The Easterner: Volume 102, Issue 2

Volume 102, Issue 2

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Sept. 26, 2018

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TAYLOR NEWQUIST Sports Editor Mikayel Khachatryan was six years old, walking by a park in his hometown of Yerevan, Armenia with his brother and father the first time he picked up a tennis racket.

They had spotted a tennis coach and asked if they could play. The coach gave them each 10 balls to hit.

His brother only hit two in the court, while Mikayel hit eight, and he has been playing ever since.

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Mikayel Khachatryan returns the ball at the EWU Fall Classic last weekend. Khachatryna is a junior transfer from Pacific University.

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Mikayel Khachatryan travels 6,276 miles to join Eagles

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PUB to include new food pantry

EWU grad student brings jazz to community

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Trump fuels racism TAYLOR NEWQUIST Sports Editor See water is wet pg. 12

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President Trump waves as he crosses the White House lawn. Trump is the 45th President of the United States of America.

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Opinion

Since moving to Spokane in 2009, EWU grad student and founder of the organization Imagine Jazz, Rachel Bade-McMurphy, has been working to promote the local jazz scene. Now she is bringing musician Logan Richardson to town for music workshops at Spokane Falls Community College and EWU, finishing with a concert at Terrain in Spokane.

The events begin Oct. 2 at SFCC with an interactive masterclass. Students will listen and ask questions during an interview with Richardson and the musicians he brought with him, who will then play a short set. This allows students unable to make it to Terrain a chance to hear Richardson perform and gives others a taste of the concert the following evening. The event is open to the public.

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Making change: Register to vote!

THE EASTERNER Editorial Board We are nearly halfway through the first term of Donald Trump’s presidency, which means one major thing: midterm elections.

Yesterday was National Voter Registration Day, marking 42 days until Tuesday, November 6: Election Day. Those interested can register in person, by mail or online.

Deadlines for registration vary by state, but generally people must submit paperwork between two weeks and a month before Election Day. (In Washington, registration is to be completed

by Oct. 29 in person and Oct. 8 online or by mail).

Correction for Issue 1: On the cover of The Easterner last week, Angela Jones, J.D. was described as the “newly elected Vice President for Student Affairs.”

Jones was actually appointed to the position, not elected.

It is no secret that the United States has a voter problem.

According to a 2018 study by the Pew Research Center, the U.S. trails most developed countries in voter turnout. In the 2016 presidential election, 55.7 percent of the U.S. voting age population cast ballots.

Although a slight uptick from 2012, that ranked 26th out of 32 countries in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

However, when looking at registered voters who cast a ballot, the U.S. ranks fairly high (fourth at 86.8 percent). That means when people do register, they will get out and vote. The problem? We’re not getting enough citizens to actually

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

apply. In November 2016, there were 245.5 million Americans ages 18 or older, about 157.6 million of which reported being registered to vote, according to The Census Bureau.

All 435 seats of the House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats of the Senate will be contested in the upcoming election. Also, 39 state and territorial governorships will be up for vote in addition to several state and local elections.

In Washington state, Democrat Maria Cantwell and Republican Susan Hutchison will battle it out for a spot in the Senate. Cantwell has been the state’s senator since 2001. Cantwell received 55.2 percent of the vote in the primary (434,710 more votes),

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while Hutchison received 24.2 percent.

As for the House: In our District (5), Republican Cathy McMorris Rodgers received 47.8 percent of the vote in the primary (1,435 more votes), while Democrat Lisa Brown received 46.8 percent.

With so many spots available in decision-making positions, it is increasingly important to get out and vote, especially as young people. Substantially fewer people tend to register and vote in non-presidential elections, but this is a year when real change can be made. •

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Dr. Deirdre Almeida, American Indian Studies professor, and Dr. Shari Clarke, VP of Diversity and Inclusion, talk at Diversity Award Reception.

The pursuit of diversity does not end here KAITLYN ENGEN News Editor EWU has recently been recognized as the top college for diversity in the nation after receiving the Higher Education Excellence and Diversity award, distributed by “INSIGHT Into Diversity” magazine.

EWU’s vice president of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion Dr. Shari Clarke expressed sincere gratitude and praise to her department.

“I am really pleased to see that Eastern is recognized for laying a really strong foundation, and putting their resources, time and effort into growing this area of diversity and inclusion,” Clarke said.

But for Clarke, efforts to grow diversity and inclusion at EWU do not stop at an award.

Higher education is in a national crisis right now, according to Clarke, where there is a shrinkage in numbers of college-bound students aged 18 to 22.

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion, as well as the university as a whole, are working to target this particular problem and more.

The new Strategic Plan finalized last June outlined the university’s goals in continuing efforts to create a diversified, welcoming campus environment, including increased enrollment and graduation rates of underrepresented individuals; fostering relationships with neighboring Native

American tribes; and becoming a federally recognized Hispanic Serving Institution.

Chris Robbins, director of strategic university planning, said to The Easterner at the time, “[Diversity] brings a richness to Eastern that represents who we are [...] really, it’s the university in its mission is to reach out and to serve all types of students.

It’s part of the core of who we are at Eastern.”

Clarke said that the goals of the university’s Strategic Plan regarding diversity align well with her department’s goals. But Clarke still has her mind on more.

Last year, one of the department’s biggest achievements was the establishment of its multicultural center.

This year, the department and the university hope to bring a number of additions: a Center for Social Innovation that will engage students in conversations of social justice; a 30-hour curriculum in summer 2019 aiming at intercultural learning techniques; and a leadership academy for 50 selected high school girls in March 2019, to name a few.

