The Easterner: Volume 101, Issue 22

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Volume 101, Issue 22

Alternative Break Club breaks boundaries

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A flow of words

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Weather dampens WAR XI Page 12

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Volume 101, Issue | April 2018 Volume 101, Issue 2222 | April 11,11, 2018 3 News | 6 Entertainment | 7 Police Beat | 8 A&E | 12 Sports

Editor in Chief

Brandon Cline 509.359.6737 easterner.editor@ewu.edu

Managing Editor

Logan Stanley easterner.mngeditor@ewu.edu

Easterner Asks:

Chief Copy Editor

Amanda Haworth easternercopy@gmail.com

News Editor

Josh Fletcher easterner.news@gmail.com

“Probably that Zuckerberg thing.

Wasn’t it like for not having accounts verify if they were fake news, and selling people’s information?”

Sports Editor

Steven Kindya, Freshman

Arts & Entertainment and Features Editor

“I would definitely go with the Yodeling Boy, he’s been on the internet a lot and been making a lot of fire remixes of some songs. He was just filmed yodeling down Branden Stevenson, in a Wal-Mart in Freshman Texas I believe.”

Michael Brock easterner.sports@gmail.com

Dayana Morales easterner.aef@gmail.com

Multimedia Editor

Audrey Seda easterner.social@gmail.com

Art Director

Andrew Watson easterner.photo@gmail.com

Social Media Director

Richard Clark IV easterner.online@gmail.com

Copy Editor

Jeremy Burnham

Reporters

Sam Jackson Katherine Senechal Kaitlyn Engen Taylor Newquist

Graphic Designer Gail Powers

Photographers Mckenzie Ford Bailey Monteith

Faculty Adviser Carleigh Hill chill26@ewu.edu

EWU Double Rainbow

What news do you think is trending the most at the moment and why?

“I think Trump actually. Not the tweets necessarily but just him as a person.”

Jasmari Gorden, Freshman

Alex Larson, Sophomore “I guess the Weeknd just came out with a new album and everyone is like all emotional all of a sudden.”

Svetlana Pankova, Junior

“I’m more up into music and stuff like that. In hip hop culture, an artist called Rich Kid just dropped a f------ album and it’s pretty good. Logic just dropped some fire s--- and Skizzy Mars is coming out with some stuff soon.”

“I usually just hear things from everybody else but Trump always seems to be in the headlines because everyone wants to say something.”

Tim Kirby, Junior

Student Photo Corner

Art Director Andrew Watson took this photo while in Paris on a study abroad trip through EWU Global Initiatives.

“What we’re looking at is the backside of Notre Dame du Paris as seen from the River Siene. It was a beautiful day, and our group had the opportunity to see the Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, and Catacombs, and lots more. I highly recommend visiting the Global Initiatives office in Showalter Hall and asking about study abroad opportunities. It was well worth it.”

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News EWU addresses food insecurity with new pantries Jeremy Burnham Copy Editor According to a 2016 survey conducted at EWU by the Department of Health and Wellness, more than a third of students at EWU face food insecurity.

A survey of 900 EWU students indicates that 36 percent of students have worried about their food running out before they received money to purchase more. About a third of those surveyed have actually experienced running out of food. This means about 4,200 students on campus face food insecurity.

“Food insecurity here at Eastern is higher than the national average,” said EWU Director of Community Engagement Brian Davenport. “This isn’t just a problem, it’s a big problem.”

Davenport joined forces with others who were already working on the issue, including Pride Center Director Nick Franco and Women’s Studies Center Manager Lisa Logan.

“The Office of Community Engagement did not start these efforts,” said Davenport.

“We were invited to join them.”

The Pride Center and Women’s Studies

Center have each started micro food pantries on campus, while an effort for a campus-wide pantry program is underway.

Davenport says that his office’s relationship with Second Harvest and other nonprofits made it the natural home of the pantry.

Davenport said that there will be six pantries across campus to begin with. These pantries will open on April 24. In the future, Davenport would like to add a facility with a refrigerator to allow fresh food to be handed out.

Helping with the effort is AmeriCorps VISTA Kayla Martinez, who is assigned to Davenport’s department. Martinez, Photo courtesy of Seth Wenig/Associated Press. who is volunteering at Leanne Brown poses with her cookbook “Good and Cheap.”

EWU for a year, said Brown’s book is full of recipies that cost less than $4 a serving, and that destigmatizing is avaliable to download for free on her website. food insecurity is an important step to solving the problem to myself, ‘wow, this is like all of Canada, because some students are embarrassed plus nine million people who are hungry.’ that they need help.

