Volume 102, Issue 2
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Sept. 26, 2018
THE INDEPENDENT, STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER OF
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY 3 News | 7 Arts | 8 Features | 12 Opinion | 13 Sports
Sports
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.
See Yerevan pg. 15
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
News
Arts
PUB to include new food pantry
EWU grad student brings jazz to community
DYLAN HARRIS Copy Editor
ERIK ROTNESS A&F Editor
See food insecurity pg. 6
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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See imagination pg. 11
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