The Easterner: Volume 102, Issue 4

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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

T

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.

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Finding relief with sports New EWU coed wheelchair basketball club builds selfesteem through inclusion.

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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.

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Editorial

Is the Earth doomed?

New report says we may reach irreversible global temperature levels in a dozen years THE EASTERNER Editorial Board Twelve years. That is how long the global community has to reduce emission rates by 40 to 50 percent in order to stop the irreversible effects of climate change, according to a special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published Oct. 6.

The IPCC is made up of over 1,300 scientists from the United States and other countries.

“Human activities are estimated to have caused approximately 1.0 degrees Celsius of global warming above pre-industrial levels," according to the IPCC report.

"Global warming is ‘likely’ to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius between 2030 and 2052 if it continues to increase at the current rate.”

An overwhelming majority of the countries around the world, including the U.S., adopted the Paris Agreement in 2015. The main goal of the agreement was to respond to the threat of climate change by limiting the rise of global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

1.5 degrees Celsius is the scientific community's consensus on what is considered to be the tipping point of global temperatures, the effects of which would be irreversible.

Climate change is a result of the greenhouse effect. This occurs when gases are trapped

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inside our atmosphere and act as a blanket, not allowing heat to leave the Earth.

“Scientific evidence for warming of the climate system is unequivocal,” per the IPCC report.

As the net global temperature rises, the effects on the environment are drastic.

Regionally, the environmental changes will vary but will still be damaging.

"Taken as a whole, the range of published evidence indicates that the net damage costs of climate change are likely to be significant and to increase over time," according to the IPCC. We will see more droughts, higher sea levels, changes in precipitation patterns, stronger hurricanes and higher temperatures throughout the year.

All of this is guaranteed to change our current agricultural systems and endanger communities around the world.

Developing countries and coastal cities are especially at risk.

From 1990 to 2010 alone, net gas emissions have increased over 40 percent according to a report from the United States Environmental Protection Agency in 2014. This is due to the growing number of automobiles and mass production of agriculture in recent decades.

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, agriculture is responsible for 18 percent of

the total release of greenhouse gases worldwide.

That’s more than the whole transportation sector.

Per NASA’s global climate change website, since 1880 the global temperature has risen from negative 0.19 degrees Celsius to 0.9 degrees Celsius in 2017.

It’s been over a year since the Trump Administration and the U.S. has withdrawn from the Paris Agreement, but global and regional attempts to combat climate change have not slowed down.

While sustainability is not at the forefront of EWU’s issues, by becoming a signatory to the American College and Presidents Climate Commitment, EWU took a big step toward its obligation of reducing emissions.

In the late 1990s, EWU implemented a campuswide Lighting System Retrofit, according to the 2012 Energy Efficiency and Sustainability Report. These changes consisted of replacing incandescent light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs and standard magnetic ballast fluorescent fixtures with energy efficient T8 lamps.

These improvements resulted in saving roughly $365,540 in energy costs and $281,461 in operational costs each year.

Currently, the city of Cheney does not offer a residential

recycling service but does have the Cheney Recycling Center located at 100 Anderson road.

They are open Tuesday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The city of Cheney is investigating if a residential recycling service is something that the community is interested in.

“We’re actually going to do a survey to see if that would be something that a good majority of the citizens would want,” Cheney Mayor Chris Grover said in a phone interview. “We just haven’t ever initiated that program here in Cheney.”

There have been discussions at city committee meetings to see if that’s something the city can provide and whether it's something the citizens actually desire.

The special report from the IPCC concluded that governments around the world must take, “rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society,” in order to avoid the damaging effects of climate change.

With carbon dioxide emissions and global temperatures rising steadily since the Industrial Revolution, it will take a worldwide effort to reverse the effects of climate change.

If anyone is interested in learning more about the effects of climate change and how to reduce their carbon footprint, they can visit www.350.org. •

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Mission

Correction for Issue 3: In last week’s article on ASEWU President Dante Tyler, The Easterner incorrectly identified the high school Tyler attended.

Tyler went to Richland High School.

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.

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The textbook section of the current bookstore. The new bookstore will open around mid-November.

DYLAN HARRIS Copy Editor The PUB will soon be the home of a rebranded bookstore following its grand reopening. The bookstore is changing its name from University Bookstore to Eagle Store.

Although the PUB is expected to open in just over two weeks, Eagle Store likely will not be in its new location until mid-November, according to Bookstore Director Devon Tinker. Tinker said she looks forward to the store’s change of name.

“We’ve been called the University Bookstore for, I don’t know, since 1995? And do you realize how many ‘University Bookstores’ there are in this country?” Tinker asked.

“Nobody was creative.”

The new-look bookstore will include the Eagle Store Café, which will set itself apart by serving Le Waf, an artisan waffle

baked with European pearl sugar giving it a crunchy texture and a sweet, caramelized flavor.

Another welcome addition to Eagle Store will be a lifesize fiberglass statue of Swoop, EWU’s mascot. Tinker hopes Swoop and the other aesthetic changes will attract more students, fans and potential students when they are touring the campus.

“It is just a beautiful store, it really is,” Tinker said. “We had a store designer in the industry do it for us.”

Eagle Store will be located on the first floor of the PUB just left of the entrance. It will be similar in size to the current bookstore.

“I’m glad it’s going in the PUB, it’s a really cool looking building,” EWU junior Drew Olsen said. “Plus it’ll be a lot closer to my classes.”

Also in the new PUB will be a Panda Express, Freshens, Union Market and much more. •

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Renovated bookstore will include a number of new perks, including waffles

The current bookstore is a place for students and fans.

The new bookstore will host a number of new features.

AP and EWU continue Election Day partnership SAM JACKSON Reporter The Associated Press is partnering with EWU by hiring up to 300 students to work the AP Western Region Election Center for the Nov. 6 general elections.

Since the 2000 general elections, the AP and EWU have come together for this project every two years.

Selected students will be paid $12.50 an hour for training and working as vote entry clerks in the EWU Fieldhouse.

Students will input voting results, gather data, staff computers, receive calls from AP representatives and assist AP staff members with other tasks.

“It’s a great opportunity for Eastern students to participate in the democratic process in a different way and to see it from

a different vantage point,” political science professor Jim Headley said. “It’s a pretty cool opportunity, [...] in that Eastern is one of the few universities in the United States that has this relationship with the AP.” Anyone interested in democracy is encouraged to participate in this event.

“Obviously political science majors would be good candidates, but it’s definitely not limited to political science majors,” Headley said. “In fact, this partnership between the AP and EWU is through the EWU journalism program and the ASEWU. So, there’s a broad variety of majors that participate.”

Headley considers this opportunity to be “a unique and important service,” because the AP could choose any university to conduct this partnership, but it picked EWU. “The students who do this, they perform a great service because even though it’s data

entry, it’s still journalism, and we are the primary supplier of that information that comes out on election night,” AP Data Center director Dana Bloch said. “What we type in there [vote data] is being seen around the world, so it’s an important job.”

The AP is accepting preregistration for positions until Tuesday, Oct. 30. Students are hired on a first-come first-serve basis.