I thought this book was something I could One resource Martinez tells students do. I could make recipes for people who about is the book, “Good and Cheap,” don’t have a lot of money. I thought it could

by Leanne Brown. Brown’s book is full be useful.” of recipes that cost less than four dollars “Good and Cheap” has been downloaded a serving. Brown has made the book over one million times according to available for free in PDF form on her Brown’s website. website, LeanneBrown.com. It is available “I always wanted it to be available for in English and Spanish. free,” said Brown. “It’s for people who have “Good and Cheap” started as Brown’s hardly enough money to eat. I don’t want capstone project at New York University. them to have to pay for a book. That doesn’t When she saw estimates on the number make sense.” • of Americans living on food stamps, she thought her book could help people.

“Forty-four million people are on food stamps in the U.S.,” Brown said in a telephone interview with The Easterner.

“I’m from Canada, and the total population of Canada is around 35 million. So when Jeremy Burnham for The Easterner I saw that 44 million number, I thought

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News EWU professor co-authors book on Spokane River Katherine Senechal Reporter The Spokane River is a huge part of the culture in the Pacific Northwest and is extremely impactful on its society. The recently released book “The Spokane River,” edited by EWU English professor Paul Lindholdt speaks about not only its aspects in the humanities, but also its effect on the social and hard sciences.

This book was the brainchild of Lindholdt as he wrote a portion of it, got all 28 contributors to add to it and edited it. The professor teaches classes from the 100 to 500 levels and has been at EWU for 24 years. The book came together in the last two years. He is originally from Seattle and has taught at five other institutions.

Lindholdt wanted to write this book to appreciate the river and as an informational piece about the Spokane River. There are many aspects of it, and the book acts as a way to let people learn more about the river and to raise awareness for it.

“Spokane has changed so much in the 24 years I’ve been here,” Lindholdt said. “The river used to be a sewer almost, and now in recent years people have come to really treasure their river. I thought maybe they’ll treasure a book about the river, and sure enough the community is really throwing their support behind it.”

The book is organized into three parts: Encounters and Excursions; Culture, History, Society; and Beneath the Surface.

The three sections all give a different perspective on the river, and each chapter is written by a different contributor.

“The 28 contributors to this collection—including activists, storytellers, and scientists— profile this living river through personal reflection, history, science and poetry. They bring a keen environmental awareness of resource scarcity, climate change and cultural survival tied to the river’s fate,” a University of Washington Press review of the book said.

According to Lindholdt, this is

a relevant book for EWU students because it is so close to them and a part of the community.

“I wanted to enhance appreciation for the river,” said Lindholdt. “And I wanted to make a sort of kaleidoscopic view of the river from all different perspectives and so the book is divided by three sections: the first is sort of created to be expressive, the second is social sciences including history, the third is hard sciences. So, there’s a range of different views of the river represented here.”

Lindholdt has published eight books so far and won the Washington State Book Award for Biography/Memoir in 2012. “The Spokane River,” published this year, is one of the most comprehensive books about the river.

There will be a book launch and a live reading at Auntie’s Bookstore on Thursday, May 3 and in the JFK Library on Thursday, May 10. •

Bailey Monteith for The Easterner EWU English professor Paul Lindholdt showcasing his new book “The Spokane River.” Lindholdt and 28 others contributed in the writing.

National Public Health Week ensures your right to health Katherine Senechal Reporter National Public Health Week is full of events, festivities and discussions nationwide, which is what the EWU public health club took part in last week.

One of the events held by the club as a part of the National Public Health week celebration on campus was the Health Fair on Friday.

The event was a resource fair where EWU students could come and talk to different partners, both on-campus and in the community, about health-related topics. The theme of the fair was “Ensure Your Right to Health.”

A resource for this event and the public health club is the Health, Wellness and Prevention Services office. One of the people from this office is Health Education Coordinator Lindsey Fulton.

According to Fulton, the office provided education on the importance of hydration as part of its GetFRUVED grant.

The grant is provided by Fruved, a USDA-approved joint research project.

The grant is used for things like the smoothie bike for the club’s health huts and to put on other health promotion events. Grants help make events like this fair free for students.

“We handed out water and sugar-free f lavor packets to promote hydration,”

Fulton said. “We also served as a resource to students about our office and what we do on campus.”

National Public Health Week is brought together by the American Public Health Association as they bring communities together to highlight relevant issues in the U.S. and recognize the contributions of public health.

According to NPHW.org, “For over 20 years, APHA has served as the organizer of NPHW. Every year, the Association develops a national campaign to educate the public, policymakers and practitioners about issues related to each year’s theme.”

