohol Offense

January 13

Around 11:23 p.m., an officer observed a male student stumbling down Washington St. The student was approached and refused a breathalyzer test. The student was underage and cited with a minor in possession by consumption.

Gerald Maib for The Easterner

Kristi Lucchetta News Editor

Theft from Building January 10

A male student left his cell phone in the downstairs bathroom of Sutton Hall around 8:50 a.m.

When he returned at 9:15 p.m., the phone was gone. It is a Pixel, Phone by Google with a black Otterbox. There are currently no suspects.

Drug Violation January 11

Just after midnight, CAs in Pearce Hall called officers because they smelled marijuana coming from the fifth floor. When officers went to the dorm room, the suspects twin brother was the only resident there, and he claimed the marijuana was not his. The suspect returned to his room and was given a criminal citation and referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities.

Alcohol Offense

January 11

A fire alarm went off in a student’s room in Morrison Hall around 9:34 a.m. because of air fresheners. While officers were at the door, they could see alcohol bottles. Officers found out whose room it was and made contact with the female student, who was underage. The female student was cited with a minor in possession and referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities.

Third Degree Assault and Alcohol Offense January 12

Around 8 p.m., officers responded to a possible alcohol violation on the 10th floor of Pearce Hall. As they arrived on the scene, a female was trying to enter the elevator and was stopped for appearing intoxicated. The female had a 0.288 blood alcohol level and told officers which

room was hers. Once officers received a signed consent form to perform a search, they found alcohol in her dorm room. Once the officer started confiscating the alcohol the female started kicking the officer. She was booked into Spokane County Jail and referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities.

Drug Violation January 13

Around 2:50 a.m., officers responded to a call from CAs in Pearce Hall because of an odor of marijuana. When officers made contact, all residents in the room were found with marijuana and underage. Psilocybin mushrooms, a vaporizer and alcohol were also in possession. All four of the students were cited and referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities.

Warrant Arrest January 14

Officers responded to a report of an odor of marijuana coming from Dressler Hall on the 3rd floor. Officers made contact with the male student, and when they ran the student’s records, they discovered he had a warrant for his arrest involving a marijuana charge. He was placed under arrest and taken into custody.

Alcohol Offense, Warrant Arrest January 14

Officers responded to a potential domestic violence occurrence in Morrison Hall. Officers made contact with the female and male student when the female reported the male pushed her while he was intoxicated. The male was placed under arrest for 4th degree assault and transported to Spokane County Jail.

January 15

Warrant Arrest January 16

An officer was informed that a male student had a warrant out for their arrest that lived in Pearce Hall. Once the warrant was confirmed the officers made contact and took the student into custody.

Drug Violation January 16

An officer was doing a safety check around 8:15 p.m. when a CA from Pearce Hall contacted him about an odor of marijuana coming from the 3rd floor. The officer made contact with the residents and found one female student was responsible, since the marijuana was only in her possession. She was cited and referred to Student Rights and Responsibilities.

Suspicious Circumstance January 16

There was a possible drug violation in Streeter Hall, when CAs called officers because of the odor of marijuana coming from the 2nd floor. When officers made contact the three students claimed they were smoking marijuana the day before and the smell stayed on their clothing. No arrests were made.

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

EWU’s four Panhellenic Sororities have opened their doors to 116 new recruits | Courtesy of EWU Sig Ep

Sorority Recruitment Begins at EWU Abbi Vance Art Director 152 girls showed up to EWU’s Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment Day on Jan. 12 in hopes of getting a bid when the weekend was all over.

The day started at 2:30 p.m. with all the recruits reporting to their designated Rho Gamma groups, which contained about 10 - 15 girls per group, to start the process of house tours and interviews with each sorority.

“We’re going through house tours to find what’s really comfortable for each girl,” EWU sophomore Lily LaPierre said.

Out of the 152 girls recruited, only 116 were accepted into the four Panhellenic Sororities on campus because of the few number of houses and large number of recruits this year. “[The experience] was good, very nerve wracking. I’m not sure why I got dropped. There were just a lot of girls and not a

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lot of houses and space available,” EWU freshman Emily Carlson said.

The lack of space caused many recruits to be let go early on in the process.

