EWU HOMECOMING: Let your Eagle spirit fly, pg. 3
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Eagles dominate during Homecoming, 54-3
Photo by Anna Mills EWU football player Quincy Forte, RB, takes the ball on the Inferno at the Eastern Washington University Homecoming game against University of North Dakota on Nov. 1.
The Inferno ignites as EWU football battles University of North Dakota By Fetlew Gebreziabher online sports editor The Eagles dominated the Inferno on Nov. 1 routing the University of North Dakota, 54-3. Eastern’s offense, defense and specials teams all scored in the 2014 homecoming game. After the Northern Arizona upset, the Eagles came out fired up to regain their momentum in the Big Sky Conference Championship race. “[The win is] huge for the whole team,” said sophomore quarterback Jordan West. “To bounce back from something that was pretty unfortunate, a tough loss for sure in Northern Arizona, and come out here and put up 54 points and get back to our roots of being a high-
scoring team is huge. It feels great.” West, who started his fourth-straight game for the injured Vernon Adams Jr., completed 24 of 37 pass attempts for 314 yards and two touchdowns. On the first drive of the game, the Eagles executed a 15-play, 81-yard scoring drive. Senior running back Quincy Forte ran in for the three-yard score. Forte, who had a career game against Northern Arizona, would finish with 14 carries, 55 rushing yards and two touchdowns. He was sidelined in the second half due to an ankle sprain. The offense finished with 459 total yards and was four-for-four on fourth down. “I thought [Jordan] played really good. He was well-timed with his aggression. Part of that is I did a better job putting him in those situations than I did a week ago, but
we still have to grind out some runs too,” said head coach Beau Baldwin. It was turnover central on the other side of the ball for the Eagles. The defense won the turnover battle four to zero, scoring 21 points off those turnovers. Freshman cornerback Moe Roberts started the turnover battle when he returned his first career interception back for a touchdown in the second quarter to extend the Eagles’ lead, 31-0. “It was a good feeling,” said Roberts. “Good thing for our defense for sure. We needed a couple turnovers and we got a bunch of them today, so as a defense that was nice for us.” The Eagles’ defense held UND to 158 yards of total offense and one thirddown completion. “The defense has been tearing it up,” said West.
Special teams also got a piece of the scoring action after junior linebacker Jordan Talley recovered a fumble for a touchdown on a kickoff that was forced by freshman wide receiver Nic Sblendorio. The Eagles, who move to 8-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big Sky Conference, will prepare for the final home game of the season against the University of Montana. With the Montana State University loss, the Eagles are now perched in a three-way tie for first place in the Big Sky Conference. Despite the uncertainty of Adams’ status for the next game, Baldwin said he does not doubt his team and what they can do without their all-American quarterback.
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ASEWU council meeting agenda: Student health, veterans and Riverpoint By Katie Dunn staff writer
Illustration by Lauren Campbell Representatives of ASEWU listen to audience members at the council meeting on Oct. 31.
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Alexandra Rich, student health and safety services council member, at the Oct. 31 ASEWU meeting, reported she has been working with Tim Walters, chief of police for EWU, on an emergency Ebola plan in the event that the virus makes its way on campus. “I know it’s very unlikely, but in the event that it does [happen] we want to be prepared,” said Rich. The ASEWU held its weekly meeting to go over council reports, new business and announcements.
One of the events they are preparing for is Veterans Day. Kyle Dodson, athletic affairs and university advancement council member, and Jordan Martin, legislative liaison in the ASEWU president's cabinet, requested $335 for the “Recognition of Veterans Display Project,” which was unanimously approved. “Historically, Eastern is one of the most veteranfriendly schools on the west coast, if not in the nation, and we want to keep building that reputation for Eastern,” said Martin. The display will be out
on Nov. 10 on the campus mall and will feature flags for all branches of the military, the U.S. flag and a prisoners of war flag. The ASEWU is helping the Riverpoint campus with one of their events. Denzel Johnson, graduate affairs council representative, requested $350 for the Riverpoint Campus bingo night prizes. The funding was approved for the event which takes place from 6-9 p.m. on Nov. 5. Flu season is just around the corner.