The purpose of this educational

fair on the EWU campus was to let students know what health resources are available to them on campus and provide information on how to access those resources. Also, the club wanted to offer information on different health issues and topics. ASEWU provided an opportunity for students to register to vote for upcoming elections as well.

The Health, Wellness and Prevention Services office is located in Room 201 at the URC and is open to all students. The Public Health Club is available as well during its health huts and other events on the Cheney and Spokane campus. •

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News

Last day to file 2017 taxes New club provides approaching quickly safe space for female

STEM students Kaitlyn Engen Reporter Julia Nelson is extending her arms out to the hands of STEM-minded women and non-binary individuals of EWU through her newly-born student club, “Women Who Code.”

Nelson has an educational background in electronics repair in which she used to fix cell phones for a living. It was the insufficient pay she was receiving that brought her back to school at EWU to pursue a computer science major and information security minor.

Through her experiences, Nelson not only developed a dedication to computer programming, but was moved to uplift women and non-binary people in STEMrelated fields, like herself, who may face disadvantages in the workforce.

“Women in STEM are not getting the respect they deserve and the pay they deserve, so they are having to outwork their counterparts,” Nelson said.

Self-taught in coding and programming, Nelson hopes to lessen the intimidation of coding—and STEM fields in general— to women looking to pursue, or at least are interested in, these fields of study.

“It’s a safe space for women to get together and code,” said Nelson. “If you need help with your code, or you are interested in programming but not so sure, we can help you. If you are applying somewhere and not sure if you will get equal pay, we will advocate for you. We are there to support you.”

Nelson also mentioned the idea of a group programming project that would bring a sense of unity, teamwork and companionship to the club. She said that discussion will come later on into the club’s establishment.

Starting a club at a university can be a tedious process for students. It becomes

even more difficult when that process is executed during dead week and finals week, as “Women Who Code” was.

According to Nelson, despite the challenges, especially with the timing of the club’s start, everything seems to be coming together very smoothly.

Nelson is working closely with Becky Standiford, the vice president of the club, along with a few other initial club members to figure out the final details, like where club meetings will be held and who will hold the remaining officer positions.

The club is hoping to rent out a computer lab in the library, or a room in the tech building. Nelson said that she would keep the location information up to date.

Nelson is working to create a very open and welcoming space for prospective members.

“All they have to do is show up Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.,” said Nelson.

“Even if people are just interested in coding, or robotics projects, or any of the STEM subjects, they are welcome.” •

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Entertainment Loose Change & Filler Text "The Greatest Showman" Lives Up to its Name Emily Bonsant Contributor

with promises of unbelievable sights. He then emerges from backstage in a red ringmaster You have probably heard of “The Greatest costume followed by elephants. The music, Showman” by now. It’s that circus musical choreography and editing are fantastically that came out on Christmas. Hugh Jackman cohesive. Even without the phenomenal plays P.T Barnum, the man who started colors used in the film, the images would having an extravagant variety show under a still stand on their own. Every frame is tent. Needless to say he had a flare for show a spectacle. The camera becomes part of business. Zac Efron re-enters the musical the choreography. During the rendition of genre and plays Barnum’s upper-class “The Other Side” the mix of editing and business partner Phillip Carlyle. Carlyle choreography is impeccable. When the assists Barnum in legitimizing the show. The music swells and then drops, Barnum spins Greatest Showman Carlyle in his chair is not only a “Not only is the story and simultaneously and historically based cinematography phenomenal, the camera spins as around Barnum’s the music is frustratingly catchy.” well. It is subtle, but circus, it is also genius. These edits about humanity coming together regardless and movements of the camera makes the of differences in appearance. Barnum views viewer feel included in the film, which intern the circus folk- such as the Bearded Lady makes us feel like we are in the stands under and Dog Boy- not as freaks to gap at, but the red tarp. as unique individuals to celebrate. Barnum “The Greatest Showman” really is turns what others would call a “freak show” “everything you ever want, everything you into a celebration of humanity and an ever need.” admiration for the “gifted” and “unique.”

The Greatest Showman is out On Not only is the story and cinematography Demand today and is still running at the phenomenal, the music is frustratingly catchy. Garland Theatre and Hayden Cinema 6 the The music perfectly matches the lyrics. The rest of the week. So you can stop viewing opening scene starts with the song, “The that pirated version with Mandarin subtitles.