Panhellenic Sorority Recruitment Day took place winter quarter this year instead of fall quarter like previous years. This gave sororities a chance to market their chapters and get to know some of the recruits before they joined a chapter. It also gave incoming freshmen a chance to get acclimated to the college lifestyle

before making a large commitment.

“We heard from potential new members that, while it was cold, they appreciated that they had a quarter to adjust to college life, make friends in the residence halls and consider the commitment they were making,” Panhellenic Vice President Angelica DeGrazia said.

There are many other reasons besides lack of space for girls not to go through with the rushing process, including financial issues, time commitment and the possibility

transferring to a different school.

“I thought the experience was a lot of fun. I really liked to see all the difference between the chapters,” EWU freshman Clio Alexander said.

In the end, students found new homes, sisters and family within Alpha Omicron Pi, Alpha Phi, Alpha Xi Delta and Gamma Phi Beta. •

EVENTS

Courtesy of The Blue Door Theatre

Choose to Lose

Join the Blue Door Players for an improvised game show.

To win, you have to lose! Contestants are chosen from the audience and there will be prizes.

“Once In a Lifetime” | Courtesy of Menemsha Films

Spokane Jewish Cultural Film Festival

Watch international films that focus on Jewish life and culture within the community. This year the festival will feature three films which show glimpses of the diversity of Jewish experiences in Israel and around the world.

When: Jan. 19 to Jan. 22 Where: Hemmington Center, Gonzaga University 702 E Desmet Ave Spokane, WA

When: Recurring weekly on Friday until Feb. 10 Time: 8- 9:30 p.m.

Where: The Blue Door Theatre 815 W Garland Ave Spokane, WA Cost: $7

Time: Thursday and Saturday at 7 p.m.

Sunday at 2 p.m.

Cost: $7 for students and seniors $10 for the general public

Be YOUR OWN - of -

BEWUtiful Courtesy of Isaiah Daniels

Illusio: Tour of Illusion

Watch Spokane illusionist Isaiah Daniels perform a brand new show for the first time. The show will contain spectacular grand illusions, extraordinary escapes and magic the whole family can enjoy.

When: Jan. 20 Time: 7 p.m.

Where: Bing Crosby Theater 901 W. Spraque Ave. Spokane, WA Cost: $20 for adults

Courtesy of Spokane Symphony Courtesy of Eastern Washington University

Spokane Symphony Classics Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research 5: American Voices “Celebrate America’s vibrant musical voice!

Joplin infuses German opera with ragtime, Ellington entwines complex melodies and rhythms to create a musical tour of Harlem and Gershwin used a rich blues to evoke the impressions of an American in Paris,” according to the Fox Theater website.

Listen to Dr. Nydia Martinez as she “analyzes the dynamics between Chicana and Mexican feminists in their expressions of sisterhood, feminism and Mexican cultural identity.”

When: Jan. 21 to Jan. 22 Time: Saturday at 8 p.m.

Sunday at 3 p.m.

Where: Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox 1001 W Sprague Ave Spokane, WA Cost: $15- $54 (depending on seating)

When: Jan. 25 Time: Noon to 12:45 p.m.

Where: Monroe Hall Room 207 Cost: Free

Abbi Vance for The Easterner

Real Beauty Week Photo Challenge

Hosted by the Panhellenic Council, Real Beauty Week is an annual photo challenge “in which IFC, DGC and Panhellenic chapters, as well as all EWU students and faculty can participate.”

When: Jan. 25 to Feb. 1 Time: All Day Where: EWU Campus Cost: Free

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Unity Logan Stanley Staff Reporter In remembrance of civil rights pioneer Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the day that has been bestowed upon him, the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center hosted its annual MLK Day Unity Rally at the Spokane Convention Center (SCC).

The rally was led by Freda Gandy, executive director of the MLK Family Outreach Center and featured a panel of speakers and performers. The rally also included a march which led to River Park Square and back to SCC. The event kicked off at 10 a.m. with Spokane Mayor David Condon beginning the litany of speeches. A

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jumbotron screen was also placed behind the onstage speakers that helped show projected real-time donations for the MLK Day fundraiser. The goal was $7,000, with proceeds going to the Outreach Center.

By the second speaker, Whitworth University President Dr. Beck A. Taylor, that goal had already been reached in just a mere 30 minute time span. By noon, the total amount raised had reached over $9,000. Phil Tyler, the Spokane NAACP chapter President, followed Whitworth President Taylor in the list of presenters.