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NEWS: EWU Medical School, PAGE 2 • SPECIAL: Homecoming, PAGE 3 • Letters/Opinion, PAGE 6 • Sports, PAGE 8
Upcoming Events: November Nov. 5: Contemporary Issues in Feminist Research: Community Empowerment and Gender Equality through Fair Trade. 12 p.m. in 205 Monroe Hall. Come get a FREE flu shot on Nov. 5 from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. in the PUB piano lounge. Sponsored by Rockwood and EWU Health, Wellness & Prevention Services.
Nov. 6: Eastern CAPS Student Workshop Series presents Romantic Long Distance Relationships. 12 - 1 p.m. PUB 261. Nov. 6: Empowering Students who are Veterans: This lecture will help participants understand veteran affairs in relation to transitions into society and support strategies. 11:30 a.m. in Tawanka 215.
Nov. 11: Veterans Day EWU will be closed; no classes. Nov. 14: EWU Theatre presents Harper Lee's “To Kill a Mockingbird.” Opening night begins at 7:30 p.m. Students can attend for free with their student I.D.
SPORTS: Soccer recap The EWU women’s soccer team pass and steal against Montana into postseason at Big Sky, page 8
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AP election opportunity caters to EWU students By Alex Miller staff writer
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UW and WSU agree to dissolve WWAMI partnership By Aaron Bocook staff writer The presidents of University of Washington and Washington State University signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Oct. 3, dissolving the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) Regional Medical Education partnership between the two entities. According to the memorandum, UW will proceed with its planned expansion of the WWAMI program in Spokane and WSU will seek state authority to accredit a separate, independent medical school in Spokane. Norman Arkans, associate vice president of Media Relations and Communications at UW, said the memorandum provides a pathway for each university to pursue its own independent solutions in Spokane. “For us, that means rapid expansion of our UW medical school in Spokane, doubling the class size, offering all four years and committing to an aggressive research program,” Arkans said in an email. In the 1970s, UW began to train and prepare physicians to care for patients and communities in Washington, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, with Wyoming joining in 1996. According to the UW Medicine website, the primary goals of WWAMI are to provide cost-effective, publicly supported, community-based medical education, increase the number of primary care physicians
and expand graduate medical education and continuing medical education. The partnership UW had with WSU, according to the WSU WWAMI website, would have allowed WSU to have its first-year medical students begin their training at Spokane’s Riverpoint campus, with second-year students having the option to study at UW in either Seattle or Spokane and third and fourth-year students having the option of coming back to Spokane or other eastern Washington sites for clinical rotations. According to WSU’s medical science webpage, Spokane’s four hospitals and five residency programs make the city a perfect fit for a medical school. Arkans said as UW proceeds independently of WSU, it will be consulting with a variety of educational, medical and community partners in Spokane about opportunities for future collaboration, including Eastern Washington University. Dave Meany, EWU director of media relations, said in an email that Eastern has historically had very productive partnerships with both UW and WSU and the university looks forward to continuing strong relationships with all of its academic partners. “We already have a strong collaboration with [EWU] in dental education through the RIDE (Regional Initiatives in Dental Education) program,” Arkans said, “And some role with WWAMI may be in the cards.”
PLUS Loan Program makes changes for heightened loan accessibility By Katie Dunn staff writer
Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, to propose regulations that would cap five million federal direct The U.S. Department of Educa- loan student borrowers’ payments tion announced on Oct. 22 changes at 10 percent of their income. to the Federal Direct PLUS Loan “The Department’s top priorProgram intended to reflect the cur- ity is to ensure more students can rent economy by aiding students in access and successfully complete acquiring and managing loans. a post-secondary education,” said College Board reported that na- Duncan in a press release. “The uptionwide, 60 percent of graduating dated borrowing standards for the students from four-year universities PLUS loan program demonstrate in 2012 owed an averour commitment to age of $26,500 in gov- “These revisions ensuring families have ernment loans. access to the financwill certainly The Project on Stuing they need to reach increase the dent Debt, a nonprofit their goal, while being independent research good stewards of taxamount of organization, reported payer money.” loans taken that in 2012, 56 percent According to the out by parents U.S. Department of of EWU graduates had debt and the average Education, the Office of dependent amount was $23,604. of Postsecondary Edustudents.” Federal Student cation (OPE) develops Aid, an office of the education policies and U.S. Department of Edoversees programs that ucation, reported that focus on increasing acfor PLUS loans to be cess to quality