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Volume 101, Issue | May 2018 Volume 101, Issue 2727 | May 16,16, 2018 3 News | 6 Entertainment | 7 Police Beat | 8 A&E | 13 Sports

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“I would open the PUB because I want it back.

I know it’s supposed to be finished soon but without the PUB, it’s kind of boring around here.”

Arts & Entertainment and Features Editor

Audrey Seda easterner.social@gmail.com

“Probably the construction to be honest. I would probably add restaurants, Einsteins and Tawanka isn’t really that much.”

Lonely Bridge

Geneva Hauch, Junior

If you had a magic wand, what would you change about campus?

“Better food, definitely better food because Tawanka is not that good. I would put mediterranean food.

I don’t know, just different kinds of foods from different cultures cause they always have the Asian bar.”

“It might be like a weird answer but if I had a magic wand, I would probably change the attitudes of people. I feel like some people are really negative and I don’t know, just kind of rude to you. I would just make everybody nice.”

“There’s not much I would change really.

A little bit more free parking I guess, I got nothing else.”

Kyle Hickman, Junior

Olga Belavus, Senior

“I would definitely change the smoking regulations, I would enforce it. Like no smoking on campus at all, of any kind. It’s really unhealthy and plus other schools in Washington like WSU, UW I’m pretty sure they don’t allow smoking.”

Student Photo Corner

Multimedia Editor Audrey Seda offered this photo for this week’s Stuent Photo Corner.

“I took this photo on a recent evening walk through downtown Spokane.

It seems like whenever I’m at the park, I find new things to appreciate.

This picture symbolizes that idea of appreciating the familiar.”

Gail Powers

Photographers Mckenzie Ford Bailey Monteith

Faculty Adviser Carleigh Hill chill26@ewu.edu

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Bailey Monteith for The Easterner Students Yuki Ono and Kosuke Nakamura from Mie Univeristy (left) and Hayden Leslie (right) on stage during the pitch competition. Leslie’s comapny “Xtra Hand” won third place and the People’s Choice for best invention.

Eagle’s Nest Pitch Competition finds its winner Dylan Harris Contributor The second annual Eagle’s Nest Pitch Competition announced its champion Friday night at the Showalter Auditorium.

Healthcare Communication Innovations, a team made up of Ryan Douse, Brendon Winston and Jessica Ochoa, placed first in the “Shark Tank” style event and won the grand prize of $2,500.

The competition is put on by the EWU Center for Entrepreneurship. It offers EWU students of any major the opportunity to develop their entrepreneurial ideas and eventually present them to business professionals and gain valuable feedback.

Out of the 37 teams that attempted to qualify, six made it to the final event.

The final panel of judges consisted of five business professionals.

HCI pitched its idea for “Prosper,” a data platform dedicated to improving accessibility and efficiency for patients in mental and behavioral healthcare programs. HCI says that due to the opioid crisis and several other factors, the number of patients is growing which naturally leads to longer waiting periods between appointments.

“Prosper” would allow patients to track and log their experiences or symptoms in real time on a platform that is also available to their doctor or therapist. HCI hopes this would allow more time during appointments to find solutions and fix problems rather than spend too much time figuring out the problem and discussing the past instead of the future. “Prosper” would also be able to send alerts to patients’ doctors or to helplines in the case of an emergency.

Douse and Winston said they plan to

keep this idea going and see how far they can take it.

“We have a couple different things we are pursuing while at the same time developing this,” said Douse. “In the next couple of weeks we get to meet with the state director of Medicaid which is a big avenue for this.”

Placing second in the competition was Chandler Wesson and Bella Chavez, who pitched an idea for “Evergreen Water,” a company that would use a more environmentally friendly type of plastic for water bottles that requires less plastic, less energy and takes up less space. They won a second-place prize of $1,250.

The third-place finisher was Hayden Leslie and his idea for “Xtra Hand,” a desktop organizer that could offer a solution to the small desk spaces offered in many classrooms. The organizer

would clamp on to a desk and has spots for a laptop, notebook and even a drink.

He won a third place prize of $750.

Leslie also won $500 for the “People’s Choice Award,” an award voted on by the audience at the event.

“I’m going to use some of the money to further my project, but I’m still very much in the beginning stages,” Leslie said.

The dates are already set for next year’s competition and Dr. Bruce Teague, director of the EWU Center for Entrepreneurship, encourages all EWU students to participate.

“I hope that every student who comes here, comes away with the idea that anyone can be an entrepreneur,” said Teague. “I want everyone who comes to this campus to know that if you’ve got an idea, whether it’s a small idea or a big idea, we’ll help you.” •

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Gender inclusive housing expanding at EWU Erica Bullock Contributor At EWU, gender inclusive housing options have been available in Brewster Hall since 2013. In the fall quarter of 2018, EWU will offer another housing option on the 10th f loor in Dressler Hall.

