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Administration shake-up Changes in administration may bring change for students Kaitlyn Engen News Editor
Newly elected Vice President for Student Affairs, Angela Jones, J.D.
Dylan Harris Copy Editor
As EWU students and staff prepare for the 2018-2019 school year, they may notice some changes on campus due to shifts in administration. Changes that are likely to have an impact, immediate or not, on students and staff alike. These are developing stories, and as more information trickles in, answers as to why these administrative changes were made and what they mean to the EWU community may become more clear. Continued on pg. 4
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just shot at. ” Grocery store employee recalls her experience Kaitlyn Engen News Editor One small-town grocery store. One disorderly man with a knife. Three bullet holes in the wall. One dead body. Questions still linger as the Washington State Patrol investigates the events of Sept. 3. Mitchell’s Harvest Foods employees, like Rebecca Pettingill, try to process what they witnessed on that otherwise quiet night. It was just before closing time at the small Cheney grocery store, according to Pettingill. The day’s extensive list of tasks had left Pettingill and her co-workers eager for a peaceful night ahead. Continued on pg. 3
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Michael Brock Editor in Chief Hello fellow Eagles, Welcome to a new school year at EWU! My name is Michael Brock and I am the editor in chief of The Easterner. This is my second stint at the newspaper after holding the sports editor position last year. Now that you know a little bit about me, I’d like to communicate what we’re all about at The Easterner. Our new mission statement, which can also be found below this article, reads: “We, as independent student journalists at The Easterner, inform our EWU audience of the governance, activities and views of our community. We provide a voice and a learning environment for students to engage, connect and make informed decisions.” As journalists for The Easterner, our first priority is you—the students. We are tasked with telling the triumphs as well as the defeats of our community in an unbiased manner. We want to tell your stories and be a resource for the otherwise voiceless. There are many ways to be involved with The Easterner. We currently have several paid reporter positions open on Handshake. Reporters can write
stories in sports, news, arts, entertainment and features and are required to produce two articles per week. We also welcome contributing articles if you want to only write occasionally. If you feel strongly about something that’s happening on campus, in the community or nationally, don’t hesitate to write us a letter to the editor about it. Guidelines for letters to the editor can be found on page 12. This school year, there will be a minor shift in The Easterner’s digital presence. In the past, all stories (besides breaking news and some sports) were posted online incrementally throughout the week after the print edition came out on Wednesdays. For the 102nd year of the newspaper, we are changing it up a bit. There will still be content on the website every day, but it will be current and consistent. Now when something newsworthy occurs, The Easterner will work to get a story online as soon as possible for our readers. No need to worry about the print product though; the paper edition will still be available every Wednesday morning around campus, Cheney and a handful of Spokane locations. With a more consistent and up-to-date presence online, our readers can count on us to provide timely news. To aid in the digital first switch, our website, EasternerOnline.com, was recently redesigned. Be sure to check out our new and improved presence, in addition to following our social media accounts: “The Easterner” on Facebook, “the_easterner” on Instagram, @EasternerSports on Twitter for sports and @EasternerOnline on Twitter for general content and breaking news. I am very excited for this school year, and to bring reliable, current news to the campus community. •
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Grocery store employee reflects on her experience Kaitlyn Engen News Editor
Continued from page 1. 11:45 p.m.—finally. Pettingill shuffled her way toward the front door to turn out the lights. Pop! Pop! Pop! “Is someone banging their hands on the glass?” Pettingill recalled thinking to herself. Pettingill inched closer toward the doors, feeling both curious and inconvenienced. In her view were two police officers with guns drawn. Pop! Pop! Pop! Pettingill and her co-worker exchanged similar dumbfounded looks. Pop! Pop! Pop! Another co-worker is startled by falling drywall. Pop! Pop! Pop! Without any formal lockdown plan, the four women scurried to the manager’s office—safety. They called the police and fixed their eyes on the security-camera screens. One co-worker kneeling just across from Pettingill broke her silence: “Guys, I was just shot at,” Pettingil heard her say. A female EWU officer came in the store. A male officer showed just a few minutes later. The women stepped outside the office. Pettingill looked at the female officer. She noticed blood on her uniform. Pettingill looked up. She saw the bullet holes that were pierced on the right end of the store just four feet above her co-worker’s head, which was dusted with broken wall plaster. Pettingill looked outside. She saw a man of average build, dead, just 20 feet in front of the store. 1:15 a.m.—the women asked the officers to escort them out. They had given their statements, and it was time to finally go home.
New details have emerged since the night that left Mitchell’s employees with so much confusion. The dead man at the scene was identified as Steve L. Anderson, 40, whom three Cheney police officers— Officer Zebulon Campbell, Officer Nicole Burbridge, and Reserve Police Officer Nicholas Horn—had confronted. Rebecca Pettingill standing where she witnessed the shooting that took place the According to Cheney night prior. She returned to work the next morning | police statements, Kaitlyn Engen for The Easterner Anderson was armed with It is still unknown who made the initial call to the police. a knife. He had disobeyed Pettingill’s co-worker was not the only one that had commands to drop his weapon and proceeded to dodged serious injury that night. A bullet was later found “aggress” toward the officers. on the left end of the store just short of a propane tank, right near where Pettingill was witnessing the event. But Pettingill, despite her emotions of the night prior, was back in her work uniform at Mitchell’s at 11 a.m. the next day, just 10 hours after leaving the scene. •
“Guys, I was just shot at.”
Anderson was pronounced dead by multiple gunshot wounds, even after lifesaving attempts by EWU police, Cheney Fire Department, and AMR personnel. The three Cheney police officers have been placed on administrative leave as the case is investigated.