colleges EWU financial aid available, the borrower and universities. coordinator must not have adverse On Aug. 8, the OPE credit history. published its proposed Federal Student Aid defines changes to the William D. Ford Fedcredit history as a summary of fi- eral Direct Loan Program in the nancial strength, which includes Federal Register. a borrower’s history of paying Changes include revising the stubills and their ability to repay fu- dent PLUS loan borrower eligibility ture loans. Adverse credit history criteria to make it clear that PLUS is when a borrower does not pay loan adverse credit history requirebills on time and struggles paying ments apply to graduate students as back loans. well as parent PLUS loan borrowChanges regarding student ers, adding definitions for “charge loans began on June 9, when Presi- off” and “in collection” to help dedent Barack Obama signed a presi- termine if a student or their parents dential memorandum instructing have adverse credit history and
Galen Knowles
specifying that they have an adverse credit history if they are more than 90 days delinquent on a debt of $2,085 or higher. The OPE said revisions are made on which documents can be accepted to prove extenuating circumstances for adverse credit history in order for a borrower to receive a PLUS loan. If a borrower has adverse credit history, and can prove their circumstances are justifiable, then they must complete PLUS loan counseling before receiving a loan, according to the OPE. “These revisions will certainly increase the amount of loans taken out by parents of dependent students,” said Galen Knowles, financial aid coordinator at Eastern. According to Knowles, parents of undergraduates are the largest population taking out loans, and they are the ones subject for approval in the case of a parent PLUS loan. The U.S. Department of Education reported the new regulations will be effective July 1, 2015. Knowles said there is no way to tell how the revisions will affect Eastern students until after they are implemented. Nationally, the OPE estimates the number of PLUS loans applicants that pass the credit history check will increase by 370,000. “I think it’ll make it easier for parents and students to understand because many of these people were getting approved anyways, it just took longer and was more burdensome on them,” said Knowles.
tions and we partnered with Eastern to do this large venue.” During election years, Bloch said he would The Associated Press like to continue working gives EWU students with EWU. the opportunity to earn “We want it to [remain some extra money be- at Eastern]; we love the fore the holiday season relationship with Eastern. while also giving them a This facility is a student fachance to become more cility, so it’s always up to politically involved. you,” he said. When votes are being On a typical work day, counted in counties across “We will get calls from rethe nation, EWU students porters that we have in the hired by the AP are there field,” said Bloch, “In Calito help out. fornia if you have 55 counOf all the universities ties, then each one of them in the country to choose is going to call into this from, the AP chooses group here and our reportto work with students ers here are going to take at Eastern. those numbers and punch According to the AP them into a database.” website, “When the first Bloch said learning about polls close, they’ll be ready elections is another opportuto start phoning in the raw nity students will receive. vote as it is reported by “I think it gives them the counties. They’ll place incredible insight into how their calls to one of AP’s elections work. Everything four election desks, the you see on TV, on the inlargest of which ternet, on the is the Western “We love the radio, all that on Election Cennational election relationship ter at Eastern is comwith Eastern. coverage Wa s h i n g t o n ing out of the This facility University in AP,” said Bloch. C h e n e y , “This kind of is a student Washington.” gives you an infacility, so Dana Bloch, sight into how it’s always director of state the sausage up to you.” data center for is made.” the AP, said, According to “Back in 2000, Bloch, the work AP went to a the AP does director of state data regionalization provides quick center for the AP level of elecresults. tion coverage. “Someone’s We used to do it in all of got to report the results. our bureaus, and we got If the AP wasn’t doing it, too large for doing it at then you may not know our bureaus.” who’s in control of the senAs far as why it takes ate or congress for weeks place at Eastern, Bloch and weeks.” said, “We created this The event took place on data center in Spokane Nov. 4, as national election for the general elec- results came in.
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CONTINUED FROM FRONT The ASEWU announced EWU Health, Wellness and Prevention Services and Rockwood Clinic are holding free student flu shot clinics on Nov. 5 and Nov. 12 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the PUB piano lounge. In the winter, there will be a new Superior Court Chief Justice on the ASEWU council.
The ASEWU council approved the resignation of Lizbeth Ramirez, current ASEWU Superior Court Chief Justice, effective Dec. 12, 2014. “The reason why I’m submitting my letter of resignation right now is because I want to open the position so that we can hire a new justice,” said Ramirez. “That way, in the winter, court doesn’t have an empty position. They can start off with a full court.”