The plans for a gender inclusive f loor in Dressler were a result of about a year of meeting and planning with students, according to Melanie Potts, the assistant director of business operations in the housing department at EWU. Recognizing a potential financial barrier to students living in Brewster Hall, Potts said a decision was made to offer a lower price point in Dressler Hall, which will make gender inclusive housing options available to more students. Room and board rates for academic year 20182019 show Dressler Hall is approximately $1,200 less per quarter than Brewster Hall, not including meal plans.

EWU describes gender inclusive housing as a living situation in which two or more students agree to share a bedroom without regard to the gender of the occupants. Although the 10th f loor of Dressler is specifically planned to be LGBTQ+ friendly, students would not need to declare their sexuality or gender to be considered to live in this environment.

Allies of the LGBTQ+ community are also welcome to opt in to the gender inclusive housing option. According to EWU’s housing and residential life webpage, students may want to live in a gender inclusive housing situation if the student is still in the process of identifying their gender identity, if they are more comfortable living with someone of a different gender, or if they don’t identify themselves by gender.

“All students deserve a home where they feel safe, welcome and accepted,” Potts said.

EWU’s housing webpage echoes Potts’ statement reading, “It is a housing option that broadens students’ choices and helps ensure living arrangements that are welcoming and inclusive for all members of our community.”

The housing department has not experienced any pushback regarding these plans from the students, staff, or the institution itself. Potts stated that support has come from everyone from Dr. Shari Clarke, the vice president Photo courtesy of EWU of diversity and inclusion, to Dr. Nick Dressler Hall (above) is adding a gender inclusive floor to the dorm. Brewster Hall has had gender Franco, the pride center manager, to inclusive options since 2013.

Stacey Morgan Foster, the vice president of student affairs, up to the president’s “Since it is the f irst year we have and new students will begin assigning office. had the community in Dressler we themselves June 1. Demand is yet to be At this point, it is still unclear are unsure what the demand is. We determined,” Potts said. • how popular these dorms will be with have had a few returning students students. assign themselves to the community

Applications open for Washington State Legislative Intern Program Jeremy Burnham Copy Editor The Washington State Legislative Intern Program is now accepting applications for its winter 2019 program in Olympia.

The internship is full time and paid.

EWU also offers a full quarter worth of credit to students who take part.

EWU senior Mayra Hernandez, a political science major, participated in the program in 2018. “[The experience] taught me that while the classes you take here at Eastern gave

you the basic framework of politics, once you’re [in Olympia] you realize that there’s a lot more that goes on,” Hernandez said.

“Theories come into play, but at the end of the day it’s real people with real issues.”

House intern coordinator Paula Rehwaldt said interns can expect a variety of responsibilities including drafting letters, attending committee meetings and corresponding with constituents and state agencies. Interns will also attend a series of classes about state government, including “How a Bill Becomes a Law.” “You get placed in the office of one state

senator, or several state representatives,” Rehwaldt said. “They are very busy, and they don’t have much staff, so you are instantly doing what everyone else in that office does.”

EWU’s career services internship coordinator Romeal Watson said the school will assist in applying the credit in a way that most benefits the student.

“The first thing to do is find out what your major is so that we can work it out with your department,” Watson said.

Watson said any student interested in politics should consider applying, and

recommends that they contact him at rjwatson@ewu.edu with questions.

“It’s one thing to go to class,” said Watson. “It’s another thing to see how this is actually applicable to the field. Often if you are a political science major, you are only going to get one portion of the information if you are only going to class.”

Rehwaldt said that the program gets between 160 and 170 applicants a year, and that they are able to hire between 65 and 70. •

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ASEWU elections attract over 1,000 voters Jeremy Burnham Copy Editor One-thousand-thirty EWU students took to the polls on May 8 to vote in the 2018 ASEWU elections. Among other issues, voters elected Dante Tyler as ASEWU President, voted to approve a change to the constitution that allows ASEWU to move elections to a time when semester students are still on campus and approved an addition of an ASEWU dissolution clause to the constitution.

At the time of this publication, the results were still unofficial. They will become official after they are certified by the ASEWU council.

“I’m ecstatic,” Tyler said. “It’s been extraordinary to see people come up to me and say, ‘I voted for you, I’m so happy you won.’”

The 1,030 voters make up just over 10 percent of the students eligible to vote. Constitution amendments cannot be approved unless at least 10 percent of eligible students vote. This is an increase from the 6 percent of voters who voted in the primaries, and the 7.8 percent who voted in 2017’s general elections.

“Getting the 10 percent is something we’ve been trying to do over and over again,” ASEWU director of elections Justin McBride said. “Being able to reach it was a really big deal for us.”

The increase in voter turnout is something that outgoing ASEWU president Gaige Baisch said he was proud of.

“One of the things we’ve struggled with the last few years is voter turnout,” Baisch said. “Getting that 10 percent means the recommendation to the board of trustees to change the constitution can be made.”

Of the three constitutional amendments that voters approved, Baisch said the one allowing for the change of date for general elections is the most important.

“Our constitution said that elections will be held on the second Tuesday of April

and the first Tuesday of May,” said Baisch.

“Our semester students are done by then.

So, these students could go to Eastern, pay all their fees and not be allowed to vote.

We’ve been trying to change that since I can remember, but we haven’t gotten the 10 percent needed.”