One of the bullet holes on the front wall of Mitchell’s Harvest Foods. The bullet angled into the ceiling | Photo courtesy of Rebecca Pettingill
Mitchell’s Harvest Foods is located on 1st and J Street. Anderson’s body was estimated to be 20 feet in front of the store | Photo courtesy of Google Maps
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EWU recruiting high numbers of transfer students Jeremy Burnham Managing Editor Transfer students make up a major part of the EWU student body. EWU’s Office of Institutional Research states that 42 percent of new students who started in the fall quarter of 2017 were transfer students. According to the admissions office, EWU expects to take on 1,275 more transfer students this fall. These numbers are aided by school’s effort in recruiting at community colleges. “Like other public four-year schools, we recruit at both high schools and community colleges,” EWU Admissions’ Director of Recruitment Jana Jaraysi said. “Our location allows us to bring in transfer students from Spokane and Spokane Falls community colleges. They are our main feeder schools. We also get a lot of students from Columbia Basin College.” Part of the admissions office’s efforts at those schools involve having an employee hold office hours right on the community college’s campuses. “We’ve expanded our efforts to be available and present to community college students,” Jaraysi said. “At the Spokane colleges, we are there weekly. Our transfer rep has office hours at each of those locations. … And as of last year, one of our transfer advisers is at CBC once a week as well.” Carlo Calvillo is the admissions adviser who holds office hours in Spokane. His entire job is advising transfer students. “Talking about Eastern is easy for me because I’m an alumnus,” Calvillo said. “There is a sense of community here that makes you feel like you belong. I’m glad to still be involved.” Although data from the office of institutional research shows students from the two Spokane community colleges and CBC make up 41 percent of EWU’s transfer students, in 2016, EWU had transfer students from 43 different colleges or universities. Jaraysi says part of what makes EWU attractive to students is the direct transfer agreement the school has with every Washington and Oregon community college, as well as some schools from Idaho and Montana. The agreement means that any student who transfers to EWU with a direct transfer degree will have 90 credits accepted and will start at EWU with junior standing.
While other Washington four-year schools have this same agreement, EWU takes it a step further by offering automatic admission to students who earn a direct transfer degree from their community college. The University of Washington clearly states on its admissions site that the agreement is “not an admission agreement.” Another perk that EWU offers transfer students is the ability to take part in the school’s honors program. An honors program for transfer students is something that not all four-year schools have. The University of Washington, for example, only allows early transfer students still working on their lower-division classes to apply for honors. Students who have earned an AA cannot. Junior transfer student Isis Tilton said being able to participate in the honors program has been a good experience, however, she also said that expectations for transfer students are higher than for nontransfer students. “It’s great that I have the honors scholarship,” Tilton said. “But if you’re a transfer student, you need to maintain a GPA of 3.7. Honor students starting as freshmen only need a 3.5.” Despite the school’s success, Jaraysi’s team is always looking for new ways to serve transfer students. EWU’s
Jeremy Burnham for The Easterner website has a page with resources for students preparing to transfer their credits to EWU. A new tool the page offers is a link to Transferology, a site that lists how a student’s credits will transfer to EWU, as well as to other four-year universities. “We’re always trying to make things even easier for future students,” Jaraysi said. •
University sees administration shake-up
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Kaitlyn Engen News Editor
Continued from page 1. Angela Jones, former vice president of university advancement, has agreed to take on a new role as vice president for student affairs. Jones’ new position will oversee multiple departments including Career and Student Services, Enrollment Management, Housing and Residential Life, Student Life, Student Accounting and Administrative Services and the Veterans Resource Center. Jones will be taking the place of Stacey Morgan Foster, who “will be pursuing other opportunities,” according to a staff email from President Cullinan obtained by The Easterner. Morgan Foster had been vice president for student affairs since 2010. Jones’ vacated position is responsible for overseeing an advancement services team, a marketing and communications team, an alumni advancement team and a development team, according to the EWU website. Jones, who held the position of vice president of university advancement since 2017, also served as the executive director of the EWU Foundation, which “is responsible for all fundraising activity on behalf of Eastern Washington University,” according to the foundation’s website. It remains unclear who will fill both of Jones’ positions, although Lisa Poplawski, the senior associate vice president of advancement, is listed as the highest-ranking staff member on the foundation’s website at this time.