The next speaker, Congresswoman Cathy McMorrisRodgers, drew the ire of the crowd while speaking.

The displeasure appears to have stemmed from political tension as the crowd began chanting “save

our healthcare.” McMorris-Rodgers’ speech concluded shortly after the chants started and was booed as she left the podium which prompted a speech from Gandy.

Gandy called for the protection and preservation of Dr. King’s legacy and cautioned the crowd that booing does not fall in line with that, proclaiming “what divides us will destroy us.”

After Gandy’s impromptu speech, Reverend Happy Watkins wrapped up the unity rally with a rendition of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech.

Watkins has been the pastor of New Hope Church in Spokane since 1990, and is known for his renditions of Dr. King’s “I Have A Dream” speech.

Also part of the Outreach Center’s MLK Day event

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y Rally was a resource fair which featured booths offering services such as Meal on Wheels, Northwest Fair Housing Alliance and the Native Project. Additionally, individuals could participate in community service.

Among those volunteers were some of EWU’s very own, which was set up by the EWU Office of Community Engagement. Christina Sosa, College Axis coordinator for Community Engagement, said EWU’s goal was to inspire more student involvement.

“Today [Martin Luther King Jr. Day], we wanted to encourage students to make it a day on and not a day off,” said Sosa. “We recruited Eastern volunteers to come out and go to different sites.”

There are multiple sites where groups of students go

out and volunteer. The service project students participate in depends on the agency hosting the site, with each project designed to give back the Spokane community.

Some of the organizations EWU volunteers were working with included Hearth Homes, The Salvation Army, Mission Community and the American Red Cross. Cleanup help, new paint jobs and installing new fire alarms were among the services provided by the volunteers.

For some people like EWU senior and volunteer George Gay, giving back to the community remains a top priority.

“One of my goals coming to Eastern was just to make an impact on my community,” said Gay. “[I’m] just trying to have a good impact on the community I live in, try to make it a better place.”

Gay was one of the site leaders for Habitat for Humanity, a nonprofit organization focusing on building homes, for a project. In Gay’s eyes, it is a chance to get up close and personal with adversity and lend his hand in the fight against it.

“Going out, getting our hands a little dirty. Getting a firsthand experience with people who are facing those issues,” Gay said when asked what he thought the event was about.

In total, Gay expected his crew to be working well into the afternoon, and despite the frigid conditions, generosity prevailed.

“Try to not take life for granted,” said Gay. “Some people are less fortunate than you; even the smallest impact can have a domino effect.” •

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FEATURES

Charles Mutschler, Ph.D., is the University Archivist for EWU Erin Rebar for The Easterner

Between the Shelves

A chat with Charles, EWU’s University Archivist, offers answers to student questions Erin Rebar A&E and Features Editor If you have a question about history, Cheney or both, then Charles Mutschler, Ph.D., might just be your man.

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the University Archivist has always been interested in history. Mutschler’s childhood consisted of roaming the southwestern United States, moving from location to location while his father worked as a mining geologist.

“There were a lot of interesting little

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places we stayed [in] and it was fun to find out about them,” Mutschler said.

With his large glasses and gray streaked mustache, Mutschler seems to be the sort of person you might find deep in the bowels of a museum, or perhaps as a stock character in a film with an archeological or historical bent. He is easy to talk to. Ask one question and you will have the answer to twenty more you never knew you had. Ask him about the history of Cheney and you will learn the names, dates and events of every obscure moment from recent times to past ones. He does this from memory, reciting bits of trivia like they are his own name.

When he was in middle school, living in Colorado, Mutschler collected signatures for a petition to send to the Colorado State Legislator to buy and preserve a historic property. The petition successfully passed, and the property is now jointly owned by Colorado and New Mexico. Mutschler cites this event as what most likely began his interest in a career in public history.

The University Archives and Special Collections is a section in the lower level of the JFK library. It holds a variety of manuscripts, photographs, non-current university records and small items and memorabilia, among other things.

“The archives also accepts personal papers and business records of significance to this geographical region,” according to the EWU website. “Historical photographs, maps, the Deutsch Northwest Clipping and Pamphlet File, University History File, Compendium of EWU Historical Data and manuscript materials are all contained in the archives.