Greatest Show.” Jackman stalks backstage Rated PG. singing deeply, and enticing the audience

Andrew Watson for The Easterner

EDITORS’ PICKS Movie: “Sing Street”

Video Game: “The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR”

“Sing Street” (2016) is an independent movie directed by John Carney. The film features an original soundtrack following the new wave genre of the 1980s. “Sing Street” is set in Dublin, Ireland and pertains to the cultural conf licts of the region and era. This unique film explores teenage matters while simultaneously bringing the viewer back in time to Dublin 1985. “Sing Street” is a brilliant film to say the least.

(Amanda Haworth) Courtesy of The Weinstein Company

Courtesy of Bethesda Softworks

For what seems like the millionth release of this 2011 swords-and-sorcery classic, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim lends itself well to a Virtual Reality system. As a longtime fan of The Elder Scrolls series, I’ve explored every nook and cranny of the rugged home of the Nords. However, throwing an HTC Vive into the mix made the experience all the more exhilarating. The way Skyrim VR handles archery and spellcasting is engaging and makes you feel like a mean mammajamma. The sword-wielding is somewhat unruly (I accidentally punched my TV), but using the headset adds a whole new layer of immersion and panic in combat. If you’ve got the means, definitely check it out. VR AE ALTADOON (Andrew Watson)

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A&E

Ever-evolving salon thrives in small-town setting Sam Jackson Reporter Imperial Styling is an everevolving full-service salon and barber shop with an owner who is determined to adhere to the local community’s demands.

The salon is ever-evolving because it’s been remodeled more than once—most recently a couple of years ago—to fit as half barber shop and half fullservice salon.

The owner of Imperial Styling is Amy King, who truly embraces the Cheney community by choosing to reside her business here for almost two decades.

She believes that Cheney desperately needs a barber shop and maintains a barber shop has always been her dream.

“Two years ago, probably in an eight month period, I lost all of my barbers due to different reasons,” King said. “One [barber] was a long commute and one [barber had] health issues. I have not been able to find anyone since. So it’s this beautiful barber shop and I’m not quite ready to give that up and turn it back into the salon side. I think that I do have a barber coming in the next month, so that’ll be exciting.”

In the beauty industry, word of mouth is everything. Luckily for King, her talent—and 19 years in a small town like Cheney—has given her an advantage.

“I was in Spokane for a few years and it was much harder to build a clientele,” said King. “It was so big and you have so much competition. Word of mouth is a lot harder in a bigger town.

In a small town, word of mouth and being involved in stuff is so

much easier […] I think doing hair is such a personal thing, and obviously in a small town you can connect with people a lot more. I just think that’s what has made it successful. You can just connect to your community a lot easier.”

King prefers not to work alone.

She moved from Four Lakes to Cheney to expand and bond with other cosmetologists. There are two other cosmetologists that work with King.

“We’re all pretty busy, I have a pretty good mixture of students and locals,” said Miranda York, a cosmetologist at the salon.

With the barber shop as the main focus of growth, King and the other cosmetologists plan to continue maintaining their momentum with their success in Cheney.

“As for the salon, I just want to keep it strong and community oriented,” said King. “Right now the way we are going I am very happy with it. There is always stuff I want to tweak, but I am very happy. I mean obviously you always want to keep growing, but I want to keep our education fresh and keeping a positive place in the community is really my goal.”

Imperial Styling is located on 424 1st St. in downtown Cheney. •

Sam Jackson for The Easterner The interior of the Imperial Styling salon. The salon has been in Cheney for 19 years and is seeking to re-open its barbor shop.

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A&E

EWU graduate pursues artistic passions Kaitlyn Engen Reporter EWU alumnus Steve Whitford represents an example of someone who went on to pursue his passions after college.

Whitford is an art contributor to Steve Whitford Pottery Place Plus, the art gallery right next to Auntie’s Bookstore, where he sells his creations.

The gallery is celebrating its 40th year as a cooperative business, meaning the gallery runs off the profits of the 30 local artists— such as Whitford—that contribute their artistic work to it. It is one of the longest running co-ops in the country.

Whitford’s journey to where he is today started in 1970 when he ran his own business in contracting and design for 20 years. An injured back forced him out of

his long-lived career, and he had a hard time finding work afterwards due to his lack of a college degree.

After enrolling in the Interdisciplinary Studies program at EWU, Whitford earned his four-year degree with high honors while simultaneously working a full-time position at Norlift.

Following graduation, Whitford’s interest in wooden art sparked when his wife requested a Japanese-styled wood stand. With the selling of his 1938 Plymouth to buy tools, and many hours spent in the back half of his garage, Whitford had eventually established himself in the art-selling business upon joining Pottery Place Plus.