Tyler said he hopes to be able to continue to push those numbers up. He said student involvement is something he wants to focus on.

“I want to keep pushing for that student-first mentality,” said Tyler. “One of the first things I want to do is create a TV broadcast on campus so that students can know what’s happening on campus.

They can know what committees are meeting, where they are meeting, how to sign up for these committees. […] There’s a lot of students who want to be involved, but don’t know how to.”

In the other two positions of the executive branch, Ashley Jenniges was elected executive vice president, and Jevion Knox was elected director of finance.

The constitutional amendment adding a dissolution clause was necessary for ASEWU to obtain a gambling license so that clubs can hold raffles. The other amendment would change the name of the director of finance to vice president of finance. The EWU board of trustees must approve these amendments for them to take effect.

The voters also elected nine new council members.

Baisch, who leaves office after graduation, offered some advice to his replacement: “Stay sane, it’s a stressful job.” •

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Entertainment

Loose Change & Filler Text

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EDITORS’ PICKS Documentary: Bobby Kennedy for President It seems like every time society looks up there’s a new television show, movie, documentary, podcast or article on the Kennedy dynasty. And now Netflix has decided to throw its hat into the ring as well, releasing a four-part documentary on Bobby Kennedy, John F. Kennedy’s younger brother. The documentary details RFK’s rise as U.S. Attorney General, Senator, and the Democratic frontrunner in the 1968 presidential election before being assassinated while campaigning in California. The documentary beautifully weaves the triumphs and flaws of Bobby Kennedy Courtesy of Netflix the politician as well as Bobby Kennedy the person, showing how his views and ideas evolved into being the person many believed would unite the country before he met his untimely and tragic end.

(Brandon Cline)

Video Game: Elder Scrolls Online If my pick of Skyrim VR didn’t make it clear enough, this ought to--I’m a huge Elder Scrolls fan. Elder Scrolls Online (colloquially known as ESO) is an MMORPG set in the fictional world of Tamriel in the 583rd year of the Second Era, at least a thousand years before the events of other TES titles.

Players are dropped into the Three Banners War, wherein all the major races of Tamriel have picked one of three sides and now Courtesy of Zenimax wage war for control Online Studios over the Ruby Throne.

Meanwhile, the Daedric Prince of Domination, Molag Bal, invades in an attempt to merge our world with his, causing untold horror and mayhem. This game had a rocky start back in 2014 at launch, but in the last couple of years, it has really come into its own as one of the best MMOs available. The player-versus-player modes are excellent, the gameplay is great and the story and lore are worthy additions to the growing Elder Scrolls franchise.

(Andrew Watson)

Television show: Scrubs Zach Braff stars as Dr. John “J.D.” Dorian in this goofy single-camera comedy-drama that takes place at fictional Sacred Heart Hospital.

Always by JD’s side are fellow interns Chris Turk (Donald Faison), his best friend, and Eliot Reid (Sarah Chalke), his onagain off-again love interest. Keeping the interns on their toes is Dr. Perry Cox ( John C. McGinley), a sarcastic, egotistic Attending Physician who uses insults and long speeches as teaching tools for the young doctors.

Courtesy of NBC When Scrubs is funny, it’s very funny. However, it also has its emotional serious moments. Scrubs is currently streaming on Hulu. ( Jeremy Burnham)

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Police Beat

Illustration by Gail Powers for The Easterner

Josh Fletcher News Editor

Theft May 7

Vehicle Prowl May 8

Suspicious Person May 9

Suspicious Person May 14

On Tuesday a female student returned a computer she rented to the library.

Afterwards, she remembered she left her bracelet and ring in the bag. Her bracelet was returned to her but she is still missing the ring. EWU PD asks if you know anything to contact them so the ring can be returned to its rightful owner.

Around 6- 8:30 a.m. a student ROTC officer reported his car was broken into. He was parked in Lot 3 and said his glove box was rummaged through and his stuff was put in a trash bag. The only things he found missing from his car were his debit cards.

A female student contacted police because she was afraid her ex-boyfriend would come to campus and harm her.

She said she was assaulted by him and he was arrested not long ago. Seeing his car near the Science Building prompted her call to police who will keep a look out for him. He is not a student at EWU.

Just after noon on Monday police were called to the old church house to investigate someone smoking marijuana and making himself at home underneath a tree. When police arrived the man, who is not a student, was making himself a sandwich under a tree and enjoying his marijuana. Police looked up his name and found he had a felony warrant out for his arrest in Montana. He was arrested and booked into Spokane County Jail where he will be transported back to Montana.

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Bike to Work Week: Fun and Sustainable Commuting Kelsey Magnuson Contributor

The EPIC bike shop and EWU Sustainability are teaming up this week to promote fun and environment-friendly commuting options by providing free bike rentals and events for students.

If you’ve ever wanted to give bike commuting a try, there’s no better time than Bike to Work Day, or in EWU’s case, Bike to Work Week, happening from May 14-18.

EWU Sustainability and the bike shop will hold events daily to provide students with information about bicycles and local bike routes.