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EWU HOMECOMING 2014 Let your Eagle spirit fly
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astern Washington University students and all those
coming football game against the University of North Dakota,
in-between painted Cheney red for Homecoming Week
including community events such as “Rake a Difference” and
from Oct. 27 – Nov. 2. EWU, known for its diversity,
the canned food drive, these events evoke a larger message
school pride and overall student success, had numerous
than our own Eagle spirit: We can make a difference just
events that promoted community service and the university’s
by the school colors we represent. What memories will you
vision of teamwork, as well as school pride. From the kick-
always remember, from the red turf and beyond?
off event in the campus mall of EWU setting the stage for a dance performance by Kode Red Dance Team, to the Home-
tu rn the page for homecoming highlights
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Bonfire event deemed distasteful
Top left: A fraternity competes in the bed races. Bottom left: Swoop and a student attend the EWU bonfire. Above: Eastern students attend the bonfire. Top center: An Eastern club in the bed races. Center bottom: An emcee announces runner-ups and winners of the bed races. Center right: Mr. and Ms. Eastern at the EWU Homecoming game. Right: Children and student volunteers at the Harvest Festival on the Cheney campus.
By Rebekah Frank staff writer The Community Bonfire and Pep Rally on Oct. 30 brought mixed feelings when the Cheney fire department threw an effigy of the University of North Dakota into the fire. Mike Winters, Cheney’s fire chief, said in an email the effigy was a stuffed paper suit of a person wearing a University of North Dakota jersey. While most people standing around the bonfire cheered when the effigy was thrown into the flames, some attendees did not agree with it. Cheney community member Kelly Cullen said the fact that the effigy was a person is what made her uneasy about it. “That’s kind of on the borderline of distasteful,” said Cullen. Senior Erin Varner said she agreed with Cullen’s point. “I don’t know if I agree with [burning it] just because I feel like it is not very [good] sportsmanship,” said Varner. Charles Mutschler, JFK Library
university archivist said the burning eryone in attendance began screamof the effigy is nothing new. He said ing as Baldwin said the team was Eastern has been burning effigies at going to play their best and leave evthe bonfire since the 1950s. erything on the field. Though feelings toward burning After that announcement, the authe effigy were split, everyone in atten- dience was ready to light the bonfire. dance showed their support for Eastern At the encouragement of ASEWU at the Pep Rally. This was President Dahir “D.J.” evident when students, Jigre, nearly every“It gathers faculty and commuone in attendance benity members gathered everyone from the gan shouting “light it around the EWU march- school, usually you up,” and the Cheney ing band, cheerleaders don’t get a lot of Fire Department reand Swoop to shout the by lighting people outside of sponded EWU fight song. the stacks of pallets. school gathering The flames reached the The audience then gave a welcome ap- except for football top of telephone poles plause to the new Mr. as people gathered games.” Eastern, Bryce Dressler, around to warm up and and Ms. Eastern, Sapna take pictures. Basy. The applause then After about five minturned to cheering as the utes, people could hear EWU senior head coach for the footthe sound of emergency ball team, Beau Baldwin, sirens drawing near. A took the stand. fire truck stopped just short of the fire. Baldwin introduced the senior One Cheney firefighter emerged with captains on the team and then gave an effigy. As everyone around the fire a short speech about the team’s game cheered, the firefighter threw it into plan for the Nov. 1 game. Almost ev- the flames.
Erin Varner
Even though Varner said she did not agree with the burning of the mascot, she still enjoyed the community bonfire. “I love it. I just love seeing the fire, it’s really pretty,” said Varner. “It gathers everyone from the school, usually you don’t get a lot of people outside of school gathering except for football games.” Varner said most people in Cheney do not get involved in the college events because they think it will be too much of a party scene. She said she enjoyed the fact the community members come to the bonfire. Cullen, who was in attendance with her family, said she was glad to attend the event. She also said her son told her the event was the best day ever. “I think this is fabulous. I think spirit week in general is a great way to top it off to get ready for our football game on Saturday,” said Cullen. “Cheney is such a college town and so people that live here, like me, we enjoy taking part in this with the college students celebrating the university.”
