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Volume 102, Issue 4
Oct. 10, 2018
THE INDEPENDENT, STUDENT-RUN NEWSPAPER OF
EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
3 News | 7 Arts | 8 Features | 12 Opinion | 13 Sports
Looking Back
Courtesy of EWU Archives, State Normal School Journal, v. 1, no. 2, p.1
Celebrating 102 years of student journalism A profile on then-President N.D. Showalter from the State Normal School Journal on October 10, 1916
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he first issue of a student newspaper in Cheney was published 102 years ago today. At the time, EWU was known as Cheney State Normal School. The paper was called the State Normal School Journal until 1951, when the school newspaper changed its name to The Easterner. Here is a look back at a profile piece on Noah D. Showalter, the school’s president at the time, from the very first issue.
See Showalter, pg. 7
President N.D. Showalter poses for a mugshot. Showalter was president from 1911 to 1926.
Sports
Arts
Taylor Newquist for The Easterner
Finding relief with sports New EWU coed wheelchair basketball club builds selfesteem through inclusion. Page 15
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Vice President Trey Dwyer dribbles the ball at practice on Reese Court. The wheel basketball club will compete in its first tournament on Oct. 12.
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EWU alumnus and comedian Nate Jackson returns A look at the headliner for the upcoming comedy show hosted by Eagle Entertainment. Page 10
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