Sustainability Coordinator Erik Budsberg finds alternative methods to get to EWU from Spokane every day, biking most days or busing when the weather is bad.

“Biking is an efficient and fun way to get to campus,”Budsberg said. “Other than purchasing a bike, it is free to pedal and park on campus. You can park your bike right next to your class or office, and save time by not walking from your car out in the

free parking lot. Additionally if you bike you’ll get good exercise and reduce your environmental impact.”

Knowing where to start is sometimes the hardest part of getting into bike commuting.

It’s often best to visit a local bike shop to determine what kind of bicycle and features fit each rider’s style and needs when choosing a bike.

If online research is your preferred method, REI has a comprehensive bicycle buying guide that can be found at: https://bit.ly/2sBlVUT. Bike shops and Facebook Marketplace are often good places to look for affordable used bikes. Red Bull provides a helpful guide on picking the best used bike for your buck at https://win.gs/2KnSI4G. Before you get biking, there are a few things to think about.

First, you want to make sure your bike and rider are roadready, and that you have the proper gear, such as a helmet, lights, lock, clothing that protects you from the elements and a good bike tool.

“Make a habit of checking

Kelsey Magnuson for The Easterner Sustainability Office Coordinator Erik Budsberg and EPIC Bike Shop Member, Nathan Meyer. The Sustainability Office and EPIC Bike Shop teamed up to promote enviormentally-friendly commuting options.

Kelsey Magnuson for The Easterner EPIC Members and sustainability office member at the Campus Mall.

Members informed students on local Cheney bike routes.

both tires before each bike ride, always wear a helmet (even if biking for a short distance), use proper signals if riding on a road with cars and get an appropriate seat to maintain proper posture,” Budsberg said.

Students can learn more about local bike routes in Cheney and participate in a campus scavenger hunt at 3 p.m. at the EPIC bike shop in the Phase building over the next few days.

“The Tuesday bike rides will feature safe places to ride and the best routes, and the Wednesday Wetlands ride will take students out by the waste water treatment plant,” Nathan

Meyer of the EPIC bike shop said.

Students can bring their own bikes or take advantage of the free rentals from the bike shop.

Students from Spokane wanting to participate in Bike to Work Day Friday can meet Erik Budsberg or Nigel Davies at 7 a.m. at the Fish Lake trailhead.

On top of Bike to Work Week, the Sustainability club has come up with many creative ways to encourage Eagles to be more environmentally conscious, from replacing outdated recycling posters to establishing monthly challenges for students and faculty that promote waste

reduction and recycling.

“We are encouraging students and faculty to bike to EWU for five days instead of riding a car to accomplish decreased greenhouse emissions, increased exercise and free parking spaces,” Sustainability Club vice president Seth Cook said.

Students looking for more information on Bike to Work Week and sustainability opportunities can check out the EWU Sustainability Facebook page. •

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Music department collabs on renowned piece Sam Jackson Reporter For the first time in North America, a renowned piece of work called Scheherajazz will be performed by EWU’s Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Jazz Band in the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. In symphony production, a very familiarized piece of orchestral work exists called Scheherazade, which was made by Russian composer Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1888. Scheherajazz is an arrangement that has been coined from that work as a classical and jazz version. It was created by Skip Martin, a bandleader in the 1950s. However, they only recorded it in the studio and never actually performed it live. After being transcribed by a man in Switzerland, Klaus Wagenleitner, the music finally went live

for the first time. John Marshall, EWU’s Symphony Orchestra director, reached out to Wagenleitner and bought the music so that EWU could be the second group to perform it live.

“This will be the North American premiere,” said Jody Graves, director of piano and facilitator of the event. “A premiere of a major work like this is a big deal.”

Both ensembles have been rehearsing for the event separately, only to rehearse together a few times at the end of the month and right before the show. It’s fairly rare for an orchestra and jazz band to come together in the music industry.

“It’s the same 12 notes that we use, but it’s a very different dialect what jazz people do with those 12 notes and what classical people do with those 12 notes,” Marshall said.

The violin is featured as the solo voice in this work. To elevate that aspect, an

anonymous EWU alum will be performing on a rare violin. The violin is called a del Gesu, which was made in Italy by Joseph Guarnerius in 1736. There are only about 20 to 30 of these violins left in the world.

“It’s a very special instrument and rare that people ever get to hear it,” said Graves.

“So, Spokane is going to get to hear this live and upfront [...] One of them went for over $18 million in a recent auction, that’s how valuable these are.”

On the night of the premiere, many musicians from the EWU music department will be featured leading up to the main event. This is the signature event of the year for the department.

“This whole evening at the FOX is a gala celebration of Eastern’s whole music department,” said Graves. “The first half is soloists, small groups, some singers and really fun music. There’s everything from Gershwin to Led Zeppelin. It’s going to be

quite the evening.”

The music department hasn’t done a big event like this in downtown Spokane since performing at the Bing Crosby Theater almost seven years ago. According to Marshall, the students have been practicing their wholes lives for this event.