Children celebrate Halloween on campus By Ayanna Fernandez staff writer
What started as an idea from a former university president’s wife has transformed into a campus tradition. EWU has hosted the Harvest Festival and Carnival for five years. It is the University’s way of staying connected with the community while showing children that college can be fun and safe. The age groups allowed to trick-or-treat range from toddlers to fifth graders. With the help of companies such as the Cheney Kiwanis and Cheney’s Fire Department, the Harvest Festival has been successful every year. Kiwanis Harvest Festival chairman Kirk Madison said the Kiwanis has been putting on the Halloween event for the children for years, but once they heard the university was doing something similar, they had to be a part of it. “Kiwanis used to put on our own event at one of the grade schools,” said Madison. “About five years ago, we heard of Eastern doing an event and thought it would be cool to combine our events, so we did.” Parents and guardians
bring their children to the university to trick-or-treat while touring the campus. The tours are led by student volunteers. Student volunteers seemed to be enjoying the festival as well, as they dressed up in costumes and walked through the campus with the trick-ortreaters and their parents. According to junior Keyston Campbell, who volunteered on behalf of his fraternity, Iota Phi Theta, this was his first year participating in the festival. He said he and his fraternity plan on volunteering again in the future. “I like giving back to the community, giving back to the kids,” said Campbell. “So for me, it was a great experience.” Various clubs and organizations participated in the festival, whether they were guiding the trick-or-treaters through the campus or hosting the carnival games. For Campbell, that was something he thought was nice to see and be a part of. “There were different clubs and organizations giving back and contributing to the community as well,” said Campbell. This year the tour consisted of six locations on campus: the PUB, JFK Li-
EWU bed races cause risky business... kind of By Rebekah Frank staff writer Students, faculty and community members were screaming encouragement and advice during each round of the bed races on Oct. 30. The bed races took place in downtown Cheney, directly after the bonfire. Stacey Reece, director of SAIL, said in an email the teams for the bed races consisted of campus and community members. “The object of the race is to have four runners on each corner of the racing bed and one person who rides on the bed. The teams race down to a marked turnaround spot. The person on the bed jumps off, pull on pajamas over their clothes, jumps back on the bed and then races back down to the original starting point,” said Reece. The top three teams received a cash prize and the first place team received $200 and a traveling trophy, said Reece. This year there were 16 teams, which was the most entered in the last four years, said Mike Campitelli, director of campus recreation, in an email. “The races are a Homecoming Tradition and great source of fun and Eagle spirit for our students as they usually show up in good numbers to watch and cheer on their friends,” said Campitelli. According to Charles Mutschler, the Community Bonfire, Pep Rally and Bed Races have been a homecoming tradition since the 1950s. Mutschler said during that time period, the university leaders were trying to come up with events that would excite students without offending the community.
“Going out in your bed clothes was kind of risky. … So there’s an element of ‘Okay we are trying to be a little out there without going too far.’ By today’s standards, yeah it must seem so hopelessly tame and positively harmless that how could anybody be offended?” said Mutschler. Students, faculty and community members cheered and critiqued the racers. Some community members strategized the best way to have the rider jump out of the bed while the rest of the team turned the bed around, while others shouted, “Hurry hurry, now the pants!” In the final round, Louise Anderson Hall took on the returning champions: The EWU Intramural All-Stars. In a race that came down to the judges’ decision, Louise Anderson Hall won. According to freshman Tanner Erickson, who was on the Louise Anderson team, the team was comprised by going around the hall and knocking on people’s doors. Erickson said the team will probably put their prize money toward something in their hall. “It’s very exciting. A lot of us are freshmen so it’s really cool to come here and beat the defending champions,” said Erickson. This event was definitely a memorable one, according to Campitelli. He said that he has been in charge of the bed races for a while and could not imagine homecoming week without it. “I've been running the event for the past 15 years and love the energy and enthusiasm our students show. It's fun, which is an important facet of the life of a college student,” said Campitelli.
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Photo by Laura Lango Mikey Cardenas and Cw Twohy speak with a princess at the Harvest Carnival.
brary, Martin Hall, Showalter, Monroe Hall, ending in the URC where the Harvest Carnival begins. The Harvest Carnival was sponsored by Kiwanis. There were many different games such as fishing for prizes, bean bag toss and a face painting booth for children to participate in. University organizations
and clubs were able to volunteer to host a booth for the children and be a part of the event. Son of an EWU student, Antwyn Butler, age 4, said he loved his time spent at the carnival and really enjoyed getting his face painted. “I am dressed up as a vampire,” he said. “I liked playing the games and win-
ning prizes.” Butler said it was cool to him because he had seen some friends from school, which made him even more excited. “The kids seemed to love [the festival],” said Campbell. “They were excited and had a lot of energy, which made us excited and gave us energy too.”