The variation of Whitford’s art has no limits. His most notable wooden art pieces include a chess set­— which he spent 60 hours carving—and his bowls with engraved music notes. The music pieces conveyed in his bowls—“You Are My Sunshine,” “Over the Rainbow” and “What a Wonderful World,” to name a

few—are reflective of the personality of product. It’s a really nice group of people, Whitford himself. they all have unique art, and all have “[The bowls] speak to both passions: unique abilities.” • woodwork and music itself,” said Whitford. “I like happy music. Things that make people smile.”

Pottery Place Plus contributors are not employees, even though they all work shifts at the gallery.

“That’s part of being a member of Pottery Place Plus […] We all cooperate to take care of the needs of the gallery,” Whitford said.

Pottery Place Plus contributors seem to be producing a synergy within the co-op that go past simply selling a product.

“We have duties beyond Photo courtesy of Tori Bailey selling art,” said Whitford. EWU alum Steve Whitford’s wooden chess set that he carved.

“Our primary concern is Whitford is now concentrating on creating usable art and not selling, but creating the small furniture in his wood shop.

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A&E

A different way to spend spring break Dayana Morales Arts & Entertainment Editor If one ever catches themselves wondering what good they can do during their academic break, they should consider looking into the Alternative Break Club.

Anna McNamara, the Residential Life Coordinator for Morrison Hall, founded the club a year ago. McNamara is originally from the southeast and has been at EWU for a year and a half now.

McNamara was interested in starting this club because she once attended an alternative break during college herself and saw that EWU didn’t provide this option for its students.

“Something that I’ve learned about students and people who are from the Pacific Northwest is that they do not leave the Pacific Northwest,” McNamara said. “People are very happy here which is awesome, but there is a lot of different perspectives and a lot of history that comes in other parts of the country.”

One of McNamara’s goals for the club is to get students to be able to be a part of that.

“Can you see a mountain that has cacti instead of trees, or like on the East Coast mountains are rolling hills compared to down here,” said McNamara. “See the history that comes with other parts of the world, starting with the United States.

If you are talking about social justice, diversity or world issues you are able to kind of get your hands on what it means to be an advocate to create social change.”

The easiest way to see that is through community service.

McNamara’s decision on where to take the group of students this year was made randomly. It started with a lot of research into nonprofit organizations that host weeklong trips.

“We looked into the community garden outside of Portland where the homeless population can work on the garden and have a place to live,” said McNamara. “On the coastal areas we contacted some state parks to see if we can do clean up, but specifically we worked with Habitat for Humanity.”

Habitat for Humanity does something called the collegiate challenge. It is where communities set up weeklong trips and they look for partnerships with local

organizations or local churches to provide free housing.

Students who attended paid a fee of $125. That fee covered the habitat fee, the cite fee and it covered transportation and food for the trip.

Since the location was within driving distance from EWU it helped keep the trip’s costs lower.

This year the club also raised about $1,000 and was actually able to get t-shirts for this trip.

ASEWU also donated $1,000 to the club. That helped the club with its transportation costs.

Another organization on campus that helped was the National Residence Hall Honorary. They paid for two students to go Photo courtesy of Anna McNamara and also donated another Students of the Alternative Break Club pose for a photo around Lake Siskiyou near Weed, California: (Left $500 on top of that. to right, back row first) Alex Martinez, Dalton Emerson, Matt Watkins, Willie Stoutzenberger, Garrett Harty, “Because of those Baylee Buchanan, Noah King; Shelby Shackelford, Jonny Vorachak, Sarah Colerick and Dakota Mullikin. three big donors and the [low] cost, we’ve been Senior Willy Stoutzenberger, who next school year. She’d like to return to able to save a little bit more so we will attended the trip, liked the fact that it Weed, as well as go someplace else within have a pillow so we can get that second was apparent that they were having an the country. trip next year,” McNamara said. influence in the community.

“I would love to get students to McNamara took 11 students this spring “The people that were hit by the wildfire the southeast or in the Appalachian break to Weed, California for five days. came up to us and they told us about how Mountains,” said McNamara. “That is Weed caught McNamara’s attention much they appreciated our service that we an incredibly impoverished area. There because of the wild fires that destroyed were doing for them,” Stoutzenberger said. is a lot of education that can go into the town last fire season. She saw this “That, I think, is probably the biggest part meeting people that don’t have access to community that has a low income and an of why this is so important. Often times running water, because that’s a thing in older age population as a great education you volunteer but you don’t exactly see the the United States.” piece. The fire wasn’t big enough for direct impact, but being there, learning McNamara is also considering going to federal aid, so McNamara was interested new things, being in a completely different states that were affected by hurricanes, in seeing how one recovers from this environment, knowing nothing about how like Florida or Texas. She is also looking situation, when you don’t have homeowner to build a house, but attempting to build a into working with LGBTQ+ communities insurance but you lose everything. house. It is shocking about how much you in bigger cities and getting connected “Giving students the chance to learn can do with nothing.” there as well. • that, but also leadership and teamwork,” Even though only 11 students went, they all said McNamara. “The students who went built a small community within themselves. this year built an entire deck or put siding “You really learn to bond with those up on two sides of the house. There’s a lot people and each night we would do teamof confidence-building with that. Working builders and things of that nature,” said together to make sure you do that. Those Stoutzenberger. “We showed appreciation developmental pieces and kind of growing to each other and that was something I up are some keys of what I am hoping to really enjoyed.” teach and instill with the folks that go.”