“We are putting these students on that great-big-wonderful stage, which is one of the best in the West Coast, and really celebrating what we do here at this university in this aspect of the program,” said Grave. “You will be blown away by what these kids can do.”

The concert is on May 31, and the preconcert begins at 6:30 p.m. The main event begins at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are free for all EWU students, $5 for other students with ID and $20 for general admission. Tickets can be purchased on the Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox website. •

TELEVISION REVIEW

The Rain: Netflix’s new teenage dystopian series not the same old, same old Emily Bonsant Contributor When a deadly virus is released in the rain over Scandinavia, a Danish family f lees to the woods into a hightech bunker. The father is a scientist and claims he is the only one who can stop the virus. Simone [Alba August] must raise her much younger brother, Rasmus [Lucas Lynggaard Tønnesen], until their Dad returns. Five years later Simone and Rasmus, who are low on provisions, must leave the bunker. But is it safe to go outside?

If you like the early Resident Evil movies or The 100, then this is right up your alley. It is a coming of age story

for Simone and Rasmus. The title “The Rain” may sound hokey, but the show is not. It combines the thriller and scifi genres well and might remind some viewers of Alien. Watch the trailer on Netf lix, but not all of it, unless you enjoy spoilers. This Netf lix original is in Danish, but it is dubbed in English.

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EWU students create monumental mural Dayana Morales Arts & Entertainment Editor

Nine students with different majors came together under instructor Reinaldo Gil Zambrano’s guidance to create, draw, carve, print and install a 8-by-32-feet mural. The mural was installed at the Rocky Mountain Printmaking Alliance conference April 1921 at WSU and the University of Idaho.

Gil Zambrano designed and successfully ran an experimental printmaking course last winter quarter. This course took two years of preplanning. Gil Zambrano sent in the application to the conference ahead of time even before the class was constructed.

“I had an idea of doing this project so I sent the application and I sent the proposal and it got accepted,” Gil Zambrano said. “After that it gave more incentive to look for support from the school in order to make it possible.”

Gil Zambrano’s idea was to show students how contribution in really big projects is a necessity when it comes to completing them.

“First of all, I wanted to do something in a really large scale using a traditional media given an unconventional application, more into the street art,” said Gil Zambrano. “I wanted to engage students into the making of this. I wanted to prove that art is this tool that you can use in order to bring people together with a common goal. Disregarding if they have the experience or not.”

In the printmaking process everything starts with the drawing. The specific process the class used for this project was relief printing.

Relief printing is the method of printing in which the surface of a block of wood or any other material is carved to get the desired pattern. The carved out surface is then inked and the image is then made by pressing the inked surface onto paper.

One of the downsides to having a room full of creative people is coming to an agreement on a design and have it be cohesive and show a narrative.

“At first I was kind of apprehensive to work so close in a group because I have had bad experiences working groups before, but this was such an amazing experience,” senior Tommie Tucker said. “We had to spend so much time together to be able to complete the project that we became like a little family. We are all really close now and we all shared the excitement.”

Settling on a design was a group effort.

As a class, they studied the locations where

Phtoto courtesy of Reinaldo Gil Zambrano Instructor Reinaldo Gil Zambrano guides students through printmaking process to design a mural. The mural has been placed at WSU, the University of Idaho and outside of the Computing and Engineering Building at EWU. the pieces where going to be featured. They started to incorporate the space and also the location, which was the Palouse. At the same time some of the students’ ideas were related to certain animals and their meanings.

“Also, there was this idea of hitting that creative barrier and somehow breaking through for those ideas to grow,” said Gil Zambrano. “That is the creative process.

Somehow as an instructor I was trying to bring all these different components together into a composition that somehow developed a narrative.”

The design ended up being of piece paper that becomes origami figures that break through a wall and become the Palouse.

“At the end I felt like the whole concept was a contribution of everyone,” Gil Zambrano said.

One of the prints now stands outside of the Computing and Engineering Building.

The other one is at WSU in the Fine Arts Plaza right next to the museum. That installation goes up to the second floor of the building. The third is at the University

of Idaho in the Art and Architecture Department. Idaho has the intention to give the mural an extra protective coat in order to preserve it more, but the nature of this technique is to have the piece decay.

These pieces are going to eventually deteriorate with time. The decaying process depends on the surface and on the weather.

They stay up for about six months and really go away after a year.

Students did not only set up these prints around campuses, but they also got to install the massive piece live at the Rocky Mountain Alliance for professional printmakers that attend it as well.

“Just being in that environment for that weekend we learned so much and opened us up to this whole new world that we had no idea about,” said Tucker. “We can tell that it was successful because a lot of the professional printmakers came up and congratulated us and were asking us how we accomplished what we did. I thought it looked really cool, but to have other people that were professionals be so encouraging and complementary and

inquisitive was really amazing.”

For a lot of them it was their first time ever doing anything to this magnitude.

Some people hadn’t even done printmaking at all before.

“I always like to try something new and especially being the first to try it,” junior Robert Englehardt said. “Yes, there are bumps in the roads and lessons to learn but that is the part of being first that is so appealing to me. Being part of the conference rather than attending the conference made the experience that much more special.”