“If someone is down, then the next guy is going to step up. We have been doing that all year regardless of the Vernon piece,” said Baldwin. “There have been a lot of other guys who have been out. We rally around whoever is in there. Yes, I will be excited for the day Vernon comes back, but at the same time, I am excited for the opportunity our team has next week.” According to West, the goals are the same against University of Montana. “The goal is to come out here [to Roos Field] and do the same thing,” said West. “Keep on putting up points and try to stop them as much as possible. That’s the goal and we’re going to be ready.” The Eagles take on University of Montana on Senior Night Nov. 8.
Photos by Anna Mills Jordan West makes a pass.
Homecoming parade gathers large turnout despite the rain By Rebekah Frank staff writer Members of the EWU and Cheney community showed their support as they stood outside in the rain, cheering for their friends and family in the homecoming parade. On Nov. 1, EWU sororities, fraternities, clubs, organizations and Cheney businesses walked from the EWU surplus parking lot to the campus mall in the homecoming parade. The tennis club had people playing tennis while walking, the women’s fast pitch wore their uniforms and handed out candy and everyone in the parade waved or yelled out their school pride. Tennis co-captain Robert Dula said in an email he likes the opportunities that the parade provides for clubs and organizations. “It definitely helps clubs and organizations because they can use this parade to promote themselves to attract more people to their respective club or organization. My favorite part of the parade was being around people and [making] some new friendships,” said Dula.
According to JFK Library universiy archivist Charles Mutschler, Eastern’s homecoming events were very low-key and sometimes non-existent until the beginning of the 1900s. “Homecoming really [started] to become an event in the 1920s, not that we were really a big school at that point. We are really talking about a very small amount of people that would come back. With the shift to being a four-year school, you start to see more interest in supporting some of these [homecoming] activities,” said Mutschler. The homecoming parade started as early as the 1930s, said Mutschler. “At that time, it was a very low-key sort of thing. It seems as if we had the marching band, representatives from all three of the residence halls, … and I think there may have been a handful of people who were graduates from some years earlier,” said Mutschler. This year’s parade featured more people from the Eastern and Cheney communities. Amy Johnson, associate vice president for student life, said in an email the parade was altered the last few years to better accommodate families.
“To allow more local families and community members to participate, we have changed the timing of the parade in the last two years to a daytime event — and followed it with our Harvest Festival, in which we host a series of fun and familyfriendly activities in the campus mall to encourage current students, parents and family members, community members and alumni to come together and celebrate our Eagle spirit,” said Johnson. Men’s tennis head coach Steve Clark said in an email that his favorite part about being a part of Eastern is the unity. He said what makes a team good is celebrating together, and he appreciates that the EWU and Cheney communities celebrate each other’s successes. One family that endured the rain and cold to support Eastern was Barb Sharp and her daughter, Meghan Sharp. “I thought it was awesome: I like that they pass around candy,” said Meghan Sharp. Barb Sharp said she thought the parade was cute and it exceeded her expectations: However, she wished
more EWU clubs and organization were involved. “I didn’t see very many businesses in here. It would’ve been nice to see more of the activities, [because] I know [Eastern is] trying to promote it. It would’ve been nice if more of the student activities would’ve been more involved in it to show their spirit,” said Barb Sharp. Johnson said this event is not just for Eastern Homecoming Week. “The homecoming parade during Eagle Spirit Week is one of our hallmark events and a great opportunity for EWU and the Cheney community to come together,” said Johnson. Tennis captain Eduardo Martinez said in an email that he appreciated the Cheney community attending the parade to support them even though it was raining. “I think the parade brings in the feeling of belonging to the community, not only for Cheney itself but [also] for EWU,” said Martinez. “It gives a feeling of something bigger than just a parade or homecoming. It involves the whole Cheney and EWU community, more like a huge family rather than a school and a city.”