Training starts on Oct. 30 from 4-6 p.m. and again on Saturday Nov. 3 from 9 a.mnoon in the EWU Fieldhouse. Students that are hired will be required to attend both training days.

To preregister for a position, students must email their name, phone number, email address and address to Steve Blewett, former EWU journalism program director and position recruiter for the event, at sdblewett@gmail.com.

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Students that register early and that attend both training sessions are guaranteed a position on election night.

“Not bad to get paid to have an interesting seat on election night,” Headley said.

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Timeline

Courtesy NBC News & Free Republic

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June 27 – Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announces his retirement.

July 9 – President Trump nominates Brett Kavanaugh to replace Kennedy.

Brett Kavanaugh

Christine Blasey Ford

Kavanaugh confirmed, America remains divided KAITLYN ENGEN News Editor

“A true patriot,” comedian actor Kumail Nanjiani said.

“In awe,” talk show host Ellen DeGeneres said.

But Ford’s battle had not yet been won.

The information in this article was obtained through a CBS News streaming of the hearings.

The nomination and, as of Oct. 6, appointment of Brett Kavanaugh has provoked a discussion that has captivated the American people’s attention on a number of levels.

The trials of Kavanaugh, who has become a figure of familiarity in the past couple months, have surfaced a series of choices and questions for a thinking, engaged and for some an emotionally invested population.

For one, the trials present a choice between two sworn truths, and which proves itself to be the most credibly sound in the watching eyes of the public.

Another, a question of morality—whether an individual’s future should be defined by a blurry past, or whether claiming justice comes with a time limit.

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September 27, 2018, 7 a.m. PT Students holding backpacks circle around a flat-screen in their university common area. Adults intently gaze from the barstools where they usually watch the sports channel playing. Airplane passengers shift in their uncomfortable seats to stare at the hand-sized screens in front of them. A couple on a subway leans in close to a cell phone as the woman clutches her husband’s arm.

They all express a spectrum of emotions: curiosity, anticipation, worry, fear…

An all-male Republican panel (with the exception of Sen. Rachel Mitchell) looks back at the blonde-haired woman with oversized glasses and a blue suit flashed on screens across the country. She leans forward into the microphone.

“I am here today not because I want to be. I am terrified,” she said. “I am here because I believe it is my civic duty to tell you what happened to me while Brett and I were in high school.”

After 36 years, Christine Blasey Ford was stepping forward.

••• More than 20.4 million people tuned in to hear Ford voice her story of the night that led her to the hearing room on Sept. 27 to speak against the Supreme Court nominee, according to Nielsen data.

On Capitol Hill, protesters swarmed outside the doors where Ford spoke. Women wearing black veils and black tape over their mouths stood with their hands behind their backs. Crowds held up their signs and fists.

“We believe survivors! We believe survivors!” they chanted.

••• “Dr. Ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe Brett Kavanaugh assaulted you?” a committee member asked.

“100 percent,” Ford said.

Sept. 27, 2018, noon PT Sen. Chuck Grassley gavels in a new session.

Brett Kavanaugh takes the seat in front of the same Senate Judiciary Committee as Ford had just hours before. His eyebrows narrow, and his voice gets more forceful as he speaks.

“My family and my name have been totally and permanently destroyed,” Kavanaugh said.

Behind him, Kavanaugh’s wife Ashley holds a tense expression as her husband defends himself and his family. Her eyes tear up. She swallows.

“I’m here today to tell the truth,” Kavanaugh said. “I have never sexually assaulted anyone. Not in high school, not in college, not ever.”

Forty-five minutes tick by. Kavanaugh’s voice remains firm and direct—even fiery, according to commentators.

But he softens.

“The other night Ashley and my daughter Eliza said their prayers, and little Eliza, all of 10 years old, said to Ashley ‘We should pray for the woman.’” Kavanaugh said, choking with emotion over his words.

“That’s a lot of wisdom for a 10-year-old.”

••• “None of these allegations are true?” Sen. Kennedy asked.

“Correct,” Kavanaugh said.

“No doubt in your mind?”

“Zero. I’m 100 percent certain.”

The statements of both Kavanaugh and Ford have potentially put many swaying Americans in a tough position. When two completely opposing stories claim “100 percent” truth, logic would say that one side, or elements to one side, must be false.

The question is…who?

For those who side with Kavanaugh, the hearings become a fight to uphold a founding American value, “Innocent until proven guilty,” and not, as some have perceived, inflicting damage to a person’s life based on a hanging accusation with little evidence to back it.

On the other hand, many of those who side with Ford cling to her testimony as a source of hope for an end to extensive history of silence, and claiming Ford’s anticipated victory as their own over the lifelong confines of trauma and abuse.

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••• Saturday, Oct. 6, 12:30 PT

9:30 a.m. PT Protesters are silent.

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The Senate votes on Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Kavanaugh is sworn in right after.

After Ford’s testimony, a number of people, including iconic figures, did not hesitate to show support to Ford on Twitter.

“Compelling,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren said.

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July 30 – Christine Blasey Ford sends a letter to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) regarding her allegations against Kavanaugh.

August 20 – Feinstein meets with Kavanaugh. She does not talk about Ford’s allegations.

Sept. 4 – Kavanaugh shows for confirmation hearings on Capitol Hill.

Sept. 12 – News outlet “The Intercept” breaks unconfirmed details of Ford’s (still anonymous) letter.

Sept. 13 – Feinstein sends Ford’s letter to FBI. Sept. 16 – Ford comes forward in a public interview with the Washington Post describing her encounter of sexual assault with Kavanaugh in high school.

Kavanaugh denies her allegations.

Sept. 23 - Deborah Ramirez comes forward in a public interview with the New Yorker alleging Kavanaugh’s sexual misconduct at Yale University.

Sept. 26 – Julie Swetnick comes forward alleging Kavanaugh’s awareness and presence at multiple incidents of her being gang raped in high school.

Sept. 27 – Ford speaks before the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify against Kavanaugh. Kavanaugh gives his rebuttal to her claims.

Sept. 28 – Sen. Jeff Flake recommends a limited, one-week FBI investigation into the accusations against Kavanaugh.

Oct. 5 – The Senate votes for Kavanaugh’s nomination, regardless of Ford’s allegations.

Oct. 6 – The Senate confirms Kavanaugh into the Supreme Court with a 50 to 48 final vote.

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The Kavanaugh hearings What students are saying The Easterner asked...

Do you agree with Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation into the Supreme Court?

Out of 81 votes, 76% of students said that they do not agree with Kavanaugh's confirmation on Oct. 6.

"I feel like in general, woman are always the underdog."

- KENNEDY MORGAN "I don't think its completely fair to just say he's guilty based on him reacting poorly. If I was in his situation I would react poorly too."

- BLAKE LYND "It's interesting where sex meets power meets money meets economy."

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FBI recruits EWU students

Agent discusses opportunities for students of most majors AMANDA HAWORTH Chief Copy Editor Special Agent Christine Hughey, a recruiter from the Seattle Division of the FBI, came to Showalter Hall Thursday to inform students of internship programs available to students of most majors.

Hughey shared information about the Collegiate Hiring Initiative.

