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“I do kind of feel like he should have repercussions but he’s a pretty powerful person so I guess we’ll just have to see.”

“It’s just kind of scary knowing they know everything about you and what you put on there.”

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Kaitlyn Nagg, Junior

Following the data leak with Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg’s Congressional hearings, should Facebook and/or Zuckerberg face repercussions or regulation and why?

Rocio Negrete, Freshman “Well yeah, technically even if they are not in the wrong legally I still don’t think that it’s right. I don’t think that you should use social media and be scared that your data will be stolen or released or anything like that.”

EWU Double Rainbow

Mark Wilson, Freshman

Derek Ren, Freshman “Even if you give permission on facebook, you should have to give further permission to go ahead and use it moreso. He’s got know better, Facebook has to know better.”

Trevor Destriech, Freshman

“It’s definitely a hard decision because the problem with adding government is that they tend to overstep.

So I’m afraid we’ll be seeing government social media sites, which I really don’t think is something we should be doing.”

“I’m sure there is something in those terms and conditions we all click on, that says our information we put on there is theirs, so it’s kind of like it is your information but you’re also putting it out there.”

Student Photo Corner

Sophomore Whitney Bolar snapped this picture while in Westminster, a popular area of London, England.

“This was taken by me at Westminster which is an area in London, England. I think it was across the street from Big Ben because we were walking around it to go to a popular cathedral. I really like architecture and telephone stands, especially this one because it was well kept and still working. It also had a very nice contrast with building.”

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Facebook data scandal raises questions for students Kaitlyn Engen Reporter On April 10 and 11, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stood before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce Committees to testify following a data-theft scandal that was exposed by the New York Times and The Guardian on March 17.

The reports initially said that 50 million Facebook users’ data was harvested by British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, a firm that uses purchased data for political campaigning purposes. This number was eventually updated to 87 million users.

Although Zuckerberg himself did not commit a crime, the Senate demanded answers to tough questions that could change the future of Facebook, data regulation, strategic communications (such as advertisements and campaign) and social media as a whole.

For students on any social media, the scandal also raises a lot of questions—and for some great concern—for how their personal data is handled by large companies not just limited to Facebook.

The exposed data leak sparked a carefulness among students about what personal data they were putting online. Some have already changed their practices and habits around online activity to make their data as secure as possible, including turning on ad-blockers, putting thought into what is posted and reviewing privacy settings. “I knew most of the information was out there, I try to take the measures to keep it as secure as possible, and I am very cautious about what I put on there,� said EWU student Garrett Saiki, who uses Facebook for his business account.

Zuckerberg introduced modifications to the current privacy settings accessibilities to Facebook users that are to be put in place following the hearing. Theoretically, this would allow users to have better control over what data is obtained by Facebook and where it is going.

An embellishment of privacy settings did not satisfy some Congressional members, or some student social media users. The idea of imposing government regulations on large social media companies such as Facebook was another point brought into the dialogue.

Thirty-nine people who follow The Easterner on social media voiced their

opinions on this debate through two polls: One on Facebook, and one on Twitter (to account for students who may have deleted their Facebook profiles). Students were asked: “Should large social media companies, like Facebook, have government regulations?�

The results were close for the 20 students that responded on Twitter, ending with 55 percent saying no to placing government regulations, and 45 percent saying yes.

As for the Facebook poll, the gap in opinion was larger, with 63 percent of the 19 respondents saying no, and 37 percent saying yes.

Saiki was one student that was for imposing more regulation on social media companies, but not necessarily from the government. “I think the government listens in to a lot of stuff and has access to a lot of things that they don’t necessarily need the right to have access to,� Saiki said. “I think there should be a regulation overall on what information on what social media sites can mine from you and take, and it should be very transparent.�

Tassia Baker-Jackson, an EWU student who does not have a Facebook account, was against government regulation. “They could control more of what you do and see. They could just push out straight propaganda at that point, and we don’t need that,� Baker-Jackson said.

The variation in student opinions could reflect the differences in what students use social media for, and how the recent happenings have changed or validated their perspectives on social media.

For example, some past users of Facebook have gone off the site (and possibly resorted to other sites, like Twitter) in fear of their data being stolen along with the other 87 million scandal victims.

For EWU students like Grace Pohl, who currently has a Facebook account, the testimonies have caused them to examine the fundamental purposes of social media in their own lives. “Social media is connecting with people.

That’s the concept of where social media came from,� Pohl said.

As the testimony outcomes unfold and Zuckerberg juggles his company’s shortcomings, many surfaced and yet-tobe-surfaced questions continue to circulate amid social media users and non users alike.