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More information will follow as these positions are filled. The recent promotion of Jens Larson, former director of student communications, will also influence change in the Department of Student Affairs. Jens Larson has agreed to take on the role of interim associate vice president of enrollment management, previously held by Neil Woolf. Larson will work under the new leadership of Jones. Larson’s new position will oversee all of Enrollment Services, including his former position as director of student communication, as well as other records, registration and recruitment strategy matters. It is unknown as to who will fill Larson’s previously held position, which specializes in marketing and recruitment strategy for Enrollment Services. Both Jones and Larson are stepping into positions of great influence that will affect students and the entire EWU community. As more information is made available, there will likely be more insight into any new plans or changes that Jones and Larson have in mind. This is a developing story. •
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Director of the Pride Center Nick Franco sits at desk in Showalter Hall | Photo courtesy of Easterner Archives
First gender-inclusive floor open to students Richard N. Clark IV Multimedia Director A gender-inclusive housing accommodation will find its home on the 10th floor of Dressler Hall starting fall 2018, despite the Trump administration revoking protection for transgender and gender-nonconforming students. Gender-inclusive housing is an option in which two or more students share a room and community bathrooms regardless of their gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation, according to the EWU Housing and Residential Life website. “This allows incoming students who are new to the university an opportunity to have the option of having a gender-neutral shower, which is currently the only one in the residence halls,” EWU Pride Center director Nick Franco said. Prior to this fall, there were no gender-inclusive showering options on campus for students except in Patterson and Hargreaves halls, making the showers unrealistic to use for most residents. While many colleges across the nation offer suitestyle housing options that are gender-neutral, those options are typically filled by upperclassmen or are located off campus, similar to Brewster Hall. “This [the new housing model] is a really unique set up, in comparison to any other university in the state of Washington, this is not how they are doing it,” Franco said. “The model that we are using is just not typically done.” The change came almost one year after students from Eagle Pride held a demonstration in the Campus Mall, where they advocated for more gender-inclusive showers on campus. In a series of interviews for The Easterner on Sept. 27, 2018, students at the demonstration stated their concerns. “I struggled with feeling safe on campus,” then senior Mels Felton said. “The only bathrooms I could use and feel comfortable in are all the way out in Patterson and Hargreaves.” The demonstrators were wearing bathrobes and holding shower caddies to show what they would have to wear and carry to get to a shower they felt comfortable using. The demonstration prompted a conversation between administrators and housing officials to create the new gender-inclusive floor. “Of the students who took the survey that housing sent out, 166 who were currently living on campus said, ‘I would live on a floor that looks exactly like that,’” Franco said. Now, they won’t have to walk across campus to feel
safe and comfortable when showering. shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation Not only will the floor offer transgender and in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to gender-nonconforming students a place to live and feel discrimination under any education program or activity comfortable in, it will also cut the costs of living for receiving federal financial assistance.” students who are looking for gender-inclusive housing EWU took action to ensure this was the case options, especially those paying out of pocket. within the residence halls for transgender and genderA typical shared room in Dressler will cost $6,888 nonconforming residents. for the whole year for a single student in comparison “Whether you’re transgender, whatever your gender to the $8,088 for a large single in Brewster, potentially identity is or sexual orientation, it doesn’t matter, you are saving students who are looking for gender-inclusive protected under Title IX,” EWU’s Title IX Coordinator options $1,200. Jeff Lamoureaux said. “What that means is, you are However, providing a safe space to shower and live provided an equitable education, access to things here at does not end the efforts to address the challenges that Eastern, and will be treated the same no matter who you transgender and gender-nonconforming students face. are or how you identify.” People who identify as transgender or genderWith the new gender-inclusive floor, transgender and nonconforming are at more risk to suffer from depression gender-nonconforming students will no longer be denied and suicide. the benefits of an education program and will have access Of the people who took the survey that identified as to the same level of accommodations as other residents. transgender, 41 percent attempted suicide. This number EWU was recently awarded the Higher Education drastically outnumbers the 4.6 percent of the overall Excellence in Diversity Award by the Insight into U.S. population according to a survey conducted by the Diversity magazine, which is the oldest and largest American Foundation for Suicide Prevention in 2014. diversity magazine in higher education. The award Aside from being at a higher risk for depression recognizes colleges and universities that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to diversity and inclusion. and suicide, getting one’s own identity legitimized by The EWU Pride Center is located in Showalter 105 institutions is a costly and long process. and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. • “Some students can’t afford to get their gender marker changed,” Franco said. “Or even be able to afford or go through the process to change their legal name.” Previously, EWU’s systems have not recognized preferred names but the school is working on updating them to do so. U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos rescinded the Obama-era guidance on 13520 W 6th Ave sexual assault in September 2017, Airway Heights leaving it to the individual states Sunday Bible Class - 9:30 am and institutions to interpret Worship Service - 10:30 am Title IX in a Q & A on sexual College Age Class misconduct from the United States Department of Education Office Patrick Newbill for Civil Rights. Minister Title IX states “no person in psnewbill@yahoo.com jonathan.carpenter93@gmail.com the United States
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(Left to right) Katerra President of Construction Mike Rock, EWU President Mary Cullinan, McKinstry CEO Dean Allen, Avista CEO Scott Morris, Spokane Mayor David Condon and U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell prepare to break ground on the Catalyst Building in Spokane. The five story, 150,000 square-foot building is scheduled to open in 2020 | Jeremy Burnham of The Easterner
“Groundbreaking” additions to Cheney and Spokane Jeremy Burnham Managing Editor As students arrive on campus for the start of the school year, they may feel they are entering a construction site rather than a university. EWU currently has three buildings under construction as it continues to add to its Cheney and Spokane campuses. Work on the PUB is wrapping up. The renovated building is expected to open during homecoming week in October. The PUB will feature new dining options, including Panda Express, a global café, a revamped Pence Union Market and Freshens Smoothies. The PUB will house services and organizations such as the EWU bookstore, Student Life, Career Services, clubs and organizations, the Multicultural Center, ASEWU and the Pride Center. It will also feature a gaming lounge, a computer center and several student-lounge areas. Each floor will contain gender-neutral restrooms. “I’m excited to see how the new building will positively influence
the community experience,” PUB director Daniel Clapp told The Easterner in February. Over the summer, construction started on two other buildings. On the Cheney campus, EWU kicked off construction of its new Interdisciplinary Science Center. Work on the $60 million project is expected to wrap up in May 2020. Funding for the building was approved earlier this year when Governor Jay Inslee signed the $4.2 billion 2018-19 capital budget on Jan. 19. The current science building is 47 years old. In January, Dr. Mary Cullinan, EWU president, said the building was “no longer adequate for our students, faculty and staff.” Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane Valley, will build the 100,000 square-foot building, which will connect to the existing science building. The university hopes to renovate the older site at a later date. Meanwhile, construction has started on the new “Catalyst” building in Spokane. U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell
spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony on Aug. 8 and said it will be the region’s first ever netzero energy and carbon building. “The Pacific Northwest has always been a leader in innovation,” Cantwell said. “But this Catalyst Building takes what we’ve already seen in aviation and telecom and software development and hydro power and is now putting it all together in one
of the smartest energy efficient buildings in the country.” The building, which will open in 2020, is a five story, 150,000 square foot building. EWU will share the building, but will be its largest tenant. Cullinan said more than 1,000 students will have classes there. Other tenants include McKinstry, Avista and Katerra, all of which are helping to build or design the building.