There are many FBI internships available to current students and graduates pursuing government or law enforcement.

The high turnout of students Thursday afternoon implied that students are aware that working for the FBI does not necessarily mean a criminal justice major is required.

The perception of the FBI often appears as a one-size-fits-all men-in-black image.

On the contrary, the bureau offers a multitude of career options regardless of major or career path.

EWU senior Jeff Noyes became interested in the FBI after discovering his mechanical engineering major would suffice for the bureau.

“I met an agent who was a friend of my uncle. I got talking with him and that’s how this whole idea came up,” Noyes said.

“I’m a mechanical engineering major and so the fact that it was a potential job that was not actually engineering was something to look at [...] An alternative to the normal engineering career.”

EWU junior Allie Landymore is intrigued by forensic science lab internships available at the bureau.

“I want to be a forensic scientist,” Landymore said. “Since I was a little kid that was the highest you could go being a forensic scientist is working for the FBI. I honestly thought everybody had to go to Quantico and become a special agent to actually work at the FBI.” This information session served to show that interns will have the opportunity to become employees at

the bureau in a wide range of positions, anywhere from computer science to forensic accounting, according to Hughey in her presentation.

“The fact that you can get into it without any prior experience, in military or security or anything like that, was the biggest thing for me,” Noyes said.

“Everyone is going to have a place at the bureau,” Hughey said to potential interns during the session.

Hughey told the students in attendance that the FBI has positions across the country, and that they should take advantage by applying to their Honors Internship Program and Collegiate Hiring Initiative. •

Career services puts students on track JAZMINE REED Reporter Students may or may not already be informed about Career Services, but regardless, the resources that are provided can be useful, even as a refresher of information. EWU Career Services offers assistance in areas such as career planning, internships, professional development and career service courses.

Maryssa Montejano, a student at EWU, is one person who took advantage of Career Services. She spoke about her experience working with career adviser Romeal Watson.

“I wanted to get an internship so I could come back this school year with more experience and hours to be able to get into the social work program Montejano said.

"They helped enough to where I’d be able to know what to say and do.”

One of the most common reasons that students make appointments with Career Services is to help with resumes, increasing their chances of being hired at their desired place of employment.

“I had help from Jessica Berwick on making my resume current and clean," EWU student Jazmine Sumner said. "I applied to jobs immediately after and received an interview within a day. As well as I have received calls from three firms regarding internships. Previously when I had applied places hiring with my old resume, I had to call and bug them to check in on it.”

The Career Services courses that are available are CRSV 210 (Career Development) and CRSV 295 (Career

Exploration Internship). These courses are meant for undecided or undeclared students who are not sure where to take their education after graduation.

Students can create a Handshake account online (ewu.joinhandshake.com), and can download the Handshake app.

Another way to set up an appointment is to contact EWU Career Services via phone (509-359-6365) or via email (careers@ewu. edu). The EWU Career Services office is located in Showalter 114. •

Westside Church of Christ A Place for New Beginnings 13520 W 6th Ave Airway Heights Sunday Bible Class - 9:30 am Worship Service - 10:30 am College Age Class

Contacts: Jonathan Carpenter Youth Minister (EWU Grad) jonathan.carpenter93@gmail.com

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Patrick Newbill Minister

psnewbill@yahoo.com 509-951-9316

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Police seek persons of interest This information was provided to The Easterner by the EWU Police Department

EWU Police are searching for these two individuals for a case under investigation. Please contact EWUPD Detective Robert Schmitter at 509-359-4887 or the EWU Police Department at 509-359-6498 with any relevant information. •

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Police Beat Dumpster diving for drugs 960 Washington St. Oct. 3 A male subject was found in the dumpster near Anna Maria Apartments at 12:29 p.m. The male got out of the dumpster and began walking toward the Archives building. The officer approached the male, whose records revealed a warrant for his arrest for second degree criminal trespassing with the Spokane Municipal Court.

He was found with prescription bottles of pills that he had found in the dumpster, and two syringes containing methamphetamine.

Domestic violence Streeter Hall Oct. 6 Police received a call from a female crying around 11:46 p.m. She and her female partner had gotten into a physical fight that started over one not wanting to go to a football game. The partner to Courtesy of EWU Police Department

the reporter was determined to be the primary aggressor; she was transported to Spokane County Jail and charged with fourth degree domestic violence.

Too much pregame Roos Field Oct. 6 An attendee at the football game last Saturday approached an officer saying there was a female throwing up outside the women’s restroom. The female was intoxicated and cited with a minor in possession criminal citation.

Mullinix fire impacts residents Some locals of Cheney pondered their next move as smoke dispersed over their homes during a windy evening on Tuesday, Oct. 2.

The smoke was caused by a wildfire called the Mullinix Fire. It burned 27.8 acres of land and was started by a transient's campfire near the train tracks. The fire was declared contained and controlled on Oct. 3 at 6:30 p.m. The fire caused many residents to evacuate, including those of Peaceful Pines trailer park, while others were left on standby. One building was visibly damaged by the fire.

Samantha Cook, Cheney resident and EWU alumna, was driving home from work when she noticed smoke surrounding the neighborhood. Cook described the experience to be, “pretty terrifying” as she looked out her kitchen window and saw smoke billowing over her roof. Cook lives about half a block off of Salnave Road and about a block away from where other residents were being evacuated.

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Smoke rises from the site of the Mullinix fire near Cheney. A burn ban is still in effect throughout Spokane County.

“I thought maybe somebody was burning something in their backyard,” Cook said.

“People do that, you know, in the fall time they burn leaves and it was smokey enough for it to be close […] and then, as the smoke continued coming and getting stronger with the wind picking up, I thought, that’s not somebody burning something in their backyard.”

Soon after, Cook’s husband’s friend, an EMT with the Cheney Fire Department, called and told them to start packing their bags and prepare to leave in case the

wind shifted or continued to blow heavily.

Cook’s family was, “on touch-and-go” for about an hour, listening to fire trucks pass, watching airplanes with water rush directly over their home, thinking they might have to drive away and hope their house doesn’t burn down.

Luckily, with a combination of the fire burning out quickly and the wind blowing away from the home, they did not have to evacuate.

While Cook was preparing for a possible evacuation, she was forced to think about

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which possessions mean most to her to bring along with her family.

"Personally, I felt really unaware of what was going on,” Cook said. “If I didn’t know someone who worked for the fire department, I wouldn’t have known that I needed to pack a bag and be prepared to leave.”

Next time, Cook plans to have her belongings packed and ready to go in case of another fire. •

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What are your thoughts on Brett Kavanaugh being confirmed into the Supreme Court?

“I’m pissed. I don’t agree with it. I’m not happy about it because that stuff directly affects my own family because my family are victims. This is stuff I care about.”

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EE Hump Day Concert Series: The Campus Mall 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Everland: EWU Student Art Gallery 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

EE Fall Comedy Show: Showalter Auditorium 7-9 p.m.

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- Madison King, Junior

- Samantha Martin, Freshman

“I definitely don’t think he should be in that position. I think it’s unfair that [Dr. Ford] was painted out to be a liar and told she was lying about everything which makes no sense."