The future for Facebook and social media in general may be just around the corner. •

Brief Symposium submission deadline extended Jeremy Burnham Copy Editor The deadline to submit abstracts for the 2018 EWU Student Research and Creative Works Symposium has been extended to April 23, Symposium Coordinator Freddy Vega announced Monday.

The Symposium is an annual twoday event where EWU students present their creative works and research projects. 2018 marks the 21st year that EWU has hosted this event. This year, the symposium will also feature presentations from students of the Community Colleges of Spokane.

The event will include a keynote luncheon featuring Dr. Russell Kolts, a professor of psychology at EWU. Kolts is featured in a TEDx Talk titled, “Anger, Compassion and What it Means to be Strong.�

Student’s creative works projects will be presented May 15 at the EWU Art Building. Research projects will be presented May 16 at Senior Hall and Hargreaves Hall. More information on the symposium can be found on EWU’s website.

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EWU and Bogatá university students partner

Ten years of partnership with Public Health program has impacted healthcare Kaitlyn Engen Reporter Five ambitious EWU Master of Public Health students are seeking to make monumental impacts on post-civil war Colombia.

At the crown of South America’s head exists a country traumatized by the same horrors that have sent countless U.S. soldiers overseas in recent years: homicides, massacres, abductions, torture, use of mines and explosives, child recruitment, sex crimes, forced dispossession and displacement of land.

Civil war has devastated the country of Colombia since 1964. Although the war came to a close in 2016, the country (especially rural communities) has suffered consequences of the conflict manifested through significant socio-cultural disintegration and poverty, and the conditions of the Colombian people themselves facing a number of mental and physical illnesses.

“A lot of people there have been damaged in many ways, like economic[ally], [and by] loss of people and families. It is a lot of psychological damage for them,” Colombian foreign exchange student Sergio Daniel Cardona said.

It is estimated that there are approximately 7.67 million total Colombian-civilian victims.

“It’s like a quiet war: You don’t see it, but it’s there,” Natalia Perez Machado, also a Colombian medical foreign exchange student, said.

For the five EWU Master of Public Health Graduate Student Assistants Victoria Senechal, Jessica Ochoa, Zoe Dugdale, Dilli Gautam, and Guillermo Mendez-- and six Colombian foreign exchange medical students— Natalia Perez Machado, Sergio Daniel Cardona, Luisa Mejia Roa, Andres Ramirez, Carlos Mario Perdomo and Daniel Zamora Torres—efforts to build up Colombian victims from their country’s previous atrocities are not done by the methods of violence or boots on the ground that Colombians have witnessed the past half-century.

EWU’s Master of Public Health department associated with Juan N. Corpas University, located in Bogotá, Colombia,

Photo courtesy of the College of Health Science & Public Health EWU graduate student assistants Victoria Senechal, Dilli Gautam, Jessica Ochoa, Zoe Dugdale, and Guillermo Mendez (above) pose for a picture. The Master of Public Health Students are traveling to Colombia for a ten-day visit to help develop a community health assesment by collecting data from surveys, interviews and focus groups. in 2008. After years of assessment on conditions of post-conflict Colombia, the Colombian university proposed a program to diversify its educational methods and produce competent individuals capable of impacting the policies depriving many rural Colombians of desperately-needed healthcare today.

Juan N. Corpas reached out to EWU for assistance in this initiative. The Office of Global Initiatives at EWU, headed by Dr. Megan Abbey, endorsed the Colombian university. In May 2017, EWU and Juan N. Corpas were awarded the 100,000 Strong in the Americas Innovation Fund.

After an extensive application process, the six Juan N. Corpas medical students were chosen to travel from Colombia to Cheney to participate in medical internship, online education and dialogue with the five EWU GSAs. “It’s good to know another culture— another kind of health services. The medicine is the same in all the world, but each country, each state, even each town,

has their own way to try to give health to their populations,” said Cardona. “We are working to find different ways to improve the rural health in Colombia, and how the government of our country can give us support, so in that way we can help them.”

MPH student Victoria Senechal, one of the five GSAs, is heading the project that holds much complexity under the guidance of Dr. Mary Ann Keogh Hoss, who maintains direct communication with Juan N. Corpas. Senechal’s duties include online class operations, research on Colombia, and grant objective orientation. Her skills in translation have also helped immensely to push the project forward.

“Currently, clear inequalities exist in health access and outcomes between rural and urban areas of Colombia,” said Senechal in an email interview. “Health programs can contribute to the restoration of rights, restoration of health, reconstitution of family ties and social inclusion.”

In the collaboration between the two universities, the project aims to

provide eminent educational and career opportunities to EWU and Juan N. Corpas graduate students, strengthen the relationship of the two institutions, and produce a jointly-written policy proposal urging Colombia’s legislative body to implement better healthcare strategies for rural Colombian victims.