Gil Zambrano is not sure if the course will happen again, but if it does he wants to look for a bigger impact to peruse.

“Not just having the wood paste right here [on the campus] wall, but also how can that installation somehow contributes or makes an impact in the environment where it is located,” said Gil Zambrano. “That will bring an extra challenge.” •

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A&E Activist travels to EWU to stand by the people of Honduras Sam Jackson Reporter Activist Dunia Aracely Perez spoke out about the struggles of the Honduran people, whose claims are being repressed by their own government in compliance with the U.S. As a feminist and human rights attorney, Perez is traveling throughout the U.S. providing awareness on the corruption of the Honduran government and its military force. David Brookbank, EWU alumnus, reached out to MEChA during the immigration march and told the club that he was helping bring Perez to Spokane to speak at several schools in the area. Brookbank accompanied Perez and translated the presentation, held on May 14.

“What’s happening in Honduras is not a recent problem,” Perez said. “It’s a combination of an endless number of unresolved economic, political, cultural and social problems. These problems became worse with the coup d’état in 2009.”

The constitution in Honduras was enacted in 1982 and it prohibits the reelection of the president of the country, according to article 239. Article four of the Honduran Constitution requires that the president alternates every four years.

The current president is Juan Orlando Hernandez. He was re-elected in Nov. 2017 after establishing control over all the institutions in Honduras.

“The root of the problem that we are facing right now is the presidential reelection,” said Perez. “The current president of Honduras right now is therefore an illegal president.”

The articles of the constitution can only be changed by the people of Honduras. The attorney general of the country could have charged the president and the supreme court with treason against the nation, but he did not.

Juan Orlando Hernandez created the Military Police of Public Order in 2013. No president in the history of Honduras has ever had a military like it.

“What is the purpose of this?” said Perez. “To repress people of the country that question and to repress people that go into the streets protesting? This Military Police of Public Order is untouchable.”

According to Perez’s presentation, the country’s education budget has reduced from 33 percent to 20 percent and the defense

Phtoto courtesy of Sarahi Gutierrez Dunia Aracely Perez, a feminist and human rights attorney spoke at EWU May 14. EWU alumni David Brookbank accompanied Perez and translated her presentation. budget has increased by 161 percent.

“The government should be investing in the well-being of its people, for example the health of the people, but instead it’s investing in this defense budget and you can see the consequences here,” Perez said.

Perez said one of the issues the people of Honduras are concerned about is the support of the U.S. government.

“The United States gives financing to the Military Police of Public Order that belongs to Juan Orlando Hernandez,” said Perez.

“For Juan Orlando Hernandez to remain illegitimately and illegally in power as the president of the country is under the complicity of the U.S. government.”

Perez also talked about irregularities of the election and said that the Organization of American States and the European Commission reported that the election was not transparent. ”Never in the history of the Honduras

did the actual voting machine go down as many as it did in this election of November 2017,” Perez said.

“These organizations questioned the results, but [because] they had the blessing of the United States, the result was nothing came to pass,” said Perez. “In this face of electoral fraud in Honduras, the people of the Honduras took to the streets as never before in history.”

The Coalition Against Impunity is made up of 50 organizations in Honduras that investigate human rights. The Reflection, Investigation and Communication, the organization that Perez is a part of, documented 38 people who were killed and 22 political prisoners during the protests after November 2017.

“One of the things that stood out the most was when she was talking about how the government wasn’t helping their people, especially trying to oppress

them and keeping them quiet,” MEChA member Sarahi Gutierrez said. “In doing so it created a lot of casualties for a lot of young people.”

The Coalition Against Impunity seeks freedom for all political prisoners, the demilitarization of the public security forces of the country, pressure for the fight against corruption, acknowledgement of the nullity of the 2017 elections and a national dialogue called by the new government.

“The structure that has been created is called the Convergence Against Continuism, composed of diverse movements and social organizations [...],” said Perez. “It’s a bringing together of all these groups so that we can form that position of unity more to this dialogue. The people of Honduras are peaceful and we believe that the way out of this is dialogue.” •

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Events

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The Slants

What is it: The first all-Asian dance rock band will be performing on campus.

When: Thursday, May 17 Time: Noon - 1 p.m.

Where: Campus Mall Cost: Free.

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3 on 3 Basketball Tournament

What is it: Dressler is hosting its 23rd annual 3-on-3 basketball tournament.

When: Saturday, May 19 Time: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Where: Dressler Hall Cost: Register by Friday, May 18 for a $15 fee per team. Teams that register after that will pay $20.

Individuals registering for the 3-point or dunk/ lay-up contest wil pay a $2 registration fee. Register online.

Zumbathon

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What is it: The EWU Athletic Training Club will be putting on a Zumbathon and this time they will be partnering with the Health, Wellness & Prevention Services on campus.

When: Thursday, May 17 Time: 7 - 10 p.m.

Where: Pending room reservation Cost: Free.

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Anthony Hale Show

Joe Richardson: Hazing Prevention

What is it: Anthony Hale, Seattle-based rap artist, is coming to EWU to perform from his newly released album, “The Beacon.�

When: Saturday, May 19 Time: 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Where: Campus Mall (in case of rain they will move to Kingston) Cost: Free.