- Megan Dolan, Freshman

"I don’t support that kind of behavior, and I don’t think that should be part of our government, but it’s not really a pressing concern."

- Aydin Jacobson, Sophomore

"I’m siding with the victims. I’m far more inclined to believe she is telling the truth.”

Toni Cloud, Junior

Mary Poppins: Spokane Civic Theatre 2-4 p.m.

Gonzaga Symphony Orchestra with Violinist Shalom Mintz: Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox 7:30-9 p.m.

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Panel Discussion Immigrant Stories: Hargreaves 20 Noon to 1:30 p.m.

The Walk of Immigrants with Saul Flores: Hargreaves 201 5-7 p.m.

Looking Back Showalter, continued from pg. 1

President N.D. Showalter leaves his mark on EWU history

Courtesy of EWU Archives, State Normal School Journal, v. 1, no. 2, p.1

“Obviously he shouldn’t be in that position, and the only reason he is in that position is because our president has been in similar situations."

Reforest Spokane: Office of Community Engagement 8:15 a.m. to 2 p.m.

This story was originally published in the Cheney State Normal School Journal in 1916 President N.D. Showalter has devoted practically all of his life to educational work.

He has attended the University of Idaho at Moscow, the Washington State Normal school at Ellensburg, the Idaho State Normal school at Lewiston, Washington State college at Pullman, and has done graduate work at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia university. Mr. Showalter graduated from the normal school at Lewiston. He took both his B.A. and M.A. degrees at Pullman.

Mr. Showalter first taught in the rural schools of Washington for two years. He was a high school principal for four years and a city superintendent for two years. He served as county superintendent of Whitman County for two terms, and from that position he was called to establish a rural department in the State Normal school at Cheney.

Before he had occupied that position a year he was elected to the presidency of the institution.

President Showalter is now finishing a manuscript which will be published by the American Book company. The book will be called “A Handbook For Rural School Directors, Teachers and Patrons.” The book, which will be fully illustrated, will deal with problems of administration.— Ed.

President N.D. Showalter poses for a mugshot. Showalter was president from 1911 to 1926 .

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EWU students to reforest Spokane

Students will join volunteers to plant trees at High Bridge Park SHANDRA HAGGERTY Reporter What can you do in three hours?

Maybe you take a long walk around a park.

Or you do the homework you’ve been setting aside. You might roast a small turkey, read a newspaper or finish the extended collector’s edition of James Cameron’s “Avatar” with just minutes to spare.

Students at EWU will join hundreds of volunteers at The Lands Council’s eighth annual Reforest Spokane Day on Oct. 13 to plant thousands of new trees in just three hours.

Not only will new trees provide homes for hundreds of animals, but they also provide countless benefits for the city's human population too.

Volunteers at Reforest Spokane Day will be responsible for making Spokane a better place for everyone.

The event takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Highbridge Park and transportation for EWU students will be provided. Currently, 32 students have RSVP’d to attend the event to help with reforestation.

The event will be run with help from the Turnbull Wildlife Refuge and The Lands Council in partnership with EWU's Office of Sustainability and Student Activities, Involvment and Leadership teams.

EWU student Megan Moua was born and raised in Spokane and giving back has always been a passion of hers.

“Naturally, being a part of events that benefit those in our amazing community is something I want to do,” Moua said.

Reforest Spokane piqued Moua’s interest as a way to participate in two things she’s passionate about, volunteering and the environment.

“I think this is a fun way to meet people who also want to do what they can to help,” Moua said.

Moua has previous experience with organizations such as 2nd Harvest, as she wanted to get involved after hearing first-

hand experiences of what impact they can have.

“My parents and family members immigrated to the US,” Moua said. “They have talked about how organizations like 2nd Harvest helped them have access to food when they needed it.”

Jeff Johnson, the community outreach coordinator for The Lands Council, organized the event.

Along with the Spokane River cleanup, Reforest Spokane is one of The Lands Council’s biggest events. The Inland Northwest-based nonprofit aims to preserve and revitalize our city's forest, water and wildlife through community engagements.

This year, Reforest Spokane is being funded

by Avista and expects to see the biggest turnout yet.

“We usually get two to three hundred people every year,” Johnson said, “but I know this year is going to be huge.”

With so many people in attendance, Reforest Spokane can be a great way to meet people.

“You’re working side by side with people,” Johnson said, “so you’ll get a lot more engagement here than any other community event because everyone is inclined to talk.”

Johnson speaks fondly about the people he’s met through volunteer events.

“Everyone in Spokane is really friendly, especially at these events,” Johnson said.

“There’s tons of like-minded people with interesting stories about the paths that got them there.”

After the event, there’s an after-party taking place where volunteers can learn more about The Lands Council and socialize with the people they met while planting trees.

Reforest Spokane’s mission is for the community to continue to plant trees knowing that someday, future generations in the Inland Northwest will be surrounded by millions of trees.• A lone pine tree grows surrounded by bushes in High Bridge Park.The tree sat close to the park's frisbee golf course. Erik Rotness for The Easterner.

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Nate Jackson says to start something now EWU alumnus wants students to pursue their passions while they're still in school ERIK ROTNESS A&F Editor If you’re just trying to get good grades and graduate, you’re not alone. If you ever did something just because your college buddies dared you to, again, you're not alone. If that dare then turned into a growing career where you won the Bay Area Black Comedy Competition, competed on Nick Cannon’s “Wild’n Out” and performed your own MTV 2 standup special, then you’re probably just comedian Nate Jackson.

Jackson, an EWU alumnus, began his comedy career while in college, after his friend John Fowler dared him to enter EWU’s comedy competition in 2003.

Losing only to Fowler, Jackson discovered a new passion in stand-up comedy.

Jackson started performing at the two comedy clubs in Spokane at the time, “Bluez at the Bend,” and “The Brickwall Comedy Club.”

“It was fun,” Jackson said. “We’d go to open mics. A lot of times it would just be me and Fowler. It was 2003 when I was dared to do comedy. I wasn’t 21 yet. First time I did comedy we had to wait in the hallway, and then when it was our turn to go up we were allowed to go into the room, each one of us performed, and then we had five minutes to maybe watch another comic or something and then we had to leave.”

Starting with open mics, Jackson grew his network in the comedy scene, working spot-based shows with other comics, building relationships with older Spokane comedy veterans and performing all over Spokane.

Jackson did all of this while attending EWU in pursuit of a degree in

organizational communication. Attending college while working on his stand-up wasn’t hard to balance according to Jackson.

“I feel like a lot of students are juggling a lot of things,” Jackson said. “You know, you’ve got a lot of students that are nontraditional. They’ve got whole families that they’re raising at the same time right there in Cheney while they’re going to school. You’ve got students who work for the school in student activities. Some people are T.A.’s and they’re working their butts off that way. Because I didn’t have that, I just used what would have been that time and did that. I would sacrifice going out on a Friday night to the movies with my friends and take my butt and do a show.”

A 2015 study by Georgetown University showed that, in the last 25 years, more than 70 percent of college students have worked while enrolled in classes. The study also showed that close to 40 percent of undergraduates and 76 percent of graduate students are working at least 30 hours a week.