The pursuits of the department and the university will be to the benefit of all students, not just underrepresented individuals, according to Clarke.

“We want students to know different perspectives, and to develop a comfort level with diversity, and have an appreciation for everybody that comes regardless of their identity, their sexuality, their geographical

location, their age,” Clarke said. “Society has changed, and you have to be prepared to live and work in a global ever-changing environment, so diversity really impacts all of us.”

The recognition, therefore, is by no means an end, but rather reassurance to a university pushing toward a better future for all of its students.

“I don’t divorce myself ever from my passion for equity for every individual,” said Clarke.

And neither does EWU. •

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The administration shakeup continues with a new addition KAITLYN ENGEN News Editor Lance Kissler, 2006 EWU alumnus and former marketing manager for Spokane Teacher Credit Union (STCU), will start his duties as the EWU associate vice president of strategic communications and marketing this week.

To Kissler, EWU is a place of great sentimental value.

“I’ve always had a special place for higher ed in my heart because Eastern was very transformative for me, and definitely helped to get me where I am today,” Kissler said.

An undergraduate student in graphic communications in 2004, Kissler made his mark on campus when he served as an Eagle Ambassador in the student admissions office.

Kissler pursued his master’s degree at EWU in science and communications. As a graduate assistant, he worked for University Relations (now the Marketing and Communications division) where he expanded the university’s online digital presence, mostly through MySpace.

Upon graduating, Kissler worked as a director of marketing for Pacific University in Portland for three years. He returned to Spokane to work as a marketing manager for STCU, where he would spend the next decade.

But the impact that EWU had on Kissler, apparently, never left his mind.

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An Eagle Returns Lance Kissler, Associate Vice President of Strategic Communications and Marketing. Kissler started his duties this week.

The new position that Kissler now holds will oversee the entire Marketing and Communications division, which includes directors such as Sam Buzby, who led the team to renovate the EWU website last spring, and Dave Meany, who is in charge of media relations at EWU, as well as other media and marketing specialists.

The hiring of Kissler presents yet another change to the Department of University Advancement headed by the recently appointed vice president Angela Jones.

“You should align passion with purpose” LANCE KISSLER Vice President of Strategic Communiations and Marketing Within the Marketing and Communications division, Kissler will work under the leadership of Vice President of Advancement Lisa Poplawski, who is currently heading the entire division after Stacey Morgan Foster vacated her top position.

“When you have people leave, especially in leadership positions, or change happens at a leadership level, it’s always kind of a great opportunity to reassess the department, the division,” Kissler said.

Kissler believes that the administration sought a more proactive environment within the Marketing and Communications division, and saw a need for his position.

Incorporating another leadership position, he said, would allow the division to think more strategically about what it seeks to accomplish for staff and students, as opposed to being merely a reactive service center.

Kissler hopes to use his knowledge and experiences both at EWU and off campus to improve the relationship between the administration and the students it is serving.

“Hopefully what students will eventually see is a more robust Communications and Marketing division: more advertisements, more engagement in the community, more engagement with students,” Kissler said.

Within his roles, Kissler always strives to live up to his philosophy.

“You should align passion with purpose,” he said.

For a former Eagle returning to EWU to serve the student population he was once a member of, this should not be a problem. •

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year for EWU students MICHAEL BROCK Editor in Chief This summer, more students than in previous years decided to hit the books, rather than soaking up the sunshine.

The most recent Summer Session at EWU saw a remarkable uptick in enrollment — 6,208 students compared to 5,676 in 2017 — a 9.4 percent increase. The rise in student interest over the warmer months is encouraging for EWU, given the dip in enrollment from Fall 2016 (12,279) to Fall 2017 (11,473), according to the university’s website.

Brenda Blazekovic, EWU’s director of summer and continuing education, said that the summer term allows students to accelerate their graduation timeline and take supplementary classes for their major or general education requirements. It is also a way for students to take a class with a degree requirement that is seldom open during the regular school year.

“Enrolling in Summer Session courses offers to expedite graduation, can save the student in tuition costs and living expenses, as well as get them on their career path earlier,” Blazekovic said in an email to The Easterner.

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quarter or semester basis. Quarterly students have the option to enroll in the full eight-week session (June 25-Aug. 17) or one of two fourweek sessions.

Blazekovic said that this condensed schedule, along with more one-on-one time with professors, works well for students.

“Without a full schedule, students have more time to dedicate to a specific course, while still enjoying the benefits of summer,” Blazekovic said. “Summer courses often have lower faculty-to-student ratio.”

During the Summer Session, tuition was reduced for undergraduate students taking over 10 credits, while the Pell Grant was also used to aid with tuition. •

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New bus route options for students and Cheney residents The Spokane Transit Authority opened the West Plains Transit Center last week. Located at Exit 272 off I-90, the center, which doubles as a park-and-ride lot, will create new bus options for the West Plains region, which includes Cheney, Medical Lake and Airway Heights.

As part of the new transit center, STA started running a new bus line from Cheney to Spokane: Route #64 Cheney/West Plains. The route runs to and from Spokane seven days a week, with a central stop at the West Plains Transit Center.

Students who utilize the transit system can take the #64 from the EWU PUB to the STA Plaza in downtown Spokane. Stops are also made at Sixth and McKeehan, the K Street Station and Four Lakes.

UPDATE: Cheney shooting was a police-assisted suicide

The bus leaves the PUB toward Spokane approximately every hour, and drops off passengers in Cheney at a similar rate. The STA website details exact times.