The six Colombian students are inspired to contribute to the project based on what they have seen in their own country.

“The main idea is to recover all communities affected,” said Roa. “I really feel that it has been affecting me too, because I am Colombian and I feel it by the heart.”

The project has taken significant research and productivity on all ends and a thorough investigation of Colombia, to construct a satisfactory policy proposal. This does not stop at the comforts of a college campus.

On May 6, MPH students will land in Colombia to engage directly with the things just words on a page to them before.

The MPH students’ ten-day visit to Colombia will put their attention into

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the development of a community health assessment to enhance the finalized policy proposal. Conducting surveys and interviews while establishing focus groups, the team will obtain data from both urban and rural communities to get a more complete picture on the disparities of health outcomes.

Colombian students will return with the MPH students to their home country. They will complete further research in the town of Algeciras, one town heavily impacted by the war.

“Once we are in Colombia, no two days will look alike,” Senechal said.

All the measures of preparation have not blinded the MPH students to some of the obstacles that might present themselves over the course of the trip.

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communities that have been struggling for years,” said Senechal. “Nationally, I hope this stirs up the local and national Colombian government to do something lasting that brings about stable peace and true health reform. Practically, I hope the government funnels more health professionals, programs and money into rural areas with the highest level of need and makes some positive changes to the current health system.”

The six Juan N. Corpas students have expressed satisfaction so far with their experiences working with EWU. “This has really opened my mind to a new culture,” said Torres. “It is nice to get out of my comfort zone and really get to know people and their thoughts.”

The outcomes of this project also have

“Locally in Colombia, I want to see this bring hope to the victims and rural people in communities that have been struggling for years.”

Victoria Senechal, Graduate Student Assistant Language barriers, first off, might prove difficult to overcome even with language training.

“Translation is not necessarily the same thing as interpretation. There is a lot lost in translation and those on the team who can only manage one of the two languages get extremely frustrated,” Senechal said.

The students are not entering a territory free of threat. A post-war country opens up the possibility of encountering land mines, guerilla fighters and civil unrest as well as vulnerability to disease such as malaria and yellow fever.

All concerns aside, the hopes for the outcomes of this project remain high for everyone involved.

“Locally in Colombia, I want to see this bring hope to the victims and rural people in

the potential to inspire other EWU students to get involved in similar pursuits.

“I think it helps that there have been some positive outcomes of the work we are doing and most students are looking to travel and learn more about other countries and cultures,” said Senechal. “Hopefully, EWU will create more GSA positions like mine to work on existing projects like this one and maybe other programs will go out to find ways they can get involved through study abroad programs.”

It is a small group of EWU graduate students driving a program that has the possibility to impact thousands, or even millions, of lives. Where EWU students could take their influence next, the world is the limit. •

Graphics by Gail Powers for The Easterner The first graph shows the number of victims due to conflict in Colombia over the past several decades, while the second graph shows that Colombia had the second-most internally displaced persons in their country in the world in 2014. The EWU graduate student assistants are working with medical students from Juan N. Corpas University to write a jointly written policy proposal to Colombia’s legislative body to urge them to implement better healthcare strategies for rural Colombian victims.

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Entertainment

Loose Change & Filler Text

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EDITORS’ PICKS Television: “The 100” (The CW)

Courtesy of The CW

The CW’s post-apocalyptic, sci-fi thriller “The 100” returns for its fifth season on April 24. The show picks up following a six-year time jump, after praimfaya made Earth a nuclear wasteland for the second time. But are the people on the prisoner transport ship that made a surprising appearance at the end of season four friend or foe, and how will relationship dynamics change following a time jump that separated many of the core characters? Check out season five on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on The CW to find out.

(Brandon Cline)

Documentary: “The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling” (HBO)

Courtesy of HBO

I didn’t know a lot about Shandling until watching this documentary directed by Judd Apatow (40 year old Virgin, Knocked Up). This film really shows Shandling and his neurotic approach to work. He never thought he was good enough or funny enough and it drove him crazy.

He had to be in total control of the projects he was working on until the end until he thought they were just right. Apatow got access to all of Shandling’s journals that he kept since about 25, it gives a rare look at what he thought of his life in show business and how hard it was for him to work and hold a steady relationship. Shandling died of a heart attack in 2016 at the age of 66.

(Josh Fletcher)

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Police Beat

Illustration by Gail Powers for The Easterner

Josh Fletcher News Editor

DWLS April 9

Assault April 9

An EWU PD officer was driving north on Washington Street when they noticed a car quickly pull over and the driver ran into the trunk. Police then pulled the man over when the male student admitted to driving with a suspended license. The student will have his fate decided for him in Cheney Municipal Court.