Very few people in Jackson’s experience are taking so many classes that all they have time to do is eat, work on their schoolwork and sleep. According to him, life on campus moves a little slower if you don’t have extra jobs or a family to provide for.

“People are hanging out or chillin' in the PUB,” Jackson said. “They haven’t missed a new movie since they’ve been in college.

You just have to figure out what your priorities are; where you want to put your energy. I enjoyed doing stand-up. And I figured I would rather do stand-up in some musty, dusty, dark bar in the corners of Spokane than just be at another party with no address and just a cross street.”

Eventually the owner of a comedy club would tell Jackson that if he could come up with five strong minutes of comedy, then he could host a show. If he worked up to 10 minutes, he could open at a different club in the state; do a show in Walla Walla, a show in Yakima.

New opportunities drove Jackson to write more material. When he reached 15 minutes of solid material, he started receiving phone calls from around Seattle asking for him to perform.

While Jackson has taken his comedy out of just the Spokane area and onto bigger performances, he is still thankful for his beginnings there. Starting out in Spokane allowed him to work out his growing pains as a new comic without any large repercussions to his career.

As a student with a new passion, and a talent for it as well, Jackson had moments when he thought about devoting more time to his comedy by dropping out of EWU. What kept him on campus?

“My mom was like, ‘shut up,'” Jackson said.

His mom encouraged him to finish, at least for her if not for himself. The degree provided her with a sense of security. The sense that even if a comedy career was derailed, there was still this single-pieceof-paper foundation that carried enough weight to build up another professional career.

Jackson echoes his mother in his advice for students who might come up with reasons to drop out of college and pursue comedy.

“Shut up,” Jackson said. “Don’t try and outsmart the system. Get your degree.

Keep doing shows while you’re in college.”

Jackson performed on campus multiple times before graduating and encourages students to take advantage of the unique

opportunities college offers an aspiring comedian. If a student needs to make a flyer, they can go to the computer lab for free. If they need a commercial, they can go to the library and rent the equipment.

“It’s all part of your tuition,” Jackson said. “You have an entire production company right there on that campus. You can go record music in lab. You can check out a space. You can use the whole campus as a set. You could even shoot a skit about a classroom. Good God, you got ‘em.”

College campuses are unique according to Jackson, due to the sheer number of people that walk through them each and every day.

“Use that to your advantage,” Jackson said. “Have shows at the school. Market shows at the school in the PUB. Maybe the school is willing to help and pay for a local act to come in, and you have your own show. Now go do one at Gonzaga or Whitworth, Spokane Falls, Spokane Valley Community College or Wazzu.”

Any student wanting to pursue their interests, like a career in comedy, doesn’t have to wait for graduation to start.

“What better place is there to start building your fan base than a place where there are 20,000 people in a four-block radius?,” Jackson said.

Jackson will perform at his alma mater on Friday, Oct. 12. for Eagle Entertainment’s Fall Comedy Show. Admission will cost $3 for students. Eagle Entertainment’s Comedy and Lecture Coordinator Hamine Mendez as well as Jackson are excited to give students a chance to laugh away their stress.•

“What better place is there to start building your fan base than a place where there are 20,000 people in a four-block radius?”

- NATE JACKSON Comedian

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"A Forest Allegory" sits on display. Artist Katie Creyts lectured at EWU on Sept. 26.

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wice each quarter, EWU’s art department hosts exhibitions for students to get firsthand experience from the successful artists of today.

The gallery is free to attend Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and will take place through Oct. 26.

Located in the Art Building, the gallery of art is currently showcasing “Everland,” a collection of art by Katie Creyts.

Creyts has been an art professor at Whitworth University since 2008 and often showcases her work at universities and galleries in and around Washington.

Through many different materials, such as etched glass and graphite on paper, Creyts aims to use her art to visualize certain

narratives, often inspired by her personal experiences. Though Creyts makes art that’s relevant for her, she understands that it will mean something different for each person.

“Everyone has so many varying backgrounds that you can't anticipate what's going to be a trigger for one person in a work and how that's going to make meaning for them,” Creyts said. “It’s not something that you're necessarily thinking it’s good or bad but rather what's going on or why it's going on. It’s creating a further narrative like why is this relevant to me or important, different art strikes us in different ways like that.”

Art is for everyone, not just artists, but we don’t often have the opportunity to experience it in ways that may be meaningful.

“In Spokane, there are art venues but not many which is why I think universities have the responsibility to curate and bring in shows,” Creyts said. “It can excite the dialogue about visual language be it whatever format."

Those who attend art events are often knowledgeable about art, though it’s an experience anyone can benefit from.

“It's not worked into our language in this particular culture for people to say ‘Hey we should go to a museum or gallery,’” Creyts said. “But have you thought about doing it? It's free. Get a coffee afterward and talk about ideas.”

Creyts emphasizes how going to a gallery is really an experience just like going to a film, but people don’t make time to look at art because they don’t understand its importance.

“We get so overwhelmed with how packed our days are it’s hard to get out,” Creyts said.

“But when you do go out to a museum or

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gallery it never makes you worse, it’s never a waste of time, it always fills something in your soul.”

“I feel like it’ll get to you if you decide to go,” Creyts said. “It’s about getting the mind to go there and understanding how to schedule it in and make it important.”

Galleries can not only expand your mind but help you develop different relationships with those close to you too.

“I think that it causes people to grow in new ways and understand each other too,” Creyts said. “It’s dynamic, in terms of going with a friend, partner or group you can discuss what you saw.”

“When you do go out to a museum or a gallery it never makes you worse.”

- KATIE CREYTS Whitworth art professor EWU freshman Jaiden Haley is considering a degree in art but has always been hesitant toward the idea.

“My parents don’t think that art will make me a lot of money, so going to the gallery was an eye-opener,” Haley said.

“People can really make money doing what they love.”

Though she goes to museums and galleries more often than others, she doesn’t go as often as she would hope.

“Living on campus I’m here pretty much all the time,” Haley said. “Having a gallery

on campus is really convenient because I’m already nearby.”

Sometimes Haley attends galleries for entertainment but most often she likes to get ideas and inspiration from other artists.

“Walking through the gallery really inspired me to go home and pick up a pencil,” Haley said.

EWU professor and art gallery director Nancy Hathaway believes that all students should experience the gallery, even if they aren’t necessarily focused on art.

“It provides cultural enrichment,” Hathaway said. “When you go to things like movies or the theater, it’s for entertainment but at the same time they also enrich us and make us think more deeply about particular issues.”

Students don’t often get to experience a lot of contemporary art, and the EWU art gallery aims to change that. The gallery often features recently produced art from the artists of today.

“We are in a little town next to what is a fairly small city and we don't have much access to art and in particular contemporary art,” Hathaway said. “This is one of the few opportunities that students and people from the community have to look at those sorts of works of art in our area.”

Though you can see images of the artwork online, seeing it in-person is often a much different experience.

“We see a lot of the world through images.

But it's not a substitute for getting to go to New York City or the oceanside or Italy,” Hathaway said. “Seeing those images is not the same thing as being in the place with the actual visual.” •

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Eric Reid's NFL return is bigger than football

MICHAEL BROCK Editor in Chief Michael Brock is the Editor in Chief for The Easterner. The opinion expressed in this article is his own, and does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the rest of The Easterner’s editorial board.