“Students are going to come to the building and hopefully be exposed to our neighbors,” Cullinan told Spokane Public Radio on Aug. 8. “My hope is they will start working with McKinstry and Avista and Katerra, and before you know it, they will be working for those entities.” •
Crews work on construction of new science building. The building is located between the PUB and the current science building | Jeremy Burnham for The Easterner
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Easterner Asks: What brings you to EWU? “I heard they had a good nursing program because they are with WSU and this is more cultured here.” Maleche Moss, Freshman “They have a dental hygiene program and they are one of the only universities that has it in Washington state.” Alysa Lillieberg, Junior “For me, it was because it was more affordable.”
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Briefs Path to Tolerance: The photography of Robert Lloyd Retired EWU photography professor Robert Lloyd’s new photography exhibit is now on display at the EWU Downtown Student Gallery until Oct. 25. Lloyd explains his exhibition as “one of quiet post-retirement observations.” His artist’s statement describes the show as including stories of trafficking, travels to other parts of the world and cultural taboos using a variety of
styles, processes, equipment and technology. He hopes that viewers will contemplate their relationship to the images, culminating in “a consensus of tolerance”. There will be an artist’s reception at The EWU Downtown Student Gallery on Oct. 4 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The gallery is open fall quarter, MondayFriday from 3-6 p.m. and is free. Everland: an exhibition of recent works by Katie Creyts The EWU Gallery of
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Art opens an exhibition of works by Whitworth art professor Katie Creyts on Sept. 27. Creyts visualizes narratives using a wide range of materials, currently graphite on paper and etched glass. Creyts describes the exhibition in a statement as “a collection of fable-like scenes. Objects, characters, and places are to highlight peculiar or stressed relationships and adaptations.” The artist will give a lecture Sept. 26 at noon in room
116 in the Art Building with an opening reception immediately afterwards in the EWU Gallery of Art. Admission is free. Downtown Spokane Business Improvement District seeks art for First Friday posters The Downtown Spokane Business Improvement District is looking for original artists to submit work for First Friday to be printed on posters, postcards, event maps and other promotional materials by Oct.
5. Selected art will be featured in a monthly press release and other media opportunities. Artists will receive a $100 honorarium if their artwork is chosen. The theme for art submission is “creativity by nature,” and should pay homage to the inventive and ambitious character of those who call Spokane home. First Friday features local artists who partner with businesses throughout downtown.
Isael Narez, Freshman
Martha Nungari, Freshman
“Just to get away from my mom. I’m from Federal Way. It’s a little far so I know she won’t pop in anytime. I just want time to grow up.”
“I am going to study dental hygiene and they have like a really good program here.”
Leslie Tinajero, Freshman “It had 45 percent more black people and Mexican people here than anywhere else.”
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Looking back
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As the renovation project of the Pence Union Building, or PUB, nears its completion, here is a look back at the PUB in 1970, the first year of the building’s existence. The PUB was named after Omer O. Pence, a long-time EWU educator and administrator. Work began on the original building
in 1969 and was completed in 1970. Although much smaller at the time, the PUB contained a cafeteria, rooms and offices accessible to students, a game room, a large multipurpose room and a commuter lounge for students using public transit. Students were able to smoke inside of the PUB until 1990, when EWU began adhering to the state’s clean-air laws.
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In 1994, following the demolition of Rowles Hall, construction began on an addition to the PUB. This expansion project was completed and the building was reopened in 1995. Some new additions to the expanded PUB included the university bookstore, a computer lab,
a writing-skills center and a larger cafeteria named Baldy’s. Fast forward to 2016, the beginning of the ongoing renovation project. Construction workers, heavy machinery and fences have been a common sight surrounding the PUB recently, but students and staff won’t have to wait much
longer for the grand reopening. According to the EWU website, the PUB will be open yet again in late October. *All historical information found on the EWU Archives and Special Collections website and EWU website. •
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Students pass through the pillars at EWU. They moved slowly as the pillars squeezed them together | Erik Rotness for The Easterner
No weak welcomes here
A peak into Welcome Week and the work that goes into it Erik Rotness Arts, Entertainment & Features Editor
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ights strobe, music blares and people stand in a tight group as someone yells incoherently into a microphone. Then you’re moving. Just a little bit at first, but enough to know that in a short time you’ll pass through those pillars and give
enough high fives to consider eating a protein bar. This is Welcome Week. It’s more than just some traditions and speeches. Welcome Week at EWU is intentionally designed to help students make connections and friendships as they get situated on campus. The week, which began Friday, Sept. 14, is filled with movies, games, food and events. “One of my main goals is to create community,” Victor Rodriguez, EWU’s manager for New Student Transitions,
and Parent Programs said. “To give [students] all the tools they need to be successful in their first year.”
and a social identity. They start feeling comfortable at EWU and with their class.