Police were called to the eighth floor of Dressler Hall after reports of two people yelling at each other. According to police, the male nonstudent, and female student, they were having an argument and the female slapped the male. He then grabbed her arms to stop the blows.

She was arrested for Domestic Violence and Assault in the fourth degree.

Liquor Violation April 14

Theft April 15

At 1 a.m. EWU police observed a man walk behind Fifth Street Hall, pull his pants down and pee on the side of the building. Police approached him and also noticed the smell of alcohol. They asked him if he was over the age of 21, which he was not, and added a Minor in Possession to go along with his Public Urination charges. He will meet his fate in Cheney Municipal Court.

One student is missing a black and green “Caliber X9” Trek mountain bike that was stolen at Dressler Hall. The student said he locked it up Friday afternoon and when he went to check on it Sunday, it was gone. Contact police if you know anything or have seen the bike anywhere.

Suspicious Circumstance April 13 Around 8 a.m. Friday, campus police noticed the “No Parking Fire Lane” signs were all upside down in Lot 12.

Police say there were unbolted and rebolted upside down.

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A&E

Rozell Plant leads students on tunnel adventure Kaitlyn Engen Reporter Many EWU students may not think twice about the mechanics behind what gives them the satisfaction of a hot shower on a winter morning, or what keeps them from sweating through their shirts during final exams.

The Rozell Plant, located on Cedar Street next to snyamncut Hall, is the heart of all the heating and cooling systems on the EWU campus. The plant has been providing for the comforts of students and faculty since 1970.

For the people on the EWU campus, temperature regulation of water and air is as simple as turning a dial, but for the workers at Rozell Plant, it is a lot more complicated.

On April 16, in light of Sustainability Week, students got the opportunity to go beneath the surface of what they know and explore underground systems that they walk over every day.

The tunnel tour was led by Mark Lindsay, the Energy Management Supervisor at the Rozell Plant. He is the person in charge of the maintenance of utilities and building temperatures on EWU campus.

Students began their adventure in the boiler room of the Rozell Plant where campus heating is made possible. In the chambers, natural gas supplied by Avista ignites flames that produce steam. The temperature in the chambers reached 441 degrees Fahrenheit at the time of the tour.

The computer control room was the next highlight. Computer programming allows for precision in locating specific problems in every area of the system, including the campus buildings. Here, management of the system is as easy as a click of a mouse.

For the students and faculty who enjoy the benefits of air conditioning on hot spring and summer days, the cooling systems that use electricity to compress air and chill water (presented in the tour) provide just that.

After some preview and education of the system’s inner workings, the tourists finally got to experience what they had been anticipating: The mysterious, intricate (and maybe a little spooky) underground web of tunnels of the EWU campus.

Surrounded by large pipes and cement walls, the students journeyed through the

Kaitlyn Engen for The Easterner Mark Lindsay, the Energy Management Supervisor at the Rozell Plant, led the tunnel tour last Monday. The computer control room as seen here is used to locate specific problems in every area of the entire system, including the campus buildings. tightly-spaced maze that led them all the way from the plant– which is very close to the URC– to underneath Patterson Hall.

Obstacles presented themselves along the way that required climbing, crawling and even some leaping from the students.

One could say the tour was definitely not meant for slacks and dress shoes. A few students were covered in water and mud by the end of the tour.

Upon the tour’s completion, Lindsay expressed a great appreciation for the student’s participation in the tour, and wanted to encourage more students to learn about the systems they may take for granted.

“I think students should have a greater awareness of what facilities are doing as far as sustainability and energy management to keep comfort of students,” said Lindsay. “Leading students on an adventure of a lifetime could definitely be a step toward this awareness of what is not always seen.” • Kaitlyn Engen for The Easterner The mysterious EWU underground web of tunnels are surrounded by large pipes and cement walls. This tightly-spaced tunnel runs throughout campus.

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A&E

Confluence: Dances inspired by the Spokane River Sam Jackson Reporter Confluence: Dances inspired by the Spokane River, is a collaborative production with multiple EWU alumni and Spokane locals that will premiere April 20 at the Bing Crosby Theater.

The concert is presented by Vytal Movement Dance Company, a young up and coming professional dance company in Spokane. The founding director of Vytal Movement Dance Company and choreographer for the dances in the concert is Vincas Greene. Greene is also a lecturer at EWU and teaches dance classes in theater.

Greene graduated from EWU in 1989.

Greene chose to relate the dances to the river because he says it’s something everyone can relate to in Spokane.

“It’s inspired by the river, you can come and look at these dances and go, ‘oh I see it looks like river movement or I see certain part of the river,’ just so people can really grasp that’s what it is,” Greene said. “It’s not

deep with other meanings there, there are other things in there and you can dig into it as much as you want. You can also just think, okay I get this, it also has something to do with the river and it’s nice to look at. So that’s why I went with that and it’s something about Spokane that pervades the whole city.”