On Sunday afternoon, Carolina Panthers’ safety Eric Reid became the first player in the team’s 23-year history to kneel for the pregame national anthem. This demonstration was in protest of racial inequality and police brutality in the U.S. During the 2016 preseason, Reid was the first player to join then-San Francisco 49ers teammate, Colin Kaepernick, in kneeling during the anthem. That was after Alton Sterling, a 37-year-old black man, was shot and killed by two white police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. No charges ended up being filed against the officers, but the shooting led to protests in the Baton Rouge area, and served as a launching point for Reid to kneel in solidarity with his teammate.

The game on Sunday, which was a 31-30 victory over the New York Giants, was Reid’s first of the season after signing a one-year contract on Sept. 27. Kaepernick hasn’t played a down of football since the 2016 season. Reid suited up in 2017 for the 49ers, but wasn’t resigned at the end of the campaign.

In May, Reid filed a grievance against the NFL, saying the league colluded to keep him off team rosters because of his

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Carolina Panthers' safety Eric Reid (25) kneels as quarterback Cam Newton (1) and head coach Ron Rivera (far right) stand during the national anthem before last Sunday's game against the New York Giants. Reid has been kneeling for the anthem since 2016. protests. Kaepernick had already filed a similar suit, which is still ongoing. In his opening press conference, Reid said his case will “absolutely” continue even though the Panthers signed him.

And it has every right to.

Over the offseason, the Cincinnati Bengals brought him in for a workout and seemed like they wanted to sign him. But when they heard his plans for the anthem, they allegedly decided against it.

There is no football-related reason why it took so long for the 26-year-old Reid to get signed. The LSU-product spent five seasons with the 49ers before becoming a free agent after last year. Yes, there was a depressed safety market in the NFL. But there are certainly teams who could have used his talents far earlier in the season.

too many tackles. He had no problem going out wide or playing in slot coverage, either.

Look for the impending free agent to have a big impact for whoever he plays for.”

Even with the high praise from analysts, it took nearly a month into the regular season for Reid to get picked up.

Panthers’ general manager Marty Hurney said the team never asked Reid if he’d continue his protest. Head coach Ron Rivera and quarterback Cam Newton declined to answer questions about Reid postgame, while Carolina players said the only distraction throughout the week had been reporter’s questions. To them, it was strictly a football decision.

However, the fact of the matter is Reid’s return to the game is about much more than his production on the field.

“I’ve always told myself when the time comes to stop kneeling that I’ll stop—that time has not come.”

- ERIC REID Carolina Panthers' safety Reid is simply one of the best safeties in a league that is continually relying more and more on the position.

At the end of the 2017 season, Bleacher Report ranked the top strong safeties of the year, slotting Reid at 10th (They ranked 49ers’ Jaquiski Tartt, who Reid essentially lost his starting job to, third). Reid was also temporarily moved to weak side linebacker for the 49ers when injuries hit and NaVorro Bowman was released.

In the Bleacher Report piece, writer Kyle Posey said, “Reid excelled in the box. He was aggressive against the run and didn’t miss

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Just pay attention to what he’s been saying all along.

Reid started kneeling following Sterling’s slaying and continued through 2016. Before the 2017 campaign, Reid decided he’d go back to standing for the anthem. However, after the violent white supremacist protests in Charlottesville, Virginia, he reconsidered.

Last September, almost a year to the day before he signed with the Panthers, Reid wrote an op-ed in The New York Times titled: “Why Colin Kaepernick and I Decided to Take a Knee.”

In the piece, Reid discusses how the protest has been mistaken as disrespect to patriotism.

“We chose to kneel because it’s a respectful gesture,” Reid wrote in the article. “I remember thinking our posture was like a flag flown at half-mast to mark a tragedy. It baffles me that our protest is still being misconstrued as disrespectful to the country, flag and military personnel.

We chose it because it’s exactly the opposite.

It has always been my understanding that the brave men and women who fought and died for our country did so to ensure that we could live in a fair and free society, which includes the right to speak out in protest.”

In March, after the 2017 season, Reid said he was considering other ways to bring awareness to the country’s issues, and didn’t think it would be in the form of protesting during the anthem.

But clearly, that has changed.

After the win over the Giants, Reid said the country has “made no progress” as far as social injustice is concerned.

“We’ve made baby steps, but people try to give crumbs and present them as cakes,” Reid said. “So you can come at me with all the hate you want but it doesn’t change the fact of the truth. I’ve always been considering what’s best for the movement. I’ve always told myself when the time comes to stop kneeling that I’ll stop—that time has not come.”

In his opening press conference with the Panthers last week, Reid was asked why the issue of empowerment was worth the potential risk of unemployment.

“I’ll put this this way — next year will be 2019,” Reid said. “It will mark 400 years since the first slaves touched the soil in this country. That’s 400 years of systematic oppression. That’s slavery, Jim Crow, New Jim Crow, mass incarceration—you name it […] This has been happening since my people have gotten here. So I just felt the need to say something about it.”

Reid ended the press conference with, “I will keep speaking for my people.”

And he should, because the Panthers are giving Reid a platform to speak for what he believes in, even if they aren’t acknowledging it.•

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Senior Brea Diaz reaches for the ball during a lineout in Saturday's game against Gonzaga. The Banshees lost 40-7 in their opening match.

More women are choosing rugby The EWU women’s rugby club has seen a major increase in membership this year, drawing 45 participants.

One of the captains, senior Addie Oaks, is excited for the jump in participation.

“We have two full teams,” A. Oaks said.

“This is the biggest turnout that we’ve ever had. We are really excited, just for the season especially spring season as well. I think that we are going to do well. I already see so much potential in the rookies.”

Nicknamed “The Banshees,” the team traveled to Spokane to take on the Gonzaga Bulldogs in a Oct. 6 friendly, starting off its season.

Sophomore Emma Oaks, Addie’s sister, thinks that with a fast start they can make an impact in their league.

“Last year, in the fall season, we went undefeated,” E. Oaks said. “I hope that we can do that again.”

Even for a season-opening friendly, it was a tall task as EWU had to take on GU, who had played in a match this year.

The game itself was an all-out battle from start to finish. Each team fought for territory and possession of the ball.

Although GU got out to an early 14-point lead, EWU struck back with a score of its own near the end of the half to cut the

deficit. In the second half, EWU tried to inch its way past the try zone a couple of times, but fell short, and the match was all Bulldogs. GU scored 26 unanswered points, for a final score of 40-7.

In rugby, even through all of the hard-nosed tackling, E. Oaks said there is still a mutual respect on both sides.

“You think that, like in a lot of other sports that are physical like soccer, a lot of teams would have really bad blood,” E. Oaks said. “But in rugby, it’s such a small community, everyone is really supportive.

If you go out there and tackle someone really hard, they’re gonna get up and be like ‘Hey, great tackle,’ as opposed to cussing you out. No matter where you go, if you find someone else who plays rugby,

you have a family to join there, because you can just sit down and talk about rugby with them.”