The Special Collections are principally a collection of books and periodicals related to the history and government of the Pacific

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Old photos and other memorablilia are housed within glass casing in the Archives and Special Collections section of the JFK library Erin Rebar for The Easterner

Northwest.

Other collections include rare books, autographed copies and limited editions, many 19th century U.S. Government Documents, the Ye Galleon Press Collection and the Almeron T. Perry Science Fiction and Fantasy Collection -- a research collection of uncatalogued books and periodicals representing this genre.”

While he says it is a difficult question to answer, a couple of handwritten, American Civil War diaries are among Mutschler’s favorites pieces in the collection.

“What I enjoy most is working with the materials that we are able to put up online and make accessible to the public,” said Mutschler. “I enjoy working with the photograph collections.”

The archives are used by all sorts of researchers, from elementary students, to media sources, to undergraduate and graduate students.

The biggest challenge, Mutschler said, is making sure researchers understand the relatively sensitive nature of some of the archive material.

There can be information and facts within the collections

that are not socially acceptable in today’s society. Tales of lynch mobs, racially prejudiced comments, disciplinary strategies that are no longer kosher, dubious real estate deals or criminal activity — these are all things, among others, that can be found within the archives.

“We aren’t in the scandal mongering business,” said Mutschler.

“It’s probably important to remember that you are dealing with real people that quite possibly have real great grandchildren who might not like some of the less attractive aspects of their ancestors’ lives made into big deals. We deal with this many times in collections of manuscript materials. People write things in diaries that are very frank.”

Mutschler has been in Cheney since 1969 and began working parttime in the archives in 1981. He was offered a full-time position in 1983 after beating out competition from across the nation. At one point, he took an internship with the National Archives branch in Seattle, which led to a job offer at the National Archives in Washington D.C. that Mutschler turned down.

“I think had I not had a job to come back to there would have been no question,” said Mutschler.

“I would have gladly gone.” In the end, however, it was his preference for the much smaller community of Cheney that won out.

“I’m delighted,” said Mutschler.

“I’m very satisfied staying here. I like what I do, I like the people I work with.”

Currently, Mutschler is working on a project doing imaging on negatives and 35 mm film of some old Michael Denuty photographs.

His goal is to get them online in digital format for students to view.

Despite being busy, Mutschler said he always has time for student questions.

“I’m approachable,” said Mutschler. “If you have questions, you can always come and ask. I may not have the answers, but I can at least give you an honest start and see what we can find.” •

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OPINION COLUMN

Style Nest

“Coming Soon”

Taking a look at the problems with common and popular brands and their attempts at catering to plus-size individuals

Colette-Janae Buck Copy Editor The on-trend, millennial-market focused clothing outfitter, Urban Outfitters, has come under fire recently for featuring a plus-size model in their diversity campaign, “Class of 2017,” who wears a shirt in a size the store doesn’t even carry in stock.

Barbie Ferreia, the model featured in UO’s campaign, is a self-proclaimed body activist and plus-size model who is measured at a waist size of 33.5 inches.

In the ad campaign, Ferreia is wearing a Hanes t-shirt to match the other featured models in the campaign. The Hanes shirt, which goes up to a 3X on Hanes’ website, is only carried at UO in up to a size large.

The large is projected to fit up to a 33 inch waist, just half an inch smaller than Ferreia’s. While that may not be a very big difference, and Barbie may undoubtedly be able to fit into that large if she wanted, it’s still important to analyze and think about the message UO is sending out by featuring

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Gerald Maib for The Easterner a plus-size model in their diversity campaign who can barely fit into the largest size offered at their establishment.

Essentially, Urban Outfitters is offering a surface gesture to appeal to the masses. They care just enough about their image to appeal to diverse and body positive customers while still continuing to pursue and promote a straight size, sizes 00 through 12, standard that leaves those who are plus-size out of the fashion trend loop.

To me, Urban Outfitters’ stance on offering plus size clothing echos that of other large chain brands such as American Apparel and Hollister. It’s an attempt at appeasing the more body diverse buyers. While these brands do offer up to an extra large in women’s, unlike UO, they still do not cater to those who are above an extra large.