Greene’s process of discovering inspiration required him to spend a lot of time being by the river. Greene constantly found himself walking along the river in different areas. He even did some research on the river and visited the Spokane river keepers for more information.

“I tried to translate the movement that I saw and the feelings that I get from the river into movement on the human body,” said Greene. “So there are things that can look very rivery or things that look flowing [...] I take that movement, I put it on the dancers and then I start to manipulate it, move it around, change timings on things, turn it facing different ways, and make it upside down. All of those different tools

that a choreographer uses to come up with something that I aesthetically like.”

Another EWU alum involved in the production is Margaret Francik, who graduated in spring 2016 with a bachelor’s degree of Music in Composition. Margaret is composing a piece for one of the dances that will be performed. The instrumentation for the piece is for violin, cello and bassoon which will be played by a family trio involved in the music department at EWU, Dr. Lynne Feller-Marshall, Dr. John Marshall and their son James Marshall.

“So far it’s kind of been a piece where I’m trying to evoke not only the river and the constant motion and sort of the swirls of it, but also I’m trying to incorporate the nonriver elements that affect the way the water moves and the way it moves through the city,” said Francik. “So in my mind when I was exploring the river I looked at the way that light played on the water or maybe snatches of conversation that you could hear while walking next to people along the river.”

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In preparation for the production, Francik was able to admire the choreography they produced for her music and the choreography for the other pieces of music that will be showcased.

“It’s really interesting choreography and nothing like I’ve ever seen before,” said Francik. “Each scene evokes the river in a different way. I am obviously very excited to see how it comes together with my music but I am really excited just to see the whole thing and kind of what he has created in terms of the array of things he is going portray that relate to the river, because it looks really exciting.”

The concert will feature multiple dances, two new dances that are inspired by the river, two dances that Greene premiered last year called “Awakenings” and a lighthearted dance that offers a humorous look at swimming with music by Antonio Vivaldi.

Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the event are $22 prior to the concert and $25 the day of the concert and are available for purchase through TicketsWest. •

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EWU art seniors display capstone exhibit Richard N. Clark IV Social Media Director

On the ground floor of Brewster Hall in Cheney, the EWU Downtown Student Gallery is hosting the art senior capstone exhibition “How to Grow Roses” that started April 16.

The gallery will feature a variety of works from a group of 13 Studio Art majors ranging from 3-D prints and sculptures to traditional oil paintings. The work is selected, curated and installed in a group effort as part of the Art Senior Capstone course. The exhibition’s title is both a symbolic metaphor of the growth the students have made and a testament to their new beginnings as they graduate from EWU this upcoming spring.

“They’re learning the foundations of their professional practice as a studio artist,” said EWU art professor Jenny Hyde, who is in charge of overseeing the capstone class and art exhibition. “All the work represents their potential. They’re the roses and so we’re presenting their growth.”

The meaning behind each individual’s artwork goes much deeper.

Senior Antonina Lovyn, who comes from a family of artists, draws from her own life experiences for inspiration.

“I want people when they look at my art to relate,” Lovyn said. “We all have experienced depression before, or anxiety and being heartbroken or hurt. So I want people when they look at my art to think, ‘wow that’s exactly how I feel!’”

Lovyn has always had a passion for drawing but did not take it seriously until taking an art class in college. After being encouraged by friends and family to pursue her artwork, Lovyn will be graduating this spring with a Bachelor of Arts in both Human Resources and Studio Art. Specializing in painting and drawing, Jonathan Stephan has two large 48-inch by 36inch oil-on-canvas paintings in the exhibition.

One of the two paintings, “Ocean Eye’s,” was inspired by a Billie Eilish song of the same name and displays a vibrant array of purple and gold.

“It’s a metaphor for falling too far in love,” Stephan said. “It’s just [a combination of] all the emotion and energy that I focus through myself and the music, as one of my filters.”

According to Stephan, it typically takes anywhere from six months to a year to paint a piece of this size, as he heavily layers his

Richard N. Clark IV for The Easterner Prints of “Shattered Beauty” by senior Antonina Lovyn are available for $68. Prismacolor, pencils and charcoal were used to create this. paintings to enrich the colors and add depth.

Stephan doesn’t stick to a particular color pallette and describes his style as organic and bold. Stephan will be graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art. Some of the more unique, visually engaging artwork in the gallery will include senior Steven Bickham’s 3-D prints and his TV, which will be looping a mixed media project he created in Adobe After Effects CC. Bickham describes his artistic style as bright, colorful and bold.

Another unique, visually engaging art piece is a shadow sculpture by Lisa Koep which consists solely of repurposed materials from a medieval-themed wedding.