The intent to open a new transit center was to create a place for users to change buses on the West Plains, instead of having to do so in downtown Spokane, as was previously the case, per a press release obtained from the STA Moving Forward website.

The website projects that by 2019, routes between cities on the West Plains will be in action.

Students and other Cheney residents can continue to use the #66 EWU and #68 Cheney Local route, in addition to route #64. All times and stops can be located on the STA website.

Pamphlets containing transit information for all STA routes can be found outside of Parking and Transportation Services in Tawanka Hall. •

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Bus travels on Elm street across from campus.

JEREMY BURNHAM Managing Editor Court documents released last week show that Steve L. Anderson, 40, called 911 on himself on Sept. 3, before threatening officers with a knife. As previously reported, Cheney Police officers Zebulon Campbell and Nicole Burbridge, and reserve officer Nicholas

Horn, opened fire, killing Anderson.

Last week’s issue of The Easterner printed before this new information could be confirmed.

The Spokesman-Review reported that the documents showed a notebook was found at Anderson’s home.

“I’ll call 911 on myself stating that a deranged man, fitting my description, is waving a

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knife,” the note read. “Mitchell’s Grocery is where I will die. I won’t give the cops another option. I really hope nobody else gets hurt.”

All three officers were placed on administrative leave following the incident. •

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One of the six current food pantries located in Isle Hall. The seventh will come to campus when the PUB opens.

Reducing food insecurity one food pantry at a time Dylan Harris Copy Editor In an effort to reduce food insecurity among EWU students, another food pantry will be installed on campus in the newlyrenovated PUB. This addition will be the seventh food pantry at EWU. The Office of Community Engagement, the Pride Center, Facilities and Planning, the Office of Sustainability and others are all working to fight food insecurity and ensure that EWU students have access to food even if they cannot afford any.

The community outreach coordinator for the Office of Community Engagement, Arick Erechar, encourages EWU students to utilize the food pantries.

“We accept the fact that life’s not easy, and we’re trying to make it a little easier for everyone,” Erechar said. “Take advantage of the resources that are on campus.”

A 2016 survey conducted by the EWU Department of Health and Wellness revealed that nearly 40 percent of EWU students have struggled with food insecurity.

Because this is just the second quarter since the food pantries have been installed, a new survey will be conducted at a later date to see the impact the pantries have made.

The Office of Community Engagement is focusing on bringing awareness to the EWU community about the food pantries.

“Our goal is to make the food pantries a

student-run system,” Erechar said.

There are currently food pantries located in Showalter Hall, JFK Library, URC, Sutton Hall, Isle Hall and the P.E. Classroom Building.

In addition to the new food pantry in the PUB, there are plans to add refrigerated food to the food-pantry program.

“We are actually in the works of trying to implement a centralized location that will have fresh produce,” Erechar said.

This centralized location is expected to be in Tawanka as early as next fall.

More information regarding access to refrigerated food will follow.

Putting an end to hunger and food

insecurity for an entire community is undoubtedly a far-reaching goal, but the food pantries bring EWU one step closer to solving those problems. •

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Easterner Asks

Spotlight

How do you feel about EWU’s change to the letter-grade system?

Spokane Jazz Orchestra

Jacob Brod, Senior

“I personally like the letter grade better than what it was. I like seeing the letter rather than, oh I have to get to a certain number. It is an easier transition from high school.”

Raishad Woodiest, Freshman “It’s mixed I guess. I think it makes it easier to get good grades and easier to get worse grades I feel. So, I guess it is kind of split.”

RICHARD CLARK IV Multimedia Director A three-time Grammy Award winning saxophonist, Jeff Coffin and the Spokane Jazz Orchestra will be performing at the Bing Crosby Theater Saturday Sept. 29.

The Spokane Jazz Orchestra is a traditional big band that has annual shows in the Inland Northwest.

Founded in 1975, the Spokane Jazz Orchestra is the longest, continually performing jazz orchestra in the United States.

Listeners can expect to hear classic big band performances and jazz legends, in addition to modern jazz ensembles.

Concerts are held at the Bing Crosby Theater and begin at 7:30 p.m. •

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“I don’t really think it matters honestly. 3.0, 4.0, As, Bs I don’t really know the difference, but I’m not really educated enough on the topic to know if there’s any bad things that can come from the system at all.”

Kennedy Lentini, Sophomore “Honestly it’s just weird for me. I spent like three years here with the 4.0 system, but it’s just a matter of adjusting I guess. For habits sake I would like to go back.”

Pieter Sobbfo, Junior “I think it’s better, because I think it works more efficiently having the letters, and it might be more motivational for students just seeing that compared to the numbers, especially for freshman because we are used to letters.”

Ruth Engeda, Freshman “Personally, I’m not really a big fan of it just because my GPA is directly decided by my percentage in the class not by a grade, so it being decided by a grade just makes it more confusing.”

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The 1904 CSNS football team DYLAN HARRIS Copy Editor Before there were air-raid offenses, red fields or even helmets, football was being played at Cheney State Normal School, currently known as EWU. The school’s first football team was formed in 1899, after professor K.C. Sampson and a local minister gathered enough boys and men to fill all the positions on a football team.

Here is a look back at the 1904 CSNS football team. At the time, CSNS was comprised mostly of female students, making it difficult to find enough players to field

the team in 1904. The school was eventually able to fill a roster, albeit some of the new members had never even played football.

Many of the students at CSNS during this time were younger than what is now considered college age.

In fact, one player, Peter “Pete” Tully, was listed in the school catalog as eighth-grade standing. Others on the team may have also been closer to their teens, a stark contrast from the currently assembled collegefootball teams, consisting mostly of young men in their early 20s.