Other brands, such as H&M and Forever 21 do offer plus size clothing, from extra large to 4X, but yet, I still find their offerings to be lacking in the type of item diversity and style choices straightsized clothing wearers are afforded. Plus size individuals are often left to choose between items of clothing that are poorly constructed and don’t fit, like jeans, or feature weird prints and patterns that match none of the other styles or prints featured in the rest of the store. Not to mention the fact that often times, plus size clothing items are excluded from storewide sales, and items are barely changed from season to season.

In both the Spokane Valley Mall H&M and Forever 21, plus-size shoppers are even segregated to a small portion of the store in the far corner where the merchandise is shoved on to racks and thrown in weird place away from the rest of its similar items.

Currently, plus-size clothing at the mall’s H&M does not even have its own section.

Instead, clothing for those extra large through 4X has been set to the side lines in an unmarked area that is unkempt and rarely updated. At one point, the plus-size section was actually placed within the maternity wear.

Plus-size women and men deserve much better than a messy dark corner in the back of the store where the clothing that is offered is outdated and ill-fitting.

Thankfully, stores like American Eagle are taking point from the mistakes of their competitors and have begun to introduce a more body-positive message in their ad campaigns and in the sizes they offer. It is still rare to find above a 14/16 size pant in American Eagle stores, but individuals who are sized larger can find options through American Eagle online up to a size 18.

Its pity gestures like the ones offered by H&M and Forever 21 that go back to UO and their “Class of 2017” ad campaign; it is all just for show. Despite the overwhelming amount of support for diversifying fashion and the sizes offered by brands, repulsed, divisive and defiant attitudes toward plus-size individuals

still exist within the fashion industry, and to me, it’s inappropriate and rather immature.

Our world is changing and growing. We are becoming accepting of more and more things as the years pass, and you would think that an aspect or portion of our society that has been so socially influential over the years, the fashion industry, would be the first to jump on the next trend.

Even though Urban Outfitter’s has since issued a statement claiming to be working toward offering a wider range of sizes in their stores, I still can’t help but take issue with the fact that in 2017, Urban Outfitters still only carries up to a large in women’s and an extra large in men’s. I don’t want to even mention the other negative messages UO has spread about bodies in the past, the “eat less” shirt if anyone was wondering.

Fashion is not a luxury of those who are considered thin in today’s society anymore.

We are all at liberty to dress however we want because that, in my opinion, is the true embodiment of fashion, the industry and its trends -- it’s relative. It’s just sad to see a brand that claims it’s so on trend ignore the fact that trends are changing while still attempting to profit off those changes. I sincerely hope Urban Outfitters begins to carry larger sizes as everyone deserves to dress how they want. Like I said, that is, in the end, the true expression of fashion. •

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Why Donald Trump Could Be Just What America Needs Right Now Mikayla Lundeen for The Easterner On the night of Nov. 8, 2016, many people went to bed disappointed.

Many people were upset, some were angry and others were simply in shock. Soon, a string of protests sprung up nationwide.

Despite the dissatisfaction and regret felt by many, let me tell you why Donald Trump may be just what America needs right now: Imagine a leaky roof. Water begins to drip; very slowly at first, almost unnoticeable. A person places a bucket on the floor beneath and decides they’ll fix it later. However, overtime, the dripping becomes more frequent; drip, drip, drip.

One day, a rain storm hits. The leaky roof caves in and the bucket is no longer enough to protect the inside of the home from immense water damage.

Now that the roof is caved in and the house is flooded, the person decides to repair the roof.

Almost everyone in this election can agree on one thing: America isn’t great.

Did America lose its greatness on the night of Nov. 8, 2016?

No. As humans, we tend to be apathetic until disaster hits. For example: For decades, racist ideation has drip, drip, dripped all over our society, just like a leaky roof.

Until now, the American people have been satisfied with putting a bucket out, pretending that racism isn’t a problem.

However, on Nov. 8, 2016, our rain storm gave his acceptance speech, and the roof finally caved in.

Disaster hit, and many people were called to action for the first time ever.

Sometimes, it takes a roof caving in for people to care. My hope is that Mr. Trump is the perfect storm.