“It takes a village to do Welcome Week.” Rodriguez said that as students participate in events throughout the week, they begin building an academic identity
Luiz Guzman (Left) and Kody Hodgen (Right) high-five students and faculty at Pass Through the Pillars. Next for the students was a faculty meet and greet | Bailey Monteith for The Easterner
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Jaunita Walker smiles at faculty as she passes through the Hurculean Pillars. Students came from the annual convocation ceremony at Reese Court | Bailey Monteith for The Easterner
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Sept. 19, 2018 | Vol. 102 Issue 1 EWU takes Welcome Week seriously. Orientation Adviser and EWU senior Nathanael Elongo said that he started gearing up for the week back in June. “It’s a lot of planning,” Elongo said. A lot of working with students and parents, just like, getting them ready to transition into college life.” All the events have to align with the school’s four Eagle attributes, strength, intelligence, vision and flight. All the events aren’t put on solely by the New Student Transitions and Parent Programs department. Different groups across campus come together to make the magic happen. Eagle Entertainment and Eagle Sound Productions put on a dance party. The Veteran Resources center held a reception and orientation for student veterans, military and family members. Dining Services, the athletics department and other
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teams around EWU help introduce students to the campus and each other. “It takes a village to do welcome week,” Rodriguez said. New students, like freshman Kayle McClain, enjoyed activities like the movie night and free bowling at Rosa’s Pizza. Freshman Jordan Collins liked the annual Pass Through the Pillars. Both McClain and Collins disliked the three-hour sex education talk listed as a mandatory event saying it was just too long. At the end of the week, students will have started their academic quarter and work will be finished for all of the orientation advisers who spent months planning these seven days. “My personal goal for this week was just to connect with students,” Elongo said. “I wanted them to feel like they’re not alone and that we’re here for them. I wanted them to feel welcome and cared for.” After it’s over Rodriguez says it’s hard to definitively say that everything was a success. “I don’t think I can do that,” Rodriguez said. I don’t think I ever do that. “When I see students walking together because they met at welcome week and know they’re now friends and could be friends for life. That’s it.” •
Students make up secret handshakes on the football field during a welcome week mixer. They played games and got to know their fellow classmates | Erik Rotness for The Easterner Freshman Isaiah Hollingsworth stops for a second before passing through the pillars. The incoming sophomore transferred from Spokane Falls Community College | Erik Rotness for The Easterner
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Why did you choose EWU?
“I like the size of the school. Not too big, not too small.”
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“Meeting new friends. Oh, and of course the education.”
“Meeting new people. It’s just another experience. Another step of life.”
What do you want to bring to EWU? “Maybe just a good vibe.”
“Just to grow and be a better athlete and a better student.”
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Back to school blues The value of being outside
Richard N. Clark IV Multimedia Director With the rise of the internet, people have more access to information and are able to connect more than ever before, but with this technology has come an excess of information that makes it difficult to find clarity and focus in one’s daily life. The benefits of being outside for our emotional, mental and physical well-being are unmatched. All too often, with our over-scheduled lives, it is so easy to fall in the trap of accepting our daily routine without questioning ourselves why we do what we do. Being in any outdoor environment allows our imagination to break away from our conditioned lifestyle, and liberate us from our societal worries. “The outdoors provides unpredictability, and I think that’s an important quality of life,” Associate Director of Campus Recreation Chris Hoppe said. “I think that we as humans are inherently drawn to schedules and routines… we have adapted to a point of being over routined and over programmed to a consistent way of life.” Not questioning ourselves and our identity can lead to a mundane life, simply walking through the motions without finding any sense of a greater purpose or fulfillment.
Former EWU student Micah Fechner looks at Liberty Lake on a winter day. Fechner is an active oudtdoors-man that explores as much as possible | Richard N. Clark IV for The Easterner While it is not an official diagnosis, the term nature deficit disorder refers to the behavioral issues which come from being outside less, especially in children. The term was coined by Richard Louv, an American author and journalist. There are many reasons why depression, divorce and suicide rates have increased in recent years, and I am not saying that technology is directly responsible, but the way we have integrated it into our lives may be. •
Eagle women’s teams need fan support too Jeremy Burnham Managing Editor
It is fall sports season again, and new and returning EWU students are ready to proudly support our Eagles. The football team is looking to avenge last season’s playoff snub, and Eagle faithfuls showed up in large numbers to the first home game last month, despite school being several weeks away at the time. Meanwhile, another EWU team, a team that is the defending back-to-back Big Sky Conference champions, played a handful of home games in front of mostly empty bleachers. I’m of course talking about the EWU women’s soccer team. The squad, which was picked to win a third straight BSC title in the preseason coaches poll, often plays in front of a hundred or so fans, made up of mostly parents and family members. Sometimes, there are almost as many fans of the opposing team present as there are Eagles fans. You know who does not show up to these games? Students. And that’s too bad, because they have missed quite a show. These last two years, not only did the Eagles win the conference championship, they did so by winning a tournament hosted right here in Cheney. And in last year’s championship game, attendance was right in line with what it had been in the regular season. In addition to the championships, Eagles fans missed out on seeing one of the most successful athletes in EWU history, Chloe Williams. In Williams four years as an Eagle, she made the AllBSC-First-Team four times, won back-to-back MVPs in 2016 and 2017 and set the conference records for most career points and most career goals. She had four historic seasons at EWU, but few students can say they witnessed any of them.