This special kind of sculpture requires a light to shine on it, casting a shadow on the

wall behind it that depicts the true art piece.

In this case, a witch burning, adding to its already unique nature.

Through the EWU Art Department, students are taught how to manage being a professional studio artist.

Hyde uses her experience to prepare students for life as an independent artist after college.

“It’s not really a profession that has guidelines,” said Hyde. “But now I’m trying to put guidelines to it so the students are prepared to manage their own creativity once they get outside of school.”

Some of the skills the students learn include how to write and pitch grants, properly present artwork at exhibitions and in general, manage themselves as their own boss.

Hyde has been creating and presenting art

for over 20 years and has been teaching at EWU for eight years.

The EWU Downtown Student Gallery features artists with different levels of experience, showing both the work of students and internationally renowned artists from around the world.

This time, however, it will be highlighting the works of 13 seniors with as much variety of artwork as there is creativity.

“How to Grow Roses” will open April 16 and be on display through May 12.

There will be a closing reception May 10, starting at 4:30 p.m. Refreshments and hors d’oeuvres will be provided.

The EWU Downtown Student Gallery is located in the lower level of Brewster Hall at 404 2nd St. in Cheney and is open Monday through Friday noon to 5 p.m. •

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2018 Earth Day Fair

What is it: Learn about how you can do your part to save the planet.

When: Thursday, April 19 Time: 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Where: JFK Lobby Cost: No cost.

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Mathspeaks

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What is it: Guest speaker, Mike Stark principal of Cheney Middle School will give out advice on how to get hired as a math teacher.

When: Thursday, April 19 Time: 6 - 7 p.m.

Where: JFK Library Event Space Cost: No cost.

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Late Night Planting

YAL: Bring Them Home Event

What is it: Learn how to create your own potted plant masterpiece, while enjoying some free snacks.

When: Thursday, April 19 Time: 9 - 11 p.m.

Where: TAW 215 B/C Cost: No cost.

What is it: On the 15th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, hundreds of Young Americans for Liberty chapters nationwide will be hosting a “Bring Them Home� activism event.

When: Friday, April 20 Time: 10:15 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Where: PUB Mall Cost: No cost.

Jeremy Burnham for The Easterner

Service Saturday | Cheney Clean Sweep

What is it: Join students as they give back to the Cheney community by participating in Cheney Clean Sweep.

When: Saturday, April 21 Time: 8 a.m. - noon Where: Showalter Hall 109 Cost: No cost.

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Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner Freshman Alexis Rolan long jumps during the Pelluer Invitational on April 14. Rolan took first in three individual events at the meet: the 100-meters, 200-meters and long jump.

Spring cleaning: Eags sweep at Pelluer Taylor Newquist Reporter In its lone home meet of the season, the EWU track and field team would not be outdone by the competition.

The Eagles finished first in 17 events at the 46th annual Pelluer Invitational last weekend, and both the men’s and women’s teams scored more points than competing schools Portland State and Gonzaga.

The 4x100 meters men’s relay team finished in first place with a time of 41.64 seconds, and relay members went on to

perform well in the 100-meter dash as well. Junior Jonah Mathews finished second at 11.22 seconds, sophomore Dawson Lack finished third at 11.27 seconds and freshman Joe Gauthier finished fourth at 11.27 seconds.

Following the race, members of the 4x100 meter team were confident about their position in the Big Sky. “I think that we’re the fastest 4x100 team by a good way,” Mathews said.

The team added that this season they are set on breaking the EWU record for a 4x100 team.

“Expect huge drops [in time], we had terrible hand-offs today,” said senior Jeremy VanAssche, who only ran in the relay on Saturday.

Lack also competed in the 200-meter dash finishing in third place, .17 seconds behind fellow Eagle senior Austin Upmeyer in second place at a time of 22.6 seconds.

Senior Logan Stahl won the 800-meters for the third straight week at 1:55.03 minutes. Stahl is currently ranked first in the Big Sky. In the 110-meter hurdles, junior Parker Bowden finished first at 14.69 seconds and is ranked fourth in the Big Sky.

Sophomore Keshun McGee, senior Scott Miller and freshman Gavin Lee led the men’s team in the field events. McGee finished first in the triple jump at 51-2 1/4 feet and first in the long jump at 23-8 1/4 feet.

McGee’s performance moved him to second in the Big Sky for triple jump and fourth for long jump. Miller’s 53-10 1/4-foot throw in the shot put earned him first place and was his best of the season. Lee finished in first place for the first time as an Eagle with a throw of 193-8 feet in the javelin.

“We’ve had six or seven meets and I’ve taken second or third in those,” said Lee.