For all those who are in need of hope after this election, I leave this quote: “As the saying goes, sometimes the things we can’t change, end up changing us.” •

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Connect three of the same colored dice, which merge to form one dice of the next highest number, the highest being M, which when connected, explodes Courtesy of Gram Games to clear nine spaces. The goal is to get the highest score possible and beat your friends. Along the way you collect coins, though I still haven’t figured out what you’re supposed to spend them on, however, this in doesn’t really detract from the fun figuring out how to connect the dice and keep the game going. (Natasha Nellis)

ALBUM

The Altar by Banks Moody, rhythmatic, empowering and dark. These words describe the lastest album release of Los Angeles based alternative R&B artist Banks. Reflecting both the romantic aspects of her life as well as her inner feelings toward herself, “The Altar” is an alternative music junkies next fix. Perfectly curated lyrics combine with smooth hip-pop and Courtesy of Harvest Records R&B melodies to produce an album, “The Altar,” chock-full of songs to play when you’re just feeling a little darker than usual, with “Fuck with Myself,” “Judas” and “27 hours” being perhaps three of the best songs on the whole album.

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A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Dear reader, if you’re anything like me and you sat in your elementary classroom while your teacher read you “A Series of Unfortunate Events” books, then you’re going to want to watch this Netflix original series. If you were disappointed with the lack of similarity between the 2004 movie and books, do not fear, for the Netflix original series will rekindle your love for this series like the Baudelaire mansion in flames. And Courtesy of Netflix the best part about it, besides Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf, is that David Hadley (Lemony Snicket’s real name) not only reviewed this series, he had his hand in writing the teleplay for it as well.

Season one is currently available on Netflix and contains eight episodes, covering books 1 - 4, that range from 45 to and hour long each. (Abbi Vance)

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SPORTS

Beau Baldwin racked up 85 wins in nine seasons at EWU, including a national championship in 2010 and four national semifinal appearances in the FCS playoffs | Jessica Hawley for The Easterner

EWU’s Beau Wooed by Cal

After nine years as head coach, Baldwin accepts offensive coordinator position at UC Berkeley Riley Baker Staff Reporter In a press conference on Jan. 16, EWU football head coach Beau Baldwin announced that he had accepted the offensive coordinator job at the University of California, Berkeley.

“Given this situation, it was right,” said Baldwin on his decision to accept the job. “I’m not going to get into detail, but there have been other opportunities in the last four or five years and the reason they weren’t right is because this place [EWU] is so special and the people are so special.”

Baldwin cited Cal’s academics, a chance to move on to a Pac-12 school and his respect for Wilcox as reasons why he felt this was the right situation to move on from EWU.

“It was quiet, people were kind of shocked,” quarterback Gage Gubrud said of the team after Baldwin broke the news to them. “It sucks, but I’ll say it time and time again, the only reason why this is, is because the guy is elite.”

The position had been vacant since Jan. 8 when Cal fired former head coach Sonny Dykes and his staff. On Jan. 14, Cal and University of Wisconsin defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox agreed to a contract to make him the school’s head coach.

The news comes just a month after EWU athletic director Bill Chaves announced that Baldwin and the school were negotiating a new fiveyear contract that was set to expire after the 2021 season. The Spokesman Review reported that Baldwin was set

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to make $240,000 next season, not including incentives. For reference, former Cal offensive coordinator Jake Spavital’s salary was $385,000 in the 2016 season, according to USA Today.

Baldwin was also a finalist for the head coaching position at the University of Nevada in December, the job ultimately going to Jay Norvell of Arizona State University. In 2014, Baldwin was a potential candidate for the head coaching position at Oregon State University, according to a report from The Oregonian. The position was ultimately filled by University of Wisconsin head coach Gary Andersen.

Baldwin, the Central Washington University alumnus, has been the head coach of the Eagles since 2008.

In his nine seasons at EWU, Baldwin compiled an 85-32 record, including

a 50-14 mark in Big Sky Conference (BSC) play. Baldwin’s Eagle teams won five BSC championships and advanced to the FCS playoffs six times, including a national championship in the 2010 season.

Chaves announced in the press conference that offensive line coach Aaron Best and defensive coordinator Jeff Schmedding will be co-interim coaches while he searches for EWU’s next head coach.

“The next two weeks you recruit the kids that you recruited for the last eight months and you re-recruit the kids you have here on campus,” said Best.

“And come February first, we hope that we have 100 percent retention in both areas ... In the end we’ve got great people and we’re continuing to retain the great people we currently have.”