What is it: Joseph Richardson is an accomplished attorney and speaker who is regularly contributing his legal insight and commentary to the media.

When: Tuesday, May 22 Time: 5 - 6 p.m.

Where: JFK Library Auditorium Cost: Free.

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New details emerge in volleyball coaches firing Former head coach Michael King secretly gave a player $300 in March, university investigation says Michael Brock Sports Editor On March 27, EWU volleyball coaches Michael King and Nathan Fristed were relieved of their duties by then-interim athletic director Lynn Hickey. Hickey, who has since been promoted to the permanent director of athletics role, wouldn’t elaborate on the situation at the time, calling it a “university personnel matter.”

However, according to EWU records (which The Easterner obtained from the university), the dismissals occurred one week after the completion of an investigation into the alleged payment of $300 to a member of the volleyball team.

The student-athlete, who is a freshman at EWU, was not identified in the records.

Per her statement in the investigative report, the player went to then-head volleyball coach Michael King’s office on March 1, 2018, to discuss payment for a camp she had worked during the summer of 2017. King and Fristed were both present for the meeting.

“The only way I can pay you now is if you just found money,” King said, according to the student’s statement in the report.

King and the player then walked out to King’s car, where he retrieved the cash. Upon return, King placed $300 on his desk and announced he was going to the bathroom. Fristed departed the room as well, to his office. The student-athlete, who was left alone with the money, took it.

Soon after, the player was advised by then-assistant coach Diana Villalpando to turn in the money, which she did.

Bailey Monteith for The Easterner Michael King, former EWU head volleyball coach, addresses the team at a home match last season. King, along with assistant coach Nathan Fristed, was dismissed on March 27 following a university investigation.

According to the studentathlete’s statement given to Jeff Lamoureaux, EWU senior investigator and Title IX coordinator, all members of the volleyball team worked a summer camp from July to August 2017 in Cheney.

King told the team that there was a $300 room and board fee for each player during the camp, but that they would be reimbursed later on. However, when other team members began receiving their checks in

September 2017, the studentathlete approached King to discuss the payment. Citing an error in finalizing paperwork, King said he would figure it out.

During the March 1 meeting, King initially told the athlete that the only way she could be paid “legally” is if they overpaid for her work at a camp in the future. The player explained she wanted the payment earlier, to aid in family expenses. That’s when King allegedly told her that the only way is if she “just found money.”

According to the report, King acknowledged that he placed the money on the desk and walked out of the office with Fristed.

However, King said that he didn’t believe the student-athlete would actually take the cash, rather he was trying to “appease” her and show that she would certainly get paid for the next camp. Fristed denied seeing King place the money on the table.

When King noticed the money was missing, he reached out to the player to ask for it

back, according to his statement.

In his report, Lamoureaux said that the timing of some of King’s actions were “suspect.”

“King’s actions would suggest he was reacting to everything that was occurring in an attempt to cover up what happened instead of simply reporting the circumstances to a sports administrator,” Lamoureaux concluded in the report.

The Easterner will continue to report on this story as details unfold. •

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Photo courtesy of EWU Athletics Senior Rebecca Tarbert (center) posing with her 100-meter first place medal at the Big Sky Championships on May 11. Tarbert, who is the first Eagle to win the event since 1994, secured the title in 11.64 seconds.

Sprinters shine at outdoor championships Women finish sixth; men place fourth in best team finish since 2013 Taylor Newquist Reporter The EWU track and field team traveled to Moscow, Idaho on May 11 to compete in the Big Sky Conference Championships.

The men finished fourth overall at the meet, their best team finish since 2013.

Senior Jeremy VanAssche helped score 22 points on the last day of the competition, including a second-place time of 10.29 seconds in the 100-meter dash that broke his own EWU record.

“I knew I got out pretty fast,” VanAssche told The Easterner. “The

Southern Utah kid is a quick starter and he’s fast, so I was right there with him [at the start]. I feel good about it though, the whole thing.”

VanAssche’s previous best time of 10.31 seconds was set at the 2016 OSU High Performance. His recent performance qualifies him for the 2018 Outdoor West Regional Championships, where he last competed in 2016, placing 27th in the preliminary round.

“That was my goal [to qualify for West Regionals] from the beginning of the year through the whole season,” said VanAssche.

“I knew I was going to be able to, I just had to put together the right race at the right time.”

VanAssche said he is continuing the same preparation and routines from before the Big Sky Championships into the days leading up to the West Regional finals, where he is expected to be ranked in the top 25 in the 100-meter dash.

“I’m maintaining where I’m at,” said VanAssche. “Just cleaning the little stuff up and trying to get another good race while I’m down there.”

VanAssche, along with junior Jonah Mathews, sophomore Dawson Lack and freshman Joe Gauthier, earned the first 4x100 relay title in EWU history, also breaking the school record with a time of 40.39 seconds.

“All four of us from the beginning of this year knew that as long as we get good handoffs we’d do well when we get to conference,” said VanAssche. “And that we’d have no problem winning it.