Before any official league or conference came into existence, CSNS played a wide variety of teams.

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Spokane High School, Lewiston Normal School and the Davenport Athletic Club were just a few of the team’s opponents during the early 20th century.

The team captain in 1904 was Robert Furby, shown in the photo above holding the football in the bottom row. Even though the team lost most of its games that year, the yearbook recognized the great strides made by the football program. *All historical information was gathered from the CSNS 1905 “Rhododendron” yearbook and the CSNS 1902-1906 school catalog. •

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ilence fell over Riverfront Park on a cool Saturday morning save for the clicking of thousands of beaded necklaces. Red, for the loss of a spouse. Gold, for the loss of a sibling. White, for the loss of a child. Each one rattling in chorus as they were raised into the sky honoring loved ones lost to suicide. Many people in the crowd had lost their sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, spouses, parents, friends or coworkers to suicide. Several had even attempted taking their own lives.

Over 1,000 people gathered for Spokane’s Out of the Darkness Walk at Riverfront Park on Saturday, Sept.

22. The walk was put on by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. The foundation started the walk in 2004 with 4,000 people at 24 walks and now it’s an event that’s held in 425 cities across the country with 275,000 people participating.

AFSP’s Washington director, Justine McClure, was very impressed with the support. This year was the first time in history that Spokane had reached its fundraising goal before the walk even began. The AFSP aimed to raise $28,500 and as of the beginning of the walk they had already raised $10,000 more than that.

“Our mission is to save lives and bring hope to those that have been affected by suicide,” McClure said. “That would not be possible if it wasn’t for you here today.”

McClure heavily emphasized what would be a recurring theme all day; you shouldn’t be ashamed to talk to someone.

“When one in four of us suffer from mental health concerns, no one should be embarrassed to seek help,” McClure said. “And when others lose loved ones to suicide it’s our responsibility as a community to show our support in their time of mourning.”

Booths were scattered across the area with advocates for suicide prevention, EWU’s Public Health Association among them.

Johnny Aldan, the association’s president on the Spokane campus, had never been to an Out of the Darkness Walk before, but when he heard about it he knew it was a cause he wanted to be a part of.

“One of the realms of public health is mental health,” Aldan said. “We do our best on the publichealth side to help individuals who are suffering from mental illness, going through some hard times or contemplating suicide.”

Aldan mentioned that not many people know what public health actually involves and that mental health and suicide awareness are significant aspects of the association.

“Should students ever have the need to ever come to us, we can point them in the right direction to get the services they need in that respect," Aldan said. alifeYOUnited also held a booth at the walk, hosted by its CEO and EWU alumna Mary Stover. alifeYOUnited is all about suicide prevention and starts education with children as young as kindergartners. The organization attends many community events handing out bracelets, candy and its business cards, trying to spread its word to as many people as possible.

“We focus on kindness, compassion, anti-bullying and building a community and sense of belonging,” Stover said.

Greg, the first speaker at the event, was 10 years old when his father took his own life.

“My father was a great person,” Greg said. “So when he ended his life it was terrifying for me and my entire family.”

Greg explained that he didn’t know anything about depression or suicide before the death of his father, but afterward he experienced the saddest time of his life.

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“We are all here for one reason,” Greg said. “And that’s because suicide has impacted us in one way or another.”

The second speaker, Angela, has been part of the Out of the Darkness Walk for the past five years. Like Greg, Angela lost a parent to suicide. She was 15 when her mother ended her life. Angela was also suffering from depression at the time.

“My brain was still developing,” Angela said. “We’ve all been there. It’s normal.”

She explained that she was suffering from an untreated mental illness, but that it’s no different from any other illness. Angela said that her mother was made to feel weak and ashamed for taking antidepressants and was never able to accept that she was a good person.

“If she were here today, we would all tell her that it’s okay to have feelings of depression for days, months or even years,” Angela said. “It’s not a sign of weakness or failure. It shows that you’re human.”

After everyone spoke the walk began. Over a thousand people took to the Centennial Trail to represent walking out of the darkness, as the money they had raised would be used to fund research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy and support the survivors of suicide loss. As much as the event was filled with hurt there was a striking amount of compassion. All these people gathered to support each other and raise awareness for suicide in hope that by working together the suicide rate could decrease significantly.•

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A photo in the "Path to Tolerance" exhibit.

“When you wear those to school, they have a problem with that and they tease you,” Lloyd said.

The exhibit came together with an emphasis on growth. “I was looking for, in my collection of photos, some of the ways that I stretch myself,” Lloyd said. “I traveled the world and came to the conclusion that people get caught up in their own history.”

Lloyd recognizes that he can also get caught up in his own life and history.

Included in the gallery is a small stack of papers hung up on a wall with a pen attached.

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The "Path to Tolerance,” an art exhibit by former EWU professor Robert Lloyd, is on display at the EWU downtown student gallery until Oct. 26.

The exhibit challenges the viewer to look beyond their own experiences and view life from a different perspective.

Lloyd’s artist 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.

Multiple works in the collection were presented in a previous exhibition titled “If You Really Knew Me,” featuring local women who are survivors of abuse. These photographs contain a hidden code. If a viewer downloads the CherryPIX app onto their IOS or Android devices, they can simply hold their phone up to a photo, and using the app, listen to the subject recount her story of survival.

A laptop in the corner of the gallery is cued up to view the videos for a more traditional, albeit less tech-savvy experience.