Schmedding and Best will be focused on continuing the recruiting process as the Feb. 1 National Signing day is under two weeks away.

“Coach Best and I 100 percent support each other,” said Schmedding.

“The staff is on the same page, we’ve already had meetings in that regard, we need to go forward and take care of the now first.”

As far as finding the next EWU football head coach, Chaves is taking steps to fill the current vacancy.

“The hope is to do a very expedited search,” said Chaves. “We can’t thank Coach Baldwin enough. What he’s been able to do over the course of nine years … and where he’s taken this program, a very successful program, he’s taken it to new heights.” •

SCORES EWU

Women’s

Idaho St.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

41

Jan. 12, 2017

10 10 18 20

58 EWU

Women’s

Weber St.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

85

Jan. 14, 2017

21 21 32 25

99 EWU

Riley Baker Staff Reporter Over the weekend, EWU women’s basketball went 2-0 in a pair of home games against Idaho State University and Weber State University to improve to 4-1 in Big Sky Conference play.

In the pair of games, the team showed that they have the ability to excel on all sides of the ball.

In the first game against the Idaho State Bengals, EWU defeated ISU in a game full of solid defensive play. The Eagles held the Bengals to 41 points and a 29 percent shooting rate. EWU also forced the Bengals to commit 26 turnovers, outscoring

ISU 24-8 on points off turnovers in one of the team’s best defensive performances of the year.

“From day one, you work on defensive principles because defense is going to win you games at times,” said head coach Wendy Schuller.

“When the offense isn’t working, you have to be able to lean on your defense and that’s what we did tonight.”

The second game of the weekend against the Weber State Wildcats was drastically different compared to the defensive slugfest in the first game.

EWU won 99-85, making 57 percent of their shots from the field.

“I thought offensively, especially in the second half,” said Schuller.

EWU

1st 2nd

4-0

9-6

Idaho

2-3

7-9

Montana

5-1

10-9

Southern Utah

2-3

4-14

North Dakota

4-2

9-7

Sacramento State

2-3

5-11

EWU

3-2

11-7

Montana State

2-4

7-12

Portland State

3-2

10-6

Northern Arizona

1-4

4-14

Northern Colo.

3-3

7-10

Idaho State

0-4

2-14

Women’s

Men’s

Weber State

Conf. / Overall

85

Weber St.

Men’s

67

1st 2nd

28 42

70

TWEET OF THE WEEK

“Ashli [Payne] and Delaney [Hodgins] were playing with a lot of confidence and stepping up doing big things.”

Hodgins and Payne each put up 26 points, which led to the team scoring at least 20 points in each quarter.

The weekend showed that this basketball team has the ability to beat teams with both their defense and offense when need be. If the Eagles can put those two things together as the season goes on, it will be a winning formula that could take them deep into the postseason.

EWU next faces Southern Utah University at 3 p.m. on Jan. 21. •

Conf. / Overall

42 43

Jan. 14, 2017

35 32

@ChadBodnar

“It’s a sweep! Congrats @EWUCoachSchu and @EWUWBB staff and players on the dub! #GoEags”

QUOTE OF THE WEEK Wendy Schuller

“I always say we are built to play however we need to play, and I think this weekend was a good indicator of that.”

BY THE NUMBERS

BIG SKY STANDINGS Conf. / Overall

Idaho St.

Men’s

92

Women’s Basketball Winning Games on Both the Offensive and Defensive Side of the Ball

14 20 18 33

Jan. 12, 2017

44 48

Senior Ashli Payne (left) and junior Delaney Hodgins (right) have EWU firing on all cylinders | Courtesy of GoEags.com

05 10 18 08

Conf. / Overall

Northern Colo.

6-0

14-3

Weber State

2-3

8-8

North Dakota

5-1

10-7

Idaho

2-3

7-9

EWU

4-1

9-7

Sacramento State

2-3

6-10

Montana State

4-2

11-5

Northern Arizona

1-4

5-11

Idaho State

3-2

9-7

Southern Utah

0-5

5-11

Portland State

3-2

9-8

Montana

0-6

3-14

41%

The percentage EWU women’s basketball shot from the field in the first half of their game against Weber State University on Jan. 14.

74%

The percentage EWU women’s basketball shot from the field in the second half during that same game against Weber State University.

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