Cheney food bank donations lowest since 2008 By Katie Dunn staff writer
Outside Isle Hall volunteers worked, quickly counting cans on Oct. 30 for the Community Canned Food Drive. Bob Anderson, director of the EWU bookstore and PUB operations, said the canned food drive has been an annual event ran by the EWU bookstore for the last 15 years. “It started out as a bookstore and resident hall drive,” said Anderson. “Then it got incorporated into Spirit Week. It has become more of a campus event that way.” For Spirit Week, residence halls compete against each other to see who can collect more food items per person. To figure this out, the total amount of food items donated from each hall are divided by how many people live there. This rule was created because some residence halls are larger than others. The incentive for winning the event was a 25 percent discount on EWU apparel at the
bookstore for the rest of the year for everyone in the winning hall and the chance to display the traveling trophy. Anderson said Pamela Parks, associate athletic director at EWU, donated the trophy in 2012. Kristin Polley, an EWU bookstore employee, said volunteers for the event came from the EWU bookstore, Eagle Entertainment, Alumni Advancement, SAIL and the Office of Community Engagement. “The groups that donated food also helped count their own food,” said Polley. They began counting at 1 p.m. and finished at 2 p.m. after getting a large last minute donation from Dressler Hall. Anderson announced Brewster Hall as this year’s winner, making this the third year in a row the hall has won. Devon Tinker, associate director of the EWU bookstore, said Brewster donated 619 cans and had a 4.84 itemper-student ratio. Dressler Hall was a close second.
Photo contributed by Kristin Polley Students gather for the canned food drive.
Tinker said Dressler donated 1,405 food items, the most food from any one source, and had a 4.50 item per student ratio. In total, 4,066 cans were collected for the Cheney Food Bank.
This is a decrease in donations from previous years. According to Tinker’s records, 7,702 cans were donated in 2013 and 12,607 cans were donated in 2012. The last time the total amount of cans collected was lower than
4,066 was in 2008, when 3,516 cans were donated. Those in charge of the event were grateful to those who participated. “Thank you everyone for donating food and for helping count,” said Anderson.
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Low credit scores now accepted for PLUS loan By Larry Ty Holmes opinion editor Last month, the Department of Education announced it has taken an extra step to ensure there will be wider access for the Parent Loan for Undergraduate Students. The department has redefined “adverse credit history” to allow a wider applicant field. Since this definition hasn’t been updated for 20 years, the department wants to reflect the current economic situation for college students. This is a hard time for students who want an education but rely on obtaining loans so they can pursue a higher degree. This change makes it easier for prospective graduate students to attain enough money to pursue their goals. As undergraduates get closer to graduating, we have to decide whether or not we want to continue our education. When that time comes, we’ll know the PLUS loan is easier to get. The DOE designed the PLUS loan for students pursuing a “graduate or professional degree” and for “parents of dependent undergraduate students.” The purpose of the loan is to help students who have education expenses not paid for by other sources of financial aid, and the determination of the limit that a student can borrow is the difference between what a student needs and how much student already has; this is perfect for filling what students need. “A threshold debt amount of $2,085, indexed to inflation, below which a potential borrower is considered to not have an adverse credit history,” is the final rule published Oct. 23. A couple of new changes that they made are defining terms to determine adverse credit history, reducing the time period of the borrower’s credit history from the last five years to the last two and allowing a PLUS loan by demonstrating “extenuating circumstances or by obtaining an eligible endorser.” This here is what makes redefining the loan helpful for a lot of students. The final regulations for PLUS loans are scheduled to take effect July 1, 2015 but are being implemented early by working with some colleges. You can find this loan under the graduate and dependent application on the EWU website under Financial Aid and Scholarships.
Shooting in Pacific Northwest hits close to home By Chris Mudd staff writer Until Oct. 24, telling someone where I came from would be no big deal. The town of Marysville, Washington, had no stigmas attached to it. It was just my home. A home I didn't necessarily praise, Mudd but my home nonetheless. I spent most of my life in Marysville. I would spend summers camping in nearby Oso, which has suffered more than its fair share of tragedy recently as well. My K-12 education was through the Marysville School District and I graduated from Marysville Pilchuck High School in 2008.