Tolerance, Lloyd said, is a subject that he has been working on for a long time. “I’ve always been concerned with social justice, community and culture,” Lloyd said.

Lloyd remembers dressing differently than the other kids in his class when he was in elementary school. His grandfather happened to be a cook for a wealthy family and would bring home the children’s old clothes. Specifically, old knickerbockers.

Photo courtesy of artist.

Erik Rotness A&F Editor

Sophomore Shawn Jones gets a flu shot. He did not seem excited about it. resources, clubs and opportunities available to students this year. The event ran from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21.

Over 38 nonprofits and 32 businesses from Cheney and Spokane tabled the event alongside groups on campus. The Rockwood Erik Rotness Clinic had a tent providing free flu shots for A&F Editor students. The campus police department EWU’s annual Neighbor Fest event brought and their canine companion talked with in 200 groups from across the EWU, Cheney passerbys, handing out business cards and lip and Spokane communities to display the balm.

Won’t you be my neighbor

This is what Lloyd calls his “declaration of consensus.” If a visitor agrees with the 14 statements listed, they can sign their name on the sheet with the promise that Lloyd will make the list public in some way.

Statements like “I believe in dismantling unjust criminalization systems,” and “I believe in a moral narrative that is concerned with how society treats the marginalized,” make up the consensus. The idea is to bring people together to support the issues they care about while recognizing all the issues that separate people.

Lloyd says he wanted an obvious way to bring people together to support each other.

“The pictures are the subtle things,” Lloyd said.

“The consensus — It isn’t subtle.”

Lloyd hopes people sign the consensus so that he can get in touch with them. He wants to challenge people to act on all the things people said they believed in by signing and help connect them to individuals and organizations they can help.

There will be a panel discussion discussing Lloyd’s exhibit on Oct. 4 from 4:30-6 p.m. in the JFK Library.•

Originally called Neighbor Days, the part exposition and part fair event has been going for over 20 years. There are 200 tables every year, providing 200 opportunities for groups to creatively display their information and inform students of their purpose.

Director of Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership at EWU, Stacey Reece, assures that she does not have a favorite booth.

“I enjoy seeing the creativity each group brings to their booths each year,” Reece said.

Nevertheless, throughout the event secret judges passed by, evaluating the booths for one of four awards. Hui O’ Hawaii won “Best Overall Booth.” The Native American Student Association won “Best Visual Display.” The Easterner was awarded “Most Interactive” and the Office of Sustainability at EWU took the “Most Eagle Spirited” award.

The event is a collaborative effort between EWU’s SAIL team and the Office of Sustainability.

The Office of Sustainability table displayed a man made out of 250 plastic water bottles to encourage students to recycle. This is the average number of water bottles sold at Tawanka every day according to EWU sophomore Katie Schueller.

Schueller, who works for the Office of Sustainability as a garden manager, made the plastic man that she calls Paul. Paul represents more than a sales statistic she says. It would take approximately 250 pieces of plastic per person in the world to equal the plastic in the great pacific garbage patch, Schueller said.

“That’s why I made him a man. To show it’s 250 pieces per person,” Schueller said.

“And his name’s Paul because, well, it’s Plastic Paul.”

Planning for the event typically begins in April with table registration opening in May. “We have run out of booths around two weeks before the event,” Reece said. “I always tell partners to sign up early. It’s a first come, first served type of registration process.”

A $25 table reservation fee was required of all non-EWU groups. Reece says that on average the event costs $500 to run. •

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The Hump Day Concert Series is Eagle Entertainment’s answer to the mid-week blues, featuring live music, free food and frequent EWU visitor Izzy, the camel. The series spans three weeks, beginning at the Campus Mall on Wednesday Sept. 26 between 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.

The first concert will feature Seattle based band, Dogbreth. The band cites influences like Citizen Dick, The Raggamuffins, Still Water and more. While the band has evolved over the years, it’s most faithful member is singer and guitarist Tristan Jemsek, who has been playing for Dogbreth since 2010.

The band’s newest album, titled “Second Home”, received praise from publications like NPR, which described Jemsek’s music as “the work of punks who write youthful, larger-than-life songs that still wrinkle at the edges.”

Dogbreth’s current lineup consists of Jemsek, Bill Palmer on guitar, Greg Hughes on Bass and Malia Seavey on the drums.

Free snow cones will be available to students while they enjoy a whiff of Dogbreth. Izzy the camel will also be available for photo opportunities during the Sept. 26 event.

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Continued from pg. 1 After the set, students from EWU, SFCC, Washington State University and Whitworth University, as well as local professional artists, will perform for the Logan Richardson Quartet and receive direct feedback.

A slightly different format is in store on Oct. 3 at EWU, beginning with a talk on music business and how to form a band’s sound, followed by a performance from the Logan Richardson Quartet. Bade-McMurphy says that she’s particularly excited for the Jazz musician Logan Richardson. Richardson has collaborated on over 30 albums. chance to bring this opportunity directly to students on campus who wouldn’t otherwise have never seen and use it as inspiration for a Over the years, Bade-McMurphy says she be able to make it out into the community.

30-minute set of improvisational music. has received so much knowledge just from The evening of Oct. 3 is the Logan Richardson Logan Richardson, a saxophonist from Kansas listening to artists like Richardson talk about Concert. Opening for Richardson is The City, Missouri, has collaborated with musicians where they’re from and what inspires them.