For anyone who is interested, but hesitant to join the rugby squad, sophomore Kate Stiger says that while it can be intimidating in the beginning, it’ll be much better as time goes on.

“I was definitely scared the first time that I got tackled,” Stiger said. “But once you do it for the first time, or play in your first game, it’s really not that scary once you learn to do it properly and not get yourself hurt. It’s really not that bad.”

When asked what people should think about the sport itself, A. Oaks wasn’t hesitant Volleyball 10/4 vs Portland State : 2-3 (25-20, 21-25, 25-21, 14-25, 11-15), Puaoolelagi Sau, 30 on her answer.

Digs. Samantha Boever, 25 assists, 2 aces.

“Come play it,” A. Oaks said.• Volleyball 10/6 vs Sacramento State: 0-3 (22-25, 14-25, 11-25.), Kahle Elliott, 6 kills, 3 blocks.

Soccer 10/7 at Idaho: 0-1, Kelsee Winston, 4 saves. Jenny Chavez, 3 shots on goal.

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The EWU soccer team has had a rough season so far, and things could get more challenging this week when the Big Sky Conference leader Weber State visits Cheney.

For the Eagles (1-3-1, 5-6-3), scoring has been a problem as they are averaging only 0.86 goals per game. EWU is coming off a 1-0 loss to Idaho on Sunday. The game marked the seventh time this season that the Eagles have been shut out. Last year, EWU was only shut out three times.

“We need to get our stuff together and get going the right way into the rest of conference play,” EWU head coach Chad Bodnar said before the loss at Idaho. “The kids are working hard. We’re close, to be honest. I don’t think we’re far off. We have a talented group.”

The Eagles' backline keeps them in most games. As a team, the Eagles have a goalsagainst-average of 1.01 per game, good for No. 3 in the conference. Sophomore goalkeeper Kelsee Winston has the BSC’s best save percentage of .833.

Weber State (5-0-1, 7-3-4), is No. 4 in the BSC in goals per game with 1.28. The Wildcats have won a lot of their games on the defensive side of the ball, with a goalsagainst-average of 0.80 (No. 2 in the BSC), and have shutout their opponents five times.

The Eagles take on Weber State on Friday at 3 p.m. They will then host Idaho State on Sunday at 1 p.m. for their home finale.•

The Banshees prepare for a scrum with the Bulldogs in last Saturday's match. The women's rugby club has 45 participants this year.

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Women's Tennis 10/7 at Bulldog Invitational Single: Madeline Lamoreaux, 7-6, 7-5, 7-5. Double: Stephanie Broussard and Zoey Nelson, 6-2.

Hockey 10/5 vs University of Oregon: 3-2, Mitchell Hunt, 2 goals.

Hockey 10/6 vs University of Oregon: 2-3, Mitchell Hunt, 2 goals.

Football 10/6 vs Southern Utah: 55-17, Eric Barriere, 331 total yards, 2 touchdowns.

Dehonta Hayes, 11 total tackles.

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Junior Samantha Bover (left), and sophomores Puaoolelagi Sao (middle) and Catelyn Linke (right) celebrate a point against Portland State. The Eagles won their first two sets in Big Sky play against PSU, but ultimately came up short losing in the fifth set.

Volleyball relies on grit to get through tough start It’s been a difficult start to conference play for the EWU volleyball team under first-year head coach Leslie Flores-Cloud.

The Eagles sit at 8-10 overall, but have dropped their first six matches against Big Sky Conference competition. The BSC losses include road setbacks at Northern Colorado, Idaho State and Weber State.

EWU has also lost three home matches, one to Idaho and two losses to Portland State and Sacramento State last weekend.

Despite this slow introduction to conference play, Flores-Cloud has maintained a positive attitude as she gets to know her players and attempts to help them grow. She said that having a sense of grit is important as the team attempts to navigate toward picking up its first conference win.

“Lynn, our A.D., has put that out there as our slogan for the university’s athletics,” FloresCloud said, referring to EWU Athletic Director Lynn Hickey. “I think our volleyball team has a lot of that, especially being young and hungry.

Grit really plays along with that.”

Flores-Cloud also said that focusing on achieving statistical goals is critical for a turnaround in a positive direction.

“We need to side out at 63 percent. Any one of the girls can tell you that,” Flores-Cloud said, referring to a term used when a team gains the right to serve after they score or a mistake is made by an opponent.

The Eagles finished at 50 percent in sideout percentage in their loss versus Portland State.

“We have markers where we want our outsides to hit, our middles to hit, our right sides to hit, our passers to pass,” Flores-Cloud said. “Being able to see those statistics, see where you are and continuing to grow. I hope that what [the team] is getting is definitely that we want to keep improving, because we’re not hitting those yet.”

While the going has been tough, the team has put in a lot of effort in attempting to bounce back and reach the goals they’ve set for themselves.

“It’s off to a rough start,” sophomore Puaoolelagi Sao said. “But we’re really working hard and putting in work every day. [FloresCloud] sets such high standards and we’re willing to reach those standards.”

One way that the team allows for players to deal with struggles is through a buddy system.

Each player has another member of the team assigned to them that they can go to and talk through any frustrations or issues so that they can be worked out.

“If you don’t feel comfortable with something

you can go to that person and they’ll help you get through it,” Sao said. “So that really helps.

Someone you can trust […]usually the same position as you.”

The Eagles’ loss to Portland State did have some positives. Despite the 3-2 loss (25-20, 21-25, 25-21, 14-25, 11-15), the two set victories were the first in conference play for EWU. Sophomore MaKenna Davis led the team in kills with 15. Junior Samantha Boever had 25 assists for the Eagles and Sao contributed 30 digs.

In the loss to Sacramento State, which came in straight sets (22-25, 14-25, 11-25), the Eagles were led in kills by freshman Kennedy Kaminsky and junior Kahle Elliott, who had six each. Boever had 10 assists and Davis led the team in digs with nine.

EWU volleyball now heads on the road for three matches. The trip begins on Oct. 11 at Montana, continues Oct. 13 at Montana State and concludes at Idaho Oct. 16.•

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Freshman Kennedy Kaminsky (left), junior Kahle Elliott (middle) and sophomore MaKenna Davis (right) line up in a game against PSU on Oct. 4. The Eagles are 0-6 in Big Sky play.

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EWU coed wheelchair basketball club strives for inclusivity TAYLOR NEWQUIST Sports Editor

In Washington state, there is only one place where a para-athlete can attend college and play sports at the same time, and that is at EWU. The EWU coed wheelchair basketball club was founded last year, and is one of 10 collegiate programs of its kind in the nation, according to the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. The next closest school with a wheelchair basketball program is Southwest Minnesota State University, where current EWU Wheelchair Basketball Club Vice President Trey Dwyer went to play for one year.

Both Dwyer and club president Jeremy Weaver were born with cerebral palsy—a neurological disorder that affects muscle movements. About one in every 332 children born in the United States is diagnosed with cerebral palsy before the age of eight, according to a study from the Center for Disease Control.

“You learn to make the best of life,” Weaver said. “The moment that you stop is the moment when you just want to give up.”