College students as a group talk a lot about gender equality, and are very vocally supportive of fair treatment of women. However, here at EWU, we don’t support our female athletes as much as we should. All athletes love playing in front of loud, supportive home crowds. Male EWU athletes get this privilege, female athletes do not. Come on Eagles, its 2018. Now, it is true that soccer is not everyone’s thing. But this trend follows the other sports as well. The volleyball team also often plays in front of very small crowds at Reese Court. In 2016, the men’s basketball team averaged over 1,500 fans per game, and the student section was often crowded and loud. The women’s basketball team averaged about 600 fans per game, and the student section was mostly empty. Fans came out in large numbers to see Bogdan Bliznyuk break the school record for points. They stayed home when Delaney Hodgins did the same thing the next week. It isn’t like this everywhere. When the EWU women’s basketball team traveled to take on Gonzaga last year, they played in front of a nearly sold out arena of 5,394. Of course, attracting college basketball fans to EWU games is not as easy as attracting them to Gonzaga games. We won’t draw as many fans from Spokane as the Bulldogs do. But there is one group of people who CAN make sure there is a large and rowdy fan base at each game: the students. The students can make sure their section is full every home game, and give our Eagles the support and experience they deserve. Go Eags! •
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Eagles drop home opener to Vandals in straight sets Jeremy Burnham Managing Editor
New head coach Leslie Flores-Cloud and Kaitlin Sugai confer during EWU’s home opener against the Vandals. Sugai led the team with seven kills in the loss. Mckenzie Ford for the Easterner
New coach brings new mindset to EWU volleyball Jeremy Burnham Managing Editor
The 2017 season was not an easy one for EWU volleyball. The Eagles went 7-18, lost 10 out of their last 11 games and missed the postseason. Despite only graduating two seniors, EWU saw all but five of its 14 players leave after the season, and the team parted ways with head coach Michael King. Then, athletic director Lynn Hickey brought in Drake University assistant coach Leslie Flores-Cloud to take over the squad, and things changed… Fast. Flores-Cloud met her players less than two months before the season started. “It’s been crazy,” Flores-Cloud said. “I haven’t caught a breath yet.” Despite EWU’s entire nonconference schedule being on the road, the Eagles finished it 8-4, already surpassing last year’s win total. They never lost backto-back games, they beat three teams in straight sets and won 26 sets while dropping 18. Flores-Cloud credits her players for much of the success. “Their buy-in is just unbelievable,” Flores-Cloud said. “I could not ask for anything better than the buy-in they have given me. I just remind them every day of what our goals are, how we are going to work toward them and how we are going to achieve them.” All this has been accomplished by a team with 11 newcomers and five
returners. Sophomore Libero Catelyn Linke, who also played under King last year, said the team’s buy in this season comes with the change of atmosphere that Flores-Cloud brought with her. “[Flores-Cloud brings] consistency, positivity and passion,” Linke said. “She is so passionate. Same with Kelly [Bonja], our assistant coach. They just bring that energy to the gym. They want you to succeed. They want you to do well.” Despite the large number of new players, Linke said the team has quickly come together as one. “We play for each other,” Linke said. “I think that’s the most important thing. There’s not one selfish person on the team.” The fact the team did not lose back to back games in its nonconference schedule is in stark contrast to last season, when the team suffered losing streaks of four in nonconference play, and eight in conference play. Flores-Cloud said when the team loses, she tells her players to learn from it and move on. When talking to Linke, it is clear that mindset has rubbed off on the players. “We just take every loss as a learning experience,” Linke said. “We learn and get better from every loss. I mean, we really don’t like to lose, but you can’t change what has already happened. You can learn from it though.” Flores-Cloud said the returning players have provided a welcoming
atmosphere for the new players, and that everyone has done what is asked of them. “The kids who have come in are fighters,” Flores-Cloud said. “[The returning players] have been through a lot, but the trust between us is continuing to build, and they are willing to give it their all. The wins behind them are showing what happens when you do that.” Freshman middle blocker Kennedy Kaminsky has been strong for the Eagles. She leads the team with 99 kills, and 2.25 kills-per-set. Linke leads in aces with 18. As a team, the Eagles have committed 65 service errors, while their opponents have committed 104. Much improved from last year when they out-errored their opponents 212-193 while serving. The start of the season consisted of four weekend tournaments hosted at various sites across the country. The Eagles traveled to Riverside, California Aug. 24 to 25, and beat all three teams they faced there, including host UC Riverside. The next weekend they finished 2-2 in a tournament in North Dakota, before going 2-1 in North Carolina. They wrapped things up by splitting two games in Texas last week. All 12 teams the Eagles faced are NCAA Division I schools. Linke says she’s glad that part of the season is over. “It was fun to travel to all these places, but I’m definitely excited for a home crowd,” Linke said. •
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The EWU volleyball team opened BSC play on Tuesday with a 3-0 loss to Idaho. The loss was EWU head coach Leslie FloresCloud’s first home match. EWU started out hot, opening the first set with back to back points, but UI fought back to take the lead 5-4. The Vandals would never trail again in the set. The second set started out rough for the Eagles, and UI jumped out to a 4-0 lead. Some dominating kills by freshman Kaitlin Sugai got EWU back into the game. An error by UI, and a kill by Sugai gave the Eagles a 19-18 lead. UI would regroup and win the set 26-24. “We were tentative,” Flores-Cloud said of the second set. “We can’t be scared to win a game, and we were scared in game two to win a game.” The Vandals would cruise to a 25-13 third set victory to win the match. “I think we have a lot of potential,” Flores-Cloud said. “I think we’ll do a lot better in the big sky than people think. We just had to get some nerves out of us tonight.”
Golf takes first place in Coeur d’Alene Taylor Newquist Sports Editor The EWU golf team earned first place at The Challenge at the Coeur d’Alene Resort yesterday, winning its first back-to-back competitions since 1996. Alexa Clark (71,76) tied with fellow Eagle Kirsten Ishikawa (76,71) at 147 strokes. Clark previously won The Battle at Old Works on Sept. 10-11. “We came out ready to compete,” head coach Brenda Howe said. “Right out of the gate the girls were confident and steady, compared to last week when they came out pretty nervous with a lead. Kirsten played outstanding today to come back and tie Alexa.” Howe said that to play the way they have for two weeks in a row is exciting and she hopes they will keep riding the momentum. The Challenge featured Montana State, Montana and Idaho State, and no other team came within 17 strokes of the Eagles. The team will take a one-week break from competition before traveling to Aurora, Oregon for the Rose City Collegiate Invitational, on Oct. 1-2.