Imagine Collective. A flexible, modular group on over 30 albums and will perform music from She has gleamed tips and tricks by watching of musicians who will begin the show with his fourth solo album “Blues People.” Richardson’s the way they walk, act and speak. It’s these an interesting twist. The Imagine Collective album is presented as “a sci-fi themed, hauntingly little bits of information she says that can will be presented with a piece of artwork they ‘80s referenced, soundtrack to his life.” really help students realign what they’re

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by EWU’s multicultural center. The Oct. 10 concert will pair the indie, pop, new wave duo Camp Crush with free cotton candy and popcorn.

Eagle Entertainment Chair, Shelby Sherman, said that the concert series exists to give students a chance to hear music, enjoy their week and celebrate being halfway through it.

The bands were chosen by Sherman and the Associate Director of Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership, Sundi Musnicki.

Current Eagle Entertainment Concert Coordinator, Sarah Ford, is surveying students to hear what bands and artists they want to see brought to EWU. The overall cost of the concert series totals around $3500, according to Sherman.•

supposed to be doing and how they should carry themselves.

Bade-McMurphy is in her final year of EWU’s jazz-studies program. Of the two tracks within the program, performance and pedagogy, Bade-McMurphy chose pedagogy, describing it as basically the teaching of jazz music.

“A lot of it is playing in ensembles, history and theory components. Basically, what you would expect from a music major,” Bade McMurphy said.

While studying to teach jazz music, BadeMcMurphy works as a music instructor and clinician at RBMC Music Studio in Spokane.

She also works in the Mead School District as a woodwind specialist in the elementary band department.

Tickets for the Terrain concert can be purchased from Imagine Jazz. The organization is the product of a lot of hard work, mostly from Bade-McMurphy and her husband Brendan McMurphy. Their goal was to try and stimulate jazz in Spokane by helping other artists. They wanted to create a sense of community and fellowship between musicians in town.•

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President Donald Trump points at damage from Hurricane Florence in New Bern, North Carolina on Sept. 19. Trump described the storm as “one of the wettest we’ve ever seen, from the standpoint of water” in a video on his Twitter account.

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Hurricane Florence was tough, and it was one of the wettest storms we’ve ever seen, from the standpoint of water.

At least, that was what President Donald Trump had to say about it in a video on his Twitter account, following the storm that resulted in at least 37 casualties and an early estimation of up to $22 billion in damages, according to a report from CBS’s Manuel Bojorquez.

Later in the week, Trump went to North Carolina to assess damages of the hurricane, where, according to a Wednesday pool report account and reporting form the New York Times, he joked with one victim who had a yacht wash ashore next to his house.

“At least you got a nice boat out of the deal,” Trump said.

It isn’t the president’s middle-school understanding of weather systems, or his general lack of empathy that is the problem.

Trump will allocate resources to help those in need in the wake of Florence, as the government did with hurricanes Harvey and Irma last year.

It is the president’s continuance to divide the country across racial lines, that need cause of action, especially when it comes to Latinos.

Sept. 20 marked the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria. A storm that completely ravaged the unincorporated U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, the worst it had seen in nearly 90 years. On Aug. 29, 11 months after the hurricane hit, the initial death toll of 64 was revised to an official 2,975 according to a report conducted by George Washington University.

On Sept. 13, Trump took to his Twitter to refute the study.

“3,000 people did not die in the two hurricanes that hit Puerto Rico,” Trump said via Twitter. “When I left the Island, AFTER the storm had hit, they had anywhere from 6 to 18 deaths. As time went by it did not go up by much. Then, a long time later, they started to report really large numbers, like 3000…”

Now about one in four Americans believe Trump’s conspiracy theory that Hurricane Maria’s death toll is well overrepresented, according to a Sept. 17 HuffPost/YouGov survey.

Participants were asked which statement is closer to the truth: if nearly 3,000 people died, much fewer than 3,000 people died, or if they are not sure. Of Trump supporters, 63 percent responded that much fewer than 3,000 people died, while 27 percent were not sure, and only 10 percent believe the official reports that nearly 3,000 people died. Tell me again, who is spreading fake news?

In addition to his falsities about the deaths of Puerto Ricans, a recent document obtained

by Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon showed that the administration had planned, and succeeded, in transferring $9.8 million from FEMA—the Federal Emergency Management Agency, who is responsible for dealing with natural disaster relief—to fund ICE—who has made a name for itself during the past year detaining entire immigrant families, and

especially for separating children from their parents.

The money transfer takes away from funds that could be used to provide aid to those who are still suffering in Puerto Rico to this day, and those who are dealing with the recent effects of Hurricane Florence. So why does ICE need more money, while our own citizens are in need?

Court filings uncovered by Thinkprogress on Sept. 7 showed there are still more than 400 migrant children separated from their families, and about 73 percent of those cannot be reunited immediately because the government deported their parents. The money taken from FEMA will likely go toward housing those children, and accommodating for more, as the detention center at Tornillo, Texas is set to expand its 400 beds up to 3,800, according to Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families spokesman Kenneth Wolfe.

Trump has painted a clear enemy to his base.

It starts at the border, and follows anyone with a similar skin tone, haunting them like a newaged ghost wearing a pointed hood. This is what our country will revert to, a bastion for hate and authoritarian truth, but only if we let it. •

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Big Sky soccer opens with parity “We played a lot of [young] kids in that non-league portion of the schedule,” Bodnar said before the weekend.

True freshman defender Colby Wilson is one of the young players who received a lot of playing time, starting every nonconference game. Wilson said before the conference opener that she knew BSC

Big Sky Conference soccer has started, and after a weekend that saw all but two teams play a pair of contests, EWU joined several others in splitting its first two matches.

Idaho (2-0) and Northern Colorado (1-0) are the only two teams to escape the weekend with a perfect record.