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The women’s team tallied points in field events, with the pole vaulters sweeping all three podium spots. Senior Erin Clark reached the highest mark of the vaulters at 12-8 3/4 feet, putting her into fourth place in the Big Sky. This was the third consecutive year Clark won the event at the Pelluer.

Freshman Alexis Rolan placed first in the long jump at 19-5 1/2 feet, the first of three titles she won at the meet. Senior Tierra White finished first in the high jump at 5-feet-7-inches, which is her best jump as an Eagle.

“I just got my [personal record] today, so I want to continue to PR,” said White. “I want to keep my mentality and keep telling myself I can.”

White’s mark in the high jump moved her into second place in the Big Sky. Junior Paris Flenoy led the way for the women’s throwers, placing first in shot put at 45-1 1/2 feet and second in the discus at 146-7 feet. Junior Madison Doepker added a second-place finish in the hammer while sophomore Emma Chappell finished second in javelin.

“We’ve been working hard all week,” said Flenoy. “We’ve been getting everything right in the drills and when we went out on Saturday and Sunday it all worked out. At this point I’ve already superseded the goals I had so I need to make some new ones.”

On the track for the women’s team, freshman Alexis Rolan and senior Rebecca Tarbert tied for first place in the 100-meters at 12.37 seconds. Rolan also finished in first place in the 200-meters at 25.37 seconds to earn her third title of the day. Senior Kari Hamilton finished in first place in the 1500 at 4:37.26 minutes with fellow senior Paula Gil-Echevarria five seconds behind her in second place.

“Top marks would go to Kari Hamilton in the 1500, Tierra White in the high jump, Alexis Rolan in the long jump and Paris Flenoy in the shot put,” said Mecklenburg.

“All of those performances move those athlete’s way up on the Big Sky lists.”

The Eagles will travel to California this week to compete in three separate meets. Top athletes will compete in the Mt. Sac Relays at El Camino College in Torrance on April 19-21. Other Eagles will be in Long Beach at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate on April 19, and the Beach Invitational on April 20-21. •

Photos by Bailey Monteith for The Easterner Seniors Kari Hamilton (left) and Paula Gil-Echevarria (right) compete in the 1500-meters at the Pelluer Invitational on April 14; senior Erin Clark (right) pole vaults. Hamilton and Gil-Echevarria finished first and second in the event, while Clark won the pole vault for the third straight year at the Pelluer.

Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner Junior Parker Bowden Jr. participates in the 110-meter hurdles at the Pelluer Invitational on April 14. Bowden won the event at 14.69 seconds.

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Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner The EWU football team lines up during its first full scrimmage on April 13. The Eagles had 398 total yards of offense, seven pass breakups and two interceptions in the friendly matchup.

Rain dampens Eagles’ first scrimmage Michael Brock Sports Editor After two weeks of drills, which included a handful of practices and a short 30-play scrimmage, the EWU football team went through its first full scrimmage of the spring on April 13.

The 70-play session took place at Roos Field in rainy conditions with both sides of the ball making highlights. Despite being held scoreless on its first eight drives of the day, the Eagle offense was able to muster 398 total yards. The defense, meanwhile, had seven pass break ups and two interceptions in the endzone.

“A lot of guys took reps, and there was some really good football and some not so good football,” second-year head coach Aaron Best said following the scrimmage.

“On one side you’re excited about red zone turnovers on defense, and on the other side you’re cringing as an offensive coach.”

Senior quarterback Gage Gubrud, who was the starter the past two seasons, was 4-of-12 passing for 101 yards and two interceptions while splitting reps with sophomore Eric Barriere and redshirt freshman Gunner Talkington. Gubrud also had a 5-yard touchdown run that capped off a six-play 60-yard scoring drive.

Barriere, meanwhile, finished 10-of-17 passing for 145 yards and a touchdown.

He led the Eagles on scoring drives of 74 and 82 yards, the first ending in a touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Terence Grady.

Grady, who missed most of 2017-18 to injury, said the Eagles’ offense is a step ahead of where it was at this time last year.

“We have a lot of vets on offense,” said Grady. “Last year we only had one senior on offense. We have some guys that are stepping into leadership roles this year and I think that it’s showing with how our offense is looking.”

Grady had four catches for 73 yards on the day, while junior running back Dennis Merritt scored two rushing touchdowns on 18 yards. On the defensive side, sophomore safety Calin Criner had two interceptions and eight tackles. Junior safety Dehonta Hayes led the team with nine tackles.

As spring drills continue, Best wants to see consistent energy, especially from the younger players.

“In pockets you feel like there’s a vibe, there’s kind of a huge pulse going on,” said Best. “And then at times we kind of lull […] Those 28 seniors have spent a lot of energy their first four years.