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Eagles without consistant scorers as Big Sky play approaches Jeremy Burnham Managing Editor Nine games into the 2018 season, the EWU soccer team is feeling the loss of all-time leading scorer Chloe Williams, who graduated after last season. The Eagles finished the nonconference portion of their schedule with a 0-0 home draw against South Dakota State on Sunday and a 4-3-2 record. This was the fourth time this season the Eagles were held without scoring. Heading into its home opener on Friday, EWU is averaging 0.89 goals per game, despite leading the conference in shots with 143 (15.88 a match). Last year’s squad averaged 2.10 goals per match on 17.3 shots per match. “I think we’re rushing things,” EWU head coach Chad Bodnar said after Sunday’s draw. “I think we’re trying to hit these long shots from 30, 40 yards out when we could make an extra pass and get a better look. But I think that stuff is going to come, and hopefully it’s at the right time.” This trend has followed the Eagles all season. They needed extra time to beat CSU Bakersfield 1-0 on August 17, despite outshooting the Roadrunners 26-3. Shot selection was a problem, with only four shots on goal. The golden goal in that match was a corner kick hooked in by sophomore forward Emma Vanderhyden. This is the only time the Eagles have scored off a corner kick this season, despite leading the Big Sky Conference in attempts with 67. After her extra time winner, Vanderhyden said hooking in corner kicks is something she has been working on.
Goalkeeper Kelsee Winston hits a goal kick against South Dakota State. The keeper has four clean sheets this season | Mckenzie Ford for the Easterner
“I actually had one against UW, so after that I got some confidence in it,” Vanderhyden said. “I was like, ‘man I should practice these more, I can do this several times.’ Every time, I actually aim for that, and I always have trust that someone will be in the back post anyway.” On August 24, the Eagles outshot South Dakota 24-6, but that game ended in a 1-1 draw. After getting shut out only four times last season, the Eagles have already matched that total this year. Three of the shutouts account for all of EWU’s losses. Despite the struggle to score, the Eagles are holding on to a winning record, due in no small part to strong play from the defenders. “A lot of clean sheets,” Bodnar said. “You have to take positives out of that especially with all the young people we have on the backline. We’ve played Jenny [Chavez] in the backline in the last three games and then today Grace [Klinkenberg] stepped back in and did a great job for us. I think there’s depth in the backline even though its young. They’ve done a good job.” The backline has been productive all season. They are fast to jump inside passing lanes, they disrupt shots before they are taken and they deflect the ones that are. And along with the midfielders, they cause a lot of turnovers just inside their own half. Also impressive this Forward Sariah Keister battles with a Jackrabbit defender. Keister left Sunday’s match with an injury in the 93rd minute | Mckenzie Ford for the Easterner
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season has been the play of sophomore goalkeeper Kelsee Winston. In eight starts, Winston has four shutouts and has a goals-against-average of 0.58. Winston had five saves in Sunday’s 0-0 draw, and was named the BSC defensive player of the week for her efforts. “She’s been big,” Bodnar said. “She’s come up with big saves when she’s had to, and has been consistent the rest of the time. So she’s been good, but it’s also been the four in front of her getting blocks and doing things well for her too. Overall, that’s a bright spot for us.” This is Bodnar’s fifth year as EWU’s head coach. When he was hired, Williams was an incoming freshman. That first freshman class played a big part in Bodnar’s first four seasons, including back-to-back BSC championships in 2016 and 2017. Now, Bodnar is in his first season without that class, as the team saw 10 seniors graduate after last season. This means a lot of playing time for inexperienced players, and Bodnar thinks the team will get better as they continue to play with each other. “We’re kind of resetting,” Bodnar said. “We have a lot of young players getting a lot of time on the field right now, and that’s not usually the case at this time in the season or what you want at this time. But I think those players are playing very well for us. They have stepped into the roles they have had to, and they are doing well.” The Eagles, who were picked to win the conference in the preseason coaches’ poll, open BSC play on Friday against Sacramento State, and this is the second year in a row that these two teams have opened conference play against each other. Last year, the teams played to a 0-0 draw. Game time is at 3 p.m. at the EWU soccer fields and admission is free. • More soccer coverage online: Log on to EasternerOnline.com after each game for a full recap.