Northern Arizona and Weber State each opened with a win and a draw, while EWU, Sacramento State and Idaho State each opened with a win and a loss.

Montana played only one game, which it lost, and Portland State and Southern Utah each opened with two losses.

These results aren’t very surprising when looking at the teams’ nonconference records.

The exception to this is Idaho. The Vandals finished nonconference play 3-5-1, but find themselves in first place after the BSC opening weekend. Losses to Pac 12 teams Oregon and Washington State could help explain this.

The Eagles entered BSC play with a 4-3-2 record, despite averaging less than a goal per game. EWU head coach Chad Bodnar said the Eagles Senior midfielder Jenny Chavez celebrates her were ready to put their nonconference goal against Portland State. Chavez scored in her first match back from a red card ban. scoring troubles behind them.

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play would bring a new challenge.

“Our season has been a little up and down,” Wilson said. “We’ve had some really good things, and we’ve had some things we want to get better at. I feel that collectively we’re getting better. We’re hitting the point where we’re ready to go into conference.”

Wilson also started both conference games, and figures to see a lot of playing time moving forward.

EWU’s scoring struggles continued on Friday when it opened conference play with a 1-0 loss against Sac State at home. It was the second straight shutout the team suffered.

“We’re not good enough right now,” Bodnar said after the loss.

On Sunday, EWU ended its scoring drought at 262 minutes and scored three goals in 15 minutes in a 3-2 victory over PSU. EWU senior Jenny Chavez said it felt good to get that first BSC win.

“The game plan was to not reflect too much on that loss, but learn from our

mistakes and move forward,” Chavez said.

That’s what we did, we scored three goals today. This is a good win for our team.”

The Eagles were picked to win the BSC in the preseason coaches’ poll. Their defense, which has already produced four shutouts and is allowing one goal per game, is playing well enough to do that. With the three-goal performance on Sunday, they are now also averaging one GPG. The rest of the season could likely depend on the offensive side of the ball.

EWU continues BSC play at Montana on Sept. 28. Montana is 0-1 in the BSC and 1-62 overall. The Grizzlies are also struggling to score; through nine games, they only have four goals, and have not scored more than one goal in a game this season.

The Eagles will then head to Northern Colorado on Sept. 30 and Idaho on Oct. 7. They don’t return home until they play their final two home games of the season on Oct. 12 and 14.•

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Alexa Clark, back-to-back champion ERIC McCORMICK Contributor While sports like football and basketball gain most of the attention at EWU, Alexa Clark and the Eagles golf team have been winning in the background.

Clark is exceling in her sophomore year at EWU. In the early portion of the fall season she has already won the Battle at Old Works tournament in Anaconda, Montana, and The Challenge tournament at the Coeur d’Alene Resort.

“I say that golf is pretty overlooked.”

Clark said. “No matter the shot, you realize that every shot counts—whether it’s a 250

yard drive or a two foot putt, every shot matters. The more you think about these things, it makes the shot even harder, it’s a tricky thing.”

Regardless of the amount of difficulty, she grew attached to golf. Hailing from the town of Richland, she became interested in the game at an early age from watching her dad and brother play.

“Alongside playing soccer, I was interested in playing at the age of seven, then that interest really took off when I was in junior high school.” Clark said.

After playing varsity throughout all of high school, she eventually earned a place with the Eagles. While she has been

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Golfer of the Week, “My goals were and was co-champion to get in the top with Clark at the CDA ten in two or three Resort tournament— Clark holding the Battle at Old Works trophy. tournaments,” Clark the first time that She led the Eagles to two straight first place said. “[I want to] finish finishes.

EWU has won backin the top five in the to-back tournaments at the start of the Big Sky tournament in the springtime.” season since 1996.

Clark and the Eagles will be heading to Fall is the preseason in the golf schedule, Portland next week to play in the Rose but the overall morale of the team could City Collegiate Invitational, and then go to be a sign of good things to come, as Tacoma in three weeks to play in the Pat they try to become Big Sky Conference Lesser Harbottle Invitational. • Photo courtesy of Alexa Clark

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Khachatryan talks with head coach Steve Clark. Clark is the main reason that Khachatryan decided to join the EWU team.

1900s, and in large part due to the Armenian Genocide at the hands of the Ottoman Empire from 1915-1917, there was a diaspora from their country that has resulted in Armenian communities building all across the world.

“Wherever you go there is a small group of Armenians where we can be together,” Khachatryan said. “If one Armenian sees another on the street, no matter what they would go up to each other and talk, because we are not a lot. When we see one Armenian we get excited.”

Khachatryan also plays for his country’s national team, where he is in the top three and also recently won tennis in the Pan-Armenian Games—a multisport competition between athletes from the Armenian diaspora and from Armenia. He also took first place in the Davis Cup senior division while playing for the national team.

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Competing in U-14 and U-16 leagues, he was among the top-100 players in Europe. At age 14, he moved to Barcelona, Spain where he spent seven years training at the Bruguera Tennis Academy, and now he finds himself in Cheney, a member of the Eagles men’s tennis team.

“I had many offers from other universities,” Khachatryan said. “I chose Eastern because of coach [Steve] Clark. The way he is passionate about tennis, the way he teaches us how to play tennis and because he teaches us how to become our best version [of ourselves], that’s why I chose Eastern.”

Khachatryan said that while other schools might have better academics or facilities, those things don’t matter to him. What matters is the coach. In his time in Barcelona, Khachatryan was taught by Lluís Bruguera, whose son Sergi is a two-time French open champion, and also a coach at the academy.