McNamara would like to do two trips

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Events

Say It: Voicing the Truth About Mental Health

Courtesy of Pixabay

What is it: Lauren Cook from USC will host a keynote workshop that covers the signs of depression and anxiety, and emphasizes mindfulness and self-care.

When: Thursday, April 12 Time: 5 - 6 p.m.

Where: Showalter Hall 109 Cost: No cost.

Courtesy of Pixabay

Taekwondo Club Meet

Courtesy of Pixabay

What is it: A get-together to learn and practice taekwondo.

When: Thursday, April 12 Time: 6 - 8 p.m.

Where: Dance studio, PEA 266 Cost: No cost.

Courtesy of Pixabay

Courtesy of Pixabay

EWU Tunnel Tour

Scary Feminists Club Meetings

Wild and Scenic Film Festival

What is it: A tour of the underground tunnel system below campus.

When: Monday, April 16 Time: 10 - 11 a.m.

Where: Meet at Rozell Plant Cost: No cost.

What is it: Weekly club meeting.

When: Tuesday, April 17 Time: 5 - 6 p.m.

Where: Monroe Hall 207 Cost: No cost.

What is it: A showcasing of 10 student-selected short films that focus on a broad range of sustainability related topics.

When: Tuesday, April 17 Time: 6 - 9 p.m.

Where: Showalter Hall 109 Cost: No cost.

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Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner Junior runner Parker Bowden Jr. participates in the 110-meter hurdles at the War XI at Spokane Falls Community College on April 7. Bowden placed second in the event with a time of 14.74 seconds, just .01 seconds behind the first place finisher.

Eags shine despite April showers Taylor Newquist Reporter The EWU track and field team fought through heavy rain to compete in the War XI at Spokane Falls Community College last weekend. The Eagles finished the meet with seven first-place titles, despite some prominent athletes sitting out events.

The women’s team’s top sprinters, freshman Alexis Rolan and senior Rebecca Tarbert, did not compete in any individual events, but placed first in the 4x100 relay alongside sophomore Sophie Bowles and freshman Bella Millsap. Bowles also

finished fourth in the 200-meters at a time of 25.86 seconds.

“The 4x100 relay got the baton around the track first,” women’s coach Marcia Mecklenburg said. “Sophie Bowles did a pretty good job considering it was a long, wet and cold wait between the relay and the 200.”

The women’s throwers dominated the event with seven top three finishes. Six of the top eight spots in the hammer throw were Eagles: junior Madison Doepker in first at 166-6 feet, senior Sam Lester in second at 166-4 feet and junior Justean Landis in third at 165 feet. Senior Paris Flenoy took second place in the shot put at

41-4 1/4 feet, and freshman Vernice Keyes took second in the discus at 131-11 feet.

“We swept in the hammer throw, and this week the win went to Madison Doepker,” said Mecklenburg. “If we take the hammer out of the mix, the freshman stole the show with Vernice Keyes in the discus and Chrissy Fitzgerald in the javelin.”

The men’s throwers, meanwhile, had four top three finishes. Sophomore Tim Beard took first place in the hammer throw at 186-9 feet and junior Shawn Buck finished in second at 179-7 feet. Senior Scott Miller placed first in shot put with a throw of 49-4 1/4 feet, and third in discus at 152-0 feet.

“Today, shot put went decently well considering all the rain and the elements we had to deal with,” Miller said. “Discus, not so much. I just didn’t ever connect with one, not really happy with it at all.”

Miller said at this point in the season he is most focused on the discus. He was part of a small group of Eagles that traveled to compete in the Texas Relays the week before where he placed ninth in group B for the discus. He is ranked fourth in the Big Sky Conference for the discus throw and fourth in shot put.