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Wide receiver Nsimba Webster breaks away from the defense in EWU’s 58-13 win over CWU. Webster has five receiving touchdowns this year | Jeremy Burnham for the Easterner
Eagles open Big Sky against runheavy Mustangs Taylor Newquist Sports Editor
The EWU football team came home from Pullman with its first loss of the season last Saturday, and now are preparing for its first Big Sky Conference game against Cal Poly. The No. 6 Eagles won the last five meetings against the Mustangs, with Cal Poly head coach Tim Walsh losing all five games against EWU in his ten-year tenure, including overtime finishes in 2015 and 2011. Cal Poly runs an offense that tracks back to an earlier time in football ‒ the triple option. In their last game against Brown University the Mustangs ran the ball 74 times, and haven’t had less than 50 team carries since last year on Oct. 17, versus Weber State. In total, their quarterbacks have completed 20 passes this year, while EWU quarterbacks have 52 completions through the same amount of games. Like any offensive system, there are pluses and minuses to the triple option. In each of its three games this year Cal Poly has fumbled the ball three times, but the system is seldom seen by opponents. It requires defenders to stick to their assignments play after play, slowly wearing down the defense and leading to the possibility of long gains. “You have to stop the full back first in this offense,” head coach Aaron Best said. “It starts in the defensive tackle area, then it bleeds to your linebackers and defensive ends. If you take a bad step, that bad step could cost you 50 yards.” Last Friday Brown was unable to stop fullback Joe Protheroe from running through the middle of the defense, and he was named BSC player of the week. The five-foot-eleven, 230 pound senior ran for 228 yards and three touchdowns, averaging 5.3 yards per carry. The Mustangs will look to Protheroe on first down, and to convert short-yardage situations to methodically drive down the field. “He runs hard,” defensive end Jim Townsend said about Protheroe. “We just need to keep hitting him and get him down. Go through his legs and get him all to the
Johny Edwards IV and Sam McPherson in EWU’s 59-24 loss to WSU. The Eagles have started the year 2-1 | Bailey Monteith for the Easterner ground, hopefully he just tires out from getting him by us said. “A lot of people want to associate experience with every play.” goodness, [with] wine that’s the case, but not people. Just When Cal Poly does decide to throw the ball it goes because you’re experienced doesn’t mean you’re better.” almost exclusively to junior wide-receiver J.J. Koski, who EWU quarterback Gage Gubrud has the opportunity has led them in receiving yards each game this year, and to return to form, after throwing three interceptions and started all 23 of his career games for the Mustangs. Koski a 39 percent completion percentage against WSU. He has also caught 60 percent of the team’s total completions. may be without leading receiver Nsimba Webster, who Defensively, Cal Poly has struggled to stop opponents is still questionable with a lower-leg injury he suffered in this year, allowing 512 yards to North Dakota State, 324 Pullman. yards to Webster State and 405 yards to Brown. They have The game is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. at Roos Field allowed 739 yards on the ground at a per-game average of this Saturday, and will feature the 2018 inductees into the 246 yards. EWU Hall of Fame being honored at halftime. Football The Mustangs struggle to stop the run doesn’t come players Rick Worman and Jeff Ogden will be enshrined, with much surprise, considering they start three redshirt along with men’s basketball player Alvin Snow, volleyball freshmen and one true freshman on the defensive line. player Kim Maxwell-Dempsey and track and field This plays into the Eagles improved rushing attack which standout Kurt Kraemer. The 1998 and 1999 volleyball has 717 yards thus far, averaging 6.5 yards per carry and teams will also be inducted, along with coach and 239 yards per game. That is 317 more yards than they had administrator Richard Hannan who is receiving the Hall through three games last year, and well above last season’s of Fame Service and Contribution Award. 4.4 yard per carry and 156.6 yard per game totals. Student admission is free and general admission “We want to establish the run every game,” Best prices range from $28 to $48. •
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Sam McPherson: Overcoming adversity and leading by example Taylor Newquist Sports Editor Running back Sam McPherson is a leader on and off the field. He aims to put people before himself, which has led him to be one of 169 football players nationally to be nominated for the Allstate AFCA Good Works Team. Student-athletes nominated for the award show dedication to community service and a desire to make a difference in the lives of the people around him, while also having persevered through their own personal struggles. Playing at Bothell High School, McPherson was the 4A KingCo offensive player of the year, and co-defensive player of the year in the 2014 season. He was receiving attention from multiple schools offering him scholarships, until he tore his ACL in the playoffs his senior year. He said after that his recruiting stopped, and that he was lucky EWU kept its offer. Upon arriving at EWU, McPherson was still injured for the majority of his first year. He also had a mental barrier to overcome about not only being physically healthy, but feeling capable in his own mind. “The physical part of an injury is tough, but it’s something you’ll get over,” McPherson said. “It’s the mental part that held me back for two years afterward.” He said that in his second year he felt as if he couldn’t run through tackles like he used to be able to. Finally, in his junior year, McPherson started to gain some momentum. He averaged six yards per carry and totalled 477 yards rushing. Then, in the second to last game of the season, he broke his leg and was forced to try and bounce back again. This year, McPherson leads the team in rushing. He has averaged 137 yards in the first three games of the year, and sealed the game against Northern Arizona with a career-long 94yard run. “It’s a great feeling to have such a strong start to the season,” McPherson said. “It’s a lot of confidence for me that I can do this still. Even if I’m not the fastest guy, because I got caught on the end of that run (against NAU), I can make plays still and contribute to this team.” Off the field, McPherson has stayed true to his values. He is a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, which will be working this year to promote sexual assault awareness, and does community-service work spending time playing sports with kids after school. “I think it gives them hope,” McPherson said about working with after-school programs. “A lot of these kids that play football come from underprivileged backgrounds, and tough family
Sam McPherson avoids tacklers in last Saturday’s away game against WSU. McPherson ended the game with 4.1 yards per carry | Bailey Monteith for the Easterner lives at home. I was lucky enough to not have too tough of a family life, but I know a lot of the kids on these teams do. It gives those little kids a sense of pride that they can become something too.” He attributes this mindset about trying to give back to the community to his faith, and said it has always been about giving back to those who are not as privileged. He went through nine years of Catholic school, and now with the team’s chaplain meeting with them once a week, he has even more guidance on how to live his life. “It helps me think of other people before myself,” McPherson said. McPherson has turned a large part of his focus to school, anticipating his life after football. After playing a sport their entire life, and being accustomed to the same routines, it can be hard for some people to adjust. McPherson said that he is excited to see what the future brings. “It’s a weird feeling,” McPherson said. “I’ve never really experienced anything other than sports. People in my classes have like worked on cars, they’ve been in the rocketry club and stuff like that. I’ve never had the time to do that so I’m excited to be able to explore those options afterwords.” For now, his mind is still on football. McPherson and the rest of the Eagles running backs will have a great opportunity to build on their successful season this Saturday, when they take on Cal Poly’s rush defense that has allowed 246 yards per game. •
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