“Mikayel has a great, appreciative smile and is very coachable,” Clark said. “He is the type of guy that asks your opinion so he can be better.”

As an Armenian, Khachatryan takes great pride in representing his people and his country.

He said that there is a bond with Armenians all over the world, and that they try to help each other whenever they can.

Because of Armenia’s turbulent history in the

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Khachatryan competing in the EWU Fall Classic. He won his first doubles match as an Eagle alongside senior Jeremy Field.

“To play national is a big honor,” Khachatyran said. “It’s not just playing for fun, not everyone has this luck and honor to play for your country. Since I have it, I thank God and my hard work, and everytime when I enter the court I do my best.”

Outside of playing tennis for the national team, Kachatryan’s favorite part of Armenia is the food and the people. He said that many of the countries of the former Soviet Union took a liking to Armenian cuisine and that a lot of people travel there to eat the food, along with skiing.

One dish in particular that is Kachatryan’s favorite is called Dolma—a meat and rice dish marinated and wrapped in a grape leaf. He said this one in particular is an ancient recipe, and that everyone needs to go to Armenia to experience the beautiful countryside and the food.

“You can go to a restaurant and order anything you want,” Kachatryan said. “Then you will see the taste of how our grandmothers and our mothers prepare [food]. It is something that I cannot describe with words.”

In Cheney, Kachatryan has found a home in The Nest apartments, and while he doesn’t want to compare EWU to Pacific University where he

transferred from, he said that the teachers here have been a huge help.

“They are always next to you,” Kachatryan said. “The teachers, the coaches, the assistant coaches, your teammates and everyone. It’s a really great and honorable place.”

Kachatryan played his first match as an Eagle last weekend at the EWU Fall Classic. He and Jeremy Field won their first doubles match, but ended up going down in the finals.

He compared playing on the college team to the national team because of the added pressure of having more people relying on you while you’re on the court.

“You are not only playing for yourself,” Kachatryan said on playing in college. “You are playing for your family, you are playing for Eastern Washington, you are playing for your country, you are playing for your coach and you are playing for yourself. In Europe if you lose, you are by yourself and it is okay, but here if you continue to lose you are in trouble.”

Next weekend he and Field will be the only players on the tennis team traveling to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to compete in the ITA All American PQ-Main. The team will be back playing in Spokane in the Gonzaga Invite on Oct. 26-28.•

“[In College] you are not only playing for yourself. You are playing for your family, you are playing for Eastern Washington, you are playing for your country and you are playing — MIKAYEL KHACHATRYAN for your coach.”

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Senior’s Kaleb Levao, D’londo Tucker and Matt Meyer lead the run-out for the Eagles against Cal Poly last Saturday. EWU won the game 70-17.

Eagles set for a battle in Bozeman

EWU made history against Cal Poly last week, breaking the school record for most points scored against a Division I opponent with 70, and the Big Sky Conference record for most yards per carry with 14.7.

This week, the No. 5 Eagles (3-1) travel to Bozeman to take on Montana State (31), with both teams coming off of victories in BSC-play openers. The Bobcats beat Portland State on the road 43-23, behind quarterback Troy Anderson’s continued success on the ground.

Anderson was the BSC freshman of the year in 2017 while playing running back and linebacker. An all-around athlete, he was unable to take reps at quarterback in MSU’s games against South Dakota State and Wagner because of a hand injury, but still filled in at running back and linebacker.

“He’s dynamic,” head coach Aaron Best said about Anderson. “He could play all 25 positions. And he’s only been around for a year and four games, so he’s someone you have to be aware of, but you can’t just identify him.”

Anderson doesn’t have the best arm, and does most of his damage on the ground. He ranks eighth in the FCS with 8.7 yards per carry, while completing 19-of-35 passes in his two games at quarterback for 188 yards. He had 356 yards rushing in the same two games.

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The Bobcats’ freshman running back Isaiah Ifanse has also come on as of late, eclipsing 100 yards in each of the last two games and rushing for three touchdowns. The Eagles will have to tighten down their run defense that has allowed over 100 yards in three of their four games, including 378 against Cal Poly’s triple-option attack last week (4.6 yards per carry).

EWU quarterback Gage Gubrud has thrown four interceptions in the last two games— one against Cal Poly and three against WSU. Montana State has forced three interceptions this year, including two from Virginia Tech transfer, safety Jahque Alleyne.

Look for the Eagles to keep up the success in the running game against a Bobcat defense that has allowed 194.5 rushing yards per game, especially with Antoine Custer Jr. back in the mix for EWU. Custer Jr. was second team All-Big Sky last year, running for 776 yards and ten touchdowns on the season. Last week in his first game back, he gained 133 yards on just eight carries, and broke off two touchdowns of over 40 yards.

“It was nice to see that final number in the 400s after the game” said offensive lineman Beau Byus on last week’s win over Cal Poly.

“It’s something that our class hasn’t seen a whole lot of, so it was really cool to actually get a lot of yards on the ground.”

EWU holds a 31-10 series advantage over MSU, including wins in the last six meetings.

Last year, the Eagles won 31-19 in Cheney,

behind 147 yards and two touchdowns from Custer Jr. EWU forced four turnovers in the game, while giving up three of its own, which again will be an emphasis of Best’s team that is 42-0 since 2010 when winning the turnover battle.

Kickoff is scheduled for 12:10 p.m. and will be televised on ROOT sports and the direcTV audience network. You can listen to the game on 700-AM ESPN, and 105.3-FM, and follow @ EasternerSports on Twitter for live updates.•

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