Junior runner Parker Bowden Jr. placed second in the men’s 110-meter hurdles with

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Sports a time of 14.74 seconds. Bowden ran stridefor-stride with a runner in the lane next to him, and in a contentious finish missed first place by .01 seconds. “I had a good start and got out well,�

Bowden said. “I still have some things to work on. Once I get to about halfway through the race I have some things that get a little bit sloppy.�

Bowden said that his legs were feeling a little bit tight before the race, and that the weather is a mental barrier that he must adapt to and overcome. “It’s always fun to run in this environment, if you just push through it,� said Bowden.

Eagle runners continued a strong day with senior Logan Stahl finishing first in the 800-meters at 1:51.55 minutes. As a result of the personal-best, Stahl was named Big Sky Track Athlete of the Week for the first time.

Sophomore Dawson Lack placed first in the 100-meters at 11.03 seconds, and fourth in the 200-meters at 22.26 seconds. “Logan Stahl arguably had one of the strongest performances with his stellar race,� men’s head coach Stan Kerr said. “Dawson Lack also had a personal record, which given the race conditions, was a great surprise.�

Freshman Joe Gauthier finished the

100-meters in third place at 11.23 seconds.

He is fifth in the Big Sky Conference and leads the team in the 100-meters. “My finish was bad and I started to lock up and get tight so I didn’t run as good as I should have,� said Gauthier, who took first place in the 100-meter dash at the Al Manuel Northwest Dual in Montana on April 6. “It was pouring down rain earlier and it’s just kind of cold now so I hope next week is better.�

The Eagles host their only home meet of the season this weekend on April 13 and 14. The 46th Annual Pelluer Invitation will start on Friday at 2 p.m. with the pole vault and discus.

The pole vault competition will be held at the ArĂŠvalo Student Mall, which is located at the center of campus near the PUB renovation project and the library.

Senior Erin Clark, along with juniors Larry Still and Elizabeth Prouty will participate in the “street vault� event. “Doing something like this brings the event out to the public,� head pole vault coach Eric Allison said. “Whenever you go to a street vault the fans have a good time and the athletes feed off of it.�

The discus will take place in the Throws Area by the soccer field.

Remaining field events will start at 10 a.m. on Saturday, with running events starting at 1 p.m. •

Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner Junior Elizabeth Prouty prepares to pole vault at the Buc Scoring Meet on March 17. Prouty is one of three Eagles who will partake in a “street� vault competition on April 13 at the Campus Mall.

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Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner Senior thrower Scott Miller shot puts during the Buc Scoring Meet on March 17. At the War XI on April 7, Miller took first in the shot put (49–4 1/4 feet) and third in the discus (152–0 feet).

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Bailey Monteith for The Easterner Senior Katie Tonellato (left) and junior Kendall Beardsley (right) go through drills during the rugby club’s practice on April 9. Tonellato is a co-captain for the Eagles.

Women’s rugby preps for spring slate

The club team, which went 10-0 in the fall, plays at Idaho this weekend Taylor Newquist Reporter

On the evening of April 9, the air at Roos Field was filled with oblong balls, but not footballs like it is accustomed to. The EWU women’s club rugby team practiced its lines and passing ahead of its scheduled match this weekend at the University of Idaho.

The team opened fall quarter with an undefeated 10-0 run, and was offered a chance to play in a national tournament in the spring.

“They have done well this year,” head coach Ian Martin said. “It was a bit of a setback losing some players, but we’ve picked up some new ones.”

Several players either transferred,

graduated or were injured during the winter quarter and the team’s unbeaten streak was snapped in the only match they played. Currently, they lack the numbers and finances needed to go to the national tournament, but have several matches lined up for spring quarter.

“The league we’re in has not been that great, in that teams keep cancelling on us,” said Martin. “The young girls haven’t had that much experience yet, as much as I would like.”

Senior Katie Tonellato and junior Kailey Wallis, the team’s co-captains, led the group through warm-up drills as they tried to find their pace in the second practice back from spring break.

Tonellato joined the rugby team when she was deciding what club sport to play

and did not want to keep playing the same sports she had been.

“I came out looking for something new and fell in love with it right away,” Tonellato said.

Wallis said that she was about to sign up for the softball club, but Tonellato made her change her mind and sign up for rugby.

“I came out for one practice and it’s the craziest sport you can ever play,” Wallis said. “It’s like ten different sports mashed together and the atmosphere of the team is amazing. You just fall right in and know where you fit.”

Wallis and Tonellato said that hitting people and the necessity for teamwork are their favorite parts about the sport.

“It gets all your aggression out so you can be happy the rest of the time,” said Wallis.

“And you can’t really have one star, you

really need your whole team to be winning.”

The captains agreed the aspect that surprised them the most about the sport is the accessibility to anybody, and they encouraged any newcomers to test their luck.