That was probably our first good relay of the year and it just came at the right time.”

Adding to VanAssche’s second-place finish in the 100-meters, Mathews finished fourth in 10.58 seconds, Gauthier fifth in 10.61 seconds and Lack sixth in 10.71 seconds. Together, the members of the 4x100 team totaled 30 of the men’s 92 team points in two events.

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Sports “Hard work pays off,” men’s head coach Stan Kerr said about the sprinters.

“Each one of those guys is a student of the sport. They study how they can be more efficient in their starts and through the race. Anything that we can do that hits the spokes of being a better performer, I’m on it as a coach, or they’re trying to hold each other accountable, because they know they have something special going.”

Senior Rebecca Tarbert earned the lone title for the women’s team that finished sixth overall at the Big Sky Championships.

Tarbert finished the 100-meter dash in 11.64 seconds and is the first Eagle to win the event since Joyce Rainwater in 1994.

“The women’s performance of the day goes to Rebecca Tarbert for her finish in the 100,” women’s head coach Marcia Mecklenburg said. “It was a great way to finish her career at EWU. We had some great performances all four days of the meet. Some things didn’t quite go our way, but we had other things that did.”

Freshman Alexis Rolan suffered a hamstring injury in the 4x100 relay. She came in to the event ranked No. 1 in the Big Sky for the 100-meter dash, but was unable to compete at full strength. Rolan persisted to compete and finish the 100meter final to secure a point for the Eagles.

The EWU track and field team currently has five qualified athletes for the West Regional Championships. Senior Jeremy VanAssche, sophomore Keshun McGee, senior Paula Gil-Echevarria, senior Kari Hamilton and senior Erin Clark are seeded high enough to qualify, with several Eagles on the edge of the top 48 ranking needed to secure a spot.

Final rankings are scheduled to be posted on May 17, with the championships starting on May 24 in Sacramento, California. •

Photo courtesy of EWU Athletics (Left to right) Sophomore Dawson Lack, freshman Joe Gauthier, senior Jeremy VanAssche and junior Jonah Mathews pose with their 4x100 gold medals at the Big Sky Championships. The four Eagles won the first 4x100 relay title in school history.

Photo courtesy of EWU Athletics Senior Jeremy VanAssche competes in the 4x100 at the Big Sky Championships. VanAssche got second place in the 100-meter dash with a time of 10.29 seconds.

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Keshun McGee jumps to top of Big Sky Taylor Newquist Reporter Sophomore Keshun McGee became the first Eagle ever to win the Big Sky Conference outdoor long jump title on May 10, while also opening the gates to the best EWU men’s team finish since 2013. McGee added to his stellar weekend with a second-place medal in the triple jump the following day, scoring 18 of the teams 92 points.

“It’s a good feeling being back and knowing I can jump well,” McGee told The Easterner. “I know I can be a top contender in the long jump and triple jump, and it feels good to be back up top.”

McGee positioned himself in first place in the long jump with an outdoor personal best on his first attempt of the competition.

Over his six jumps McGee posted the four longest jumps of his outdoor career, including three jumps farther than any contender. He also recorded the second best long jump distance in EWU history at 24-10 1/2 feet.

“I’ve been trying to be consistent and stay focused on what I need to do,” said McGee. “The whole season I haven’t been jumping my best, so I’ve been trying to work my way back up to what I need to jump.”

McGee said that he has been working to build his long jump distance from his mark in the championships to 26 or 27 feet.

In the triple jump, McGee took the lead on his fourth attempt, but was overtaken by senior Darius Armstead of Sacramento State University on the fifth attempt. McGee fouled on his last two attempts to remain in second place.

“My second to last jump [in the triple jump] wasn’t my best,” said McGee. “Then on my last jump I couldn’t get it together.”

Photos courtesy of EWU Athletics Sophomore Keshun McGee competes in the long jump at the Whitworth Buc Scoring Meet on March 17. At the Big Sky Championships on May 11, McGee won the long jump and placed second in the triple jump.

McGee said that he was feeling pressure from his performance in the Big Sky Indoor Championships earlier in the season, where he finished sixth overall in the long jump and 12th in the triple jump — short of the expectations he had built from six individual titles over the indoor season.

“It was definitely there,” said McGee. “It wasn’t fear or anything; mainly motivation for me not to come out and do what I did before. People know I’m one of the top contenders in the long jump and triple jump, so they were expecting a lot from me and I was expecting a lot from myself.”

McGee’s second place finish in the triple jump was another outdoor best for the sophomore.

His mark of 51-6 1/4 feet qualifies him for the West Regional Championships on May 24, where athletes ranked in the top 48 of their individual events are invited to compete.

McGee is currently ranked No. 20 in the triple jump and No. 38 in the long jump - with final rankings released on May 17.

“Expect big things from me for sure,” McGee said.

The 2018 Outdoor West Regional Championships will be held in Sacramento, California.

The top 12 athletes in each individual event will qualify for the NCAA Championships, and McGee will undoubtedly need to set new personal records to make it to the highest stage. •