And so it’s time for those first, second, third and fourth year guys to kind of expend some of their energy.”

Over the next two weeks, the Eagles will have five more practices, as well as Mckenzie Ford for The Easterner another scrimmage at 11:30 a.m. on April The Eagle defense celebrates with sophomore safety 21. EWU will close out spring with the Calin Criner in the end zone. Criner had two interceptions Red-White game at 2 p.m. on April 28. • in the team’s first full scrimmage on April 13.

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Pair of finalists named for athletic director position

Lynn Hickey Jeremy Burnham Copy Editor

For more information on any of these events, go to www.ewu.edu/saaw

EWU Interim Athletic Director Lynn Hickey and Utah Valley University Athletic Director Vince Otoupal are finalists for EWU’s permanent athletic director role, the university announced on April 13.

Hickey and Otoupal were chosen from a pool of six candidates whom EWU’s search committee interviewed.

EWU will host a pair of public forums for the finalists in Spokane. Otoupal’s forum is April 17 and Hickey’s is April 19. Both start at 5:30 p.m. at the EWU center at the Spokane Campus.

“The committee is impressed not only with the quality and experience of our two finalists, but with the strength of the overall applicant pool for this highly sought-after position,” EWU Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Scott Gordon said. “We are excited for people to meet these two candidates in person.”

Before accepting the interim job at EWU, Hickey was the Director of Athletics at the University of Texas, San

Vince Otoupal Antonio for 18 years. Hickey oversaw the addition of a football program, which played its first game in 2011 at the FCS level. In 2014, the school moved up to a FBS conference.

Hickey is also responsible for UTSA adding a women’s soccer team. Since joining EWU, Hickey has been hands-on in her leadership of EWU athletics. In March, she relieved both the head and assistant volleyball coaches of their duties.

Otoupal, a former Stanford football player, has been the athletic director for two schools in the last 10 years. From 2008 to 2013 he was at California State University, Monterey Bay. He has led Utah Valley’s athletic department since 2013, the same year that UVU joined the Western Athletic Conference.

Fundraising has improved at UVU since Otoupal’s arrival. According to UVU, in 2016 the athletic department broke its fundraising record by raising 150 percent of what it raised in 2015.

EWU plans to announce the new athletic director by the end of April.

The Easterner will have a full report on the two public forums in next week’s issue. •

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Hoop dreams fulfilled

Alumna Tisha Phillips plays month professionally in Ireland Taylor Newquist Reporter Former EWU women’s basketball player Tisha Phillips recently returned to the U.S. after signing and playing a onemonth professional contract with the Liffey Celtics, in the Irish Women’s Superleague.

Phillips played two regular season games and two playoff games for the Celtics. She scored her international career-high 21 points in the league’s championship game, where the Celtics ultimately lost by 13 to Ambassador UCC Glanmire.

“I feel like I made a good positive impact on the team,” Phillips told The Easterner.

“The team didn’t exactly know what I was capable of when I got there so that was the hard part, but when it came down to it I made my presence known.”

The short length of the contract was to fill the need for two American players on the Celtics roster. Phillips signed on to the opportunity to gain some experience, while not committing The Easterner archives herself to anything long-term.

Women’s basketball alumna Tisha Phillips waits to check in during the WBI quarterfinals last “I had turned down a few offers before season. Phillips recently returned from a one-month professional contract in Ireland. that,” said Phillips. “Mainly because I was scared to leave, and not knowing what it was going to be like [...] The contract was “Playing at EWU prepared me for only for a short period of time so I figured a lot,” said Phillips. “Discipline, work why not, it was enough to get my feet wet.” ethic, fundamentals, mental toughness.

Aside from basketball, Philips said she did I grew so much as a player since my touristic things to enjoy herself. She drove on freshman year to now.” the left side of the road for the first time.

Phillips played in 113 games for the “It was very green,” said Phillips. Eagles during her four-year career. She is “Everyone spoke English with mild to eighth all-time in steals at 164 and 10th strong accents, and I could read everything in assists at 299. She scored 886 points so it wasn’t too much of a culture shock.” in her time at EWU, for an average of 7.8 The transition into playing for the Celtics points per game, and helped the team to didn’t seem to phase Phillips. In her first back-to-back 20-win seasons in 2014-15 game with the team she led all scorers with and 2015-16.

19 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field.

Now, Phillips’ time with the Celtics has Phillips didn’t notice any dramatic ceased. She is currently waiting for what changes in playstyle, and said that it didn’t is next to come, but is unsure about her take her long to find her role. future as a professional player. •

The Easterner archives Women’s basketball alumna Tisha Phillips shoots a layup against Idaho last season. Phillips scored 886 points in her EWU career, and helped the team to back-to-back 20-win seasons.