“The smallest girls I’ve ever met are some of the hardest hitters on the team,” said Tonellato.

“Size zero girls [hit you] and then you feel like a truck ran into you,” added Wallis. “No matter what size, shape, or any skill-set that you had before — you can play rugby. Especially if you think you can’t, you can play rugby.”

The Eagles will play in Moscow against the University of Idaho on April 14, before they travel to Portland to compete in Babbfest, an annual round robin-style tournament, on April 19-21. •

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Bailey Monteith for The Easterner Junior Kailey Wallis carries the ball during practice on April 9. Wallis, who is one of the team’s captains, said rugby is “the craziest sport you can ever play.”

Athletic vacancies keep piling up Jeremy Burnham Copy Editor EWU is already looking for a new athletic director to replace Bill Chaves, who left for the same position at the University of North Dakota in November.

While Lynn Hickey is currently filling the role on a interim basis, a search to find a replacement is ongoing. In the meantime, turnover has continued for the Eagles.

The latest departure is deputy athletic director Marc Hughes. Hughes resigned on April 4 to take over an insurance agency in Cheney.

Senior associate athletic director Pam Parks is due to retire in June. The Eagles are also without a assistant director of athletic performance after Amir Owens announced his resignation a couple weeks ago.

These vacancies are in addition to openings on a number of coaching staffs.

The volleyball team currently has no coaches, the soccer team is down an assistant and the cross-country team is still without a head coach. •

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Eagles enter offseason with promising future Michael Brock Sports Editor For the second time in as many years, the EWU men’s basketball team is losing the Big Sky Conference MVP to graduation.

Last season’s loss was Jacob Wiley, who notched 20.4 points and 9.1 rebounds in a single graduate transfer campaign.

This time it’s Bogdan Bliznyuk, whose presence has been felt with the Eagles for the past four years. Bliznyuk averaged 21.2 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists in 2017-18 to cap off a record-breaking career.

Guided by their trusty senior forward and first-year head coach Shantay Legans, the Eagles finished the season 20–15 overall and 13–5 in the Big Sky Conference and were within 20 minutes of knocking off Montana in the tournament championship and advancing to the NCAA Tournament.

EWU’s season ultimately ended with a loss to Utah Valley in the College Basketball Invitational.

Not bad for a team that was predicted to finish seventh in the conference and opened the season 3–8 following a grueling road exhibition schedule.

In his four years with the Eagles, Bliznyuk set 16 school records, in addition to becoming the Big Sky’s all-time leading scorer. He will surely go down as one of the most decorated athletes in EWU and Big Sky history.

But Legans said the attribute he will miss the most is Bliznyuk’s leadership.

“Bogdan was like a coach on the f loor,” Legans told The Easterner. “He really helped the young guys. But he also helped me and helped the coaching staff.

He gave us a great pulse on the team; let us know when they were tired or if they wanted to go more.”

Next season, the leadership, as well as production, that Bliznyuk provided will have to come from elsewhere.

Fortunately for Legans, the Eagles have seven crucial players coming back.

Most played the whole year, while a couple missed time due to injury.

Along with the demanding slate, the Eagles lost starting point guard Luka Vulikic, a sophomore, for the season after just eight games. Junior forward Jesse Hunt also missed almost half the season with an ailment.

Freshman guards Jack Perry (6.8 points and 2.4 assists per game) and Jacob Davison (7.2 points per game), in addition to sophomore forward Mason Peatling (7.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game) stepped up in their place. Legans predicts that Peatling will be one of the best post players in the conference next year.

Perry, who shot 43.1 percent from three on the season, moved into the starting lineup and became a steady hand next to Bliznyuk.

Davison, meanwhile, became a major contributor off the bench. The redshirt freshman guard scored in double-digits 10 times on the season, seven of which came in the team’s final 13 games.

Bailey Monteith for The Easterner With Bliznyuk and senior guard Redshirt freshman Jacob Davison hangs in the air for a layup against Southern Utah on Sir Washington graduated, Perry March 1. Davison is one of seven major players returning for the Eagles next season. and Davison will take on more of a playmaking role, a fact the latter is cognizant of.

“I want to improve my ball handling and my passing,” Davison told The Easterner. “I’m going to work my butt off all spring and summer and hopefully be able to take on a bigger role than I had this year. That’s what I want to do every year, just improve my role.”

The other returners include seniorto-be guards Cody Benzel and Ty Gibson.

Benzel (41.6 percent from three) and Gibson (37.2 percent) join Perry as the team’s returning sharpshooters.

“I’m excited about next season,” said Legans. •