For Dwyer and Weaver, para-sports and wheelchair basketball have been a relief to their past struggles with mental health, especially while they were going through puberty. They said that above all else, they don’t want to be treated differently, and while playing sports they are able to gain a sense of community and compete.

“The word inspirational is a trigger word for most of us,” Dwyer said. “We’re just trying to live our lives. Its like, ‘Dude I’m just like you, I’m not an inspiration to you or anybody, I'm just here in this class to learn the same stuff you are.’”

Dwyer is a triplet, he has two other brothers who would always be there to push him and make sure that none of the other kids growing up would take it easy on him. They knew that is what bothered him the most.

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EWU Wheelchair Basketball Club President Jeremy Weaver (left) and Vice President Trey Dwyer (right) at their first practice this year. The two teamed up with ParaSport Spokane to found Washington State's only collegiate para-sports team.

Weaver has played wheelchair basketball for 15 years. One memory he has of building confidence through the sport is going up his first escalator with his team while in a Berkley, California mall, traveling for a basketball tournament.

“I just remember going up to the escalator because I was forced to by one of our lovely staff members,” Weaver said. “I grabbed onto both sides of the escalator and just watched my chair rise up, and I watched as my teammates' chairs rose up, and we all realized that we could do that.”

Then, Weaver said they had to run away from the mall cops, because that kind of wheelchair endeavor is not allowed in California.

“Things that you thought were once impossible just aren’t,” Weaver said. “You just need the right support system to get you there.”

Weaver and Dwyer teamed up with Teresa Skinner, the executive director from ParaSport Spokane, to found the EWU club team, filling a gap in Washington state for collegiate para-athletes.

“We have athletes in our system that are as young as two,” Skinner said. “If they want to play at a collegiate level, like you or I could choose to play collegiate baseball, if our athletes with a disability want to play a sport, they would have to go somewhere else.”

The wheelchair basketball club is not only for students with disabilities.

Weaver encourages able-bodied students to come and give it a shot, not only to be a part of the community they have built, but to get a glimpse into what it is like to be in their shoes.

“Sitting down at the height [of the wheelchair] they’re like ‘Woah, this is how

they see the world’,” Dwyer said. “And then also, ‘I can’t take the stairs’. That's the best way to put it, such a simple action and they can’t do it in the chair.”

Christian Goldbach is an able-bodied member of the team. He joined as a community service opportunity with his fraternity, and ended up falling in love with it.

For the time that he plays, and has the experience of being in a wheelchair, Goldbach said that he built calluses on his hands, tired the muscles in his arms and had to adjust to shooting from a different position.

“I can play basketball but I use my legs a lot to shoot,” Goldbach said. “Having to learn how to shoot from a sitting position uses a lot more arm strength as well.”

Other students who fall in between the line of able-bodied and physically disabled find a home with wheelchair basketball. It can be beneficial for recovering from injuries and as an alternative to people who have lost the ability to compete.

Liam Bolothan was a track athlete in high school capable of running a sub-5:00 mile.

He had aspirations for a college running scholarship, until he dislocated his hip and was diagnosed with joint malformation. He

no longer could even run 100 meters. Two years later his adopted brother passed away, and he was in a bad mental place.

“It’s something that’s hard to deal with when you’re just sitting alone,” Bolothan said. “I went from being an active guy to not being able to do anything. It was so helpful to be able to get back out there in a community, and with Jeremy I’m always able to be open with what I’m going through.”

Bolothan said that he opened up to a different way of looking at things from joining the club.

“People don’t think [people with disabilities] can do much,” Bolothan said.

“But they showed me what they can do on the court. Just because you have an injury or something you’re born with doesn’t matter, you can still do amazing things.”

The basketball club will compete in its first tournament of the year, the Spokane Showdown, this weekend on Oct. 13-14 at the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake.

Admission is free, and they have games scheduled for 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, and 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday. The team also holds bi-weekly practices that are open to students.•

"The word inspirational is a trigger word for most of us, we're just trying to live our lives."

- TREY DWYER EWU wheelchair basketball club vice president

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Junior running back Antoine Custer Jr. stiff-arms an SUU defender in the Eagles 55-17 win last Saturday. Custer Jr. has 237 rushing yards through three games this season.

EWU continues ‘revenge tour’ TAYLOR NEWQUIST Sports Editor

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With uncertainty looming around the starting quarterback position, EWU will travel to Ogden, Utah to play defending Big Sky Conference co-champion Weber State this Saturday.

The No. 4 Eagles (5-1, 3-0) are coming off a 5517 win over Southern Utah, where sophomore

Eric Barriere filled in at quarterback for injured senior Gage Gubrud, while the No. 13 Wildcats (3-2, 1-1) lost in a surprising upset at Northern Arizona 28-24.

“They’ll be hungry and they’ll be angry,” head coach Aaron Best said about Weber's loss to NAU. “In no way does it make us prepare any different than we did the last one, they’re just another team that happens to be on our schedule this week.”

Sophomore quarterback Eric Barriere scans down the field for an open receiver. Barriere totaled 331 yards in his second career start for the Eagles.

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Last week Weber forced six NAU turnovers, but were unable to capitalize. The blame falls largely on the Wildcats' offense that is ranked No. 117 of 124 FCS programs, averaging just 243.8 yards per game. Starting quarterback Jake Constantine completed just 10 of his 23 passing attempts for 89 yards against the Lumberjacks.

Constantine has not thrown over 200 yards in any game this season, something that Eagle quarterbacks have done in every game.

Gubrud’s status as of Tuesday’s practice is questionable. Although, last week with Barriere in at quarterback the Eagles posted its third highest yardage total of the season with 648.

EWU’s offense is in stark contrast from Weber’s, sitting at third in the FCS and averaging 570.2 yards per game, over twice as many yards as the Wildcats' average.

“It feels great to show that we have depth at every position,” senior wide receiver Nsimba Webster said. "Our starting quarterback went down, but you don’t see anything different from our team.”

The similarities between the two teams come from the defenses. Both teams have allowed an average of 24.8 points per game,

and 5.11 yards per play thus far in the season.

The Wildcats come into the game with a couple of advantages over the Eagles. Weber has forced 18 turnovers to EWU’s eight, and will have to continue that trend in order to hold off the Eagles high-power offense. Weber also has an advantage in penalties, averaging six penalties for 52.4 yards per game, to EWU’s average of 7.5 penalties for 72.83 yards.

Home-field advantage will also play into the Wildcats' favor, who have had their best two games of the season at home, beating then - No. 24 South Dakota 27-10 and Northern Colorado 45-28.

Weber and SUU were the only two Big Sky teams to beat the EWU last season, keeping them out of the FCS playoffs. Last week before the Eagles took on the Thunderbirds, senior cornerback Josh Lewis said he saw someone on Twitter call the games against those teams the ‘revenge tour’, and that he “liked that.”

Lewis and the rest of the Eagles will have a chance to get that revenge when the ball kicks off at 3:05 p.m. on Saturday. The game will be televised by Eleven Sports, and you can follow @EasternerSports on Twitter for live updates.•

2018 EWU offense through six games Passing yards

Rushing yards

Points scored

Yards per play

1697

1724

272

8.4

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