It was never hard to point out problems with the town. I'd walk through some pretty terrible neighborhoods on the way to school, and there were enough fights on the way home to really set in stone the idea that a weak person doesn't really get far there without some pretty solid escape routes. It was a small city for the first half of my life, sitting somewhere comfortably between the template of the everyday farming town and the local fishing port. Of course, when the big, bad Wal-Mart rolled into town in the early 2000s, we started to expand pretty quick, for better or worse. The mall and the resort casino followed and before long Marysville was a booming city, not a town. Now, I don't say these things to ramble. Marysville is a city full of people who live just like we do. They eat. They have holidays. They have goals. They are no different from people here,
or any town on the planet. Four of those people have died. The shooter opened fire upon a lunch table where his friends sat eating lunch on Oct. 24, striking most of them in the head. There's nothing quite like seeing your old stomping grounds next to the theatre building in aerial coverage as students and faculty you remember flee for their lives. We don't have enough facts yet to know why the shooting took place. And frankly, now is not the time for that. The police are investigating; to insinuate that we know the real cause is ignorant and irresponsible. This is not as simple as gun laws or the mental health system in America. It's a complicated and difficult issue to grasp. Something does need to change, but now is not the time to be pointing fingers at one thing in particular. As Marysville Police Chief Rick Smith said in a press conference, "It's time for us to
act and not talk anymore." The families and the community are the priority. I will not accept the media blitz to blame one thing or another when the only town that's ever really harbored me just got kicked. While more information comes out, we are going to have to ask ourselves some difficult questions. What needs to change, or perhaps even more frightening, could we have done anything different? Time will tell. Gia Soriano was 14. Zoe Galasso was 14. Shaylee Chuckulnaskit was 14. Jaylen Fryberg was 15. Andrew Fryberg was shot, but is recovering. Every single one of them had a family. The community has come together in ways I've never thought I'd see. Evil may or may not exist, but in whatever form it shows its face, humanity has once again proven that in a time of crisis, we face it. For the first time, I'm proud of Marysville.
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OPINION
November 5, 2014
Gia Soriano Age: 14
letters to the editor All Jammed Up on Printing Funds
On behalf of all transfer students new to Eastern this quarter, we must acknowledge our delight at Eastern’s many resources available to students. From Lynda, digital cameras and video equipment, down to simple necessities like printers, we are excited to be in a place so rich in educational tools. No school is perfect, however, and it is about these printers that we are writing to you today. Transferring from a school with no printing limit, it was a surprising disruption to find a cap here at Eastern. According to EWU’s Information Technology Department, “Each student who pays the TechFee is provided $9.00 of print credit in [their] account.” Considering we already pay for our TechFee within our tuition rate, this limit should be high above $9. With financial stresses always at the back of a student’s mind — and often at the front — it interrupts workflow to arrive at the moment of printing and remember he or she is being charged, and to monitor their quota like a gas gauge which starts out only a little above “E.” How is it a good idea to all but exclude something
as fundamental as printing from the amenities included in tuition costs — and if a limit must be imposed, in what universe isn’t $9 an insult? We propose an increase to 100 pages per week, per student. While we are still uncomfortable with any limit, we see this as an acceptable compromise. Once students are no longer burdened with an unreasonably low printing limit, they will feel freer to fulfill their day-to-day class work demands. Freedom from worry aids attention to detail and creativity which, as everybody knows, are essential to college success. On behalf of all Eagles, let’s wake up and solve the printing problem here at Eastern.
Inclusiveness on campus includes all groups The week of Oct. 13-17, the EWU Pride Center celebrated Ally Week by hosting a variety of events that culminated in a potluck during our Thursday Eagle Pride meeting, where we encouraged students to bring an ally with them. So many allies showed up that we had to move the meeting to a larger space and what followed was an emotional exchange between the students about why the allies were offering their support and what that support meant to the members of Eagle Pride. It was a powerful experience that left me celebrating the progress that EWU has made in the years since the Pride Center first opened. That is why I was disheartened when I overheard students in the Pride Center later discussing an Oct. 15 opinion piece written by Zoe Colburn entitled “A is for annoyed: Straight privilege strikes again.” The ill-informed piece, which takes a very broad and negative swipe at allies, left the students noticeably upset and one student, an ally, nearly in tears, wondering whether it would be best if they stopped coming to the Pride Center. While there are things in the piece that I
wholeheartedly agree with, for example the fact that “straight” privilege, like many other forms of privilege (i.e. white privilege) is a reality, and that there is justifiable anger at the way the asexual and aromantic communities are ignored and dismissed, a justifiable grievance does not, however, give license to an attack on allies, or to making broad generalizations, like allies have never truly experienced discrimination or rejection, or to feeling like there is only one view as to who is, or is not, entitled to be included in the queer community. Trying to exclude one group in order to better include another causes everybody to lose in the end. ***Note: The EWU Pride Center will be hosting a discussion about the role of Allies in the queer community during our Eagle Pride meeting on Nov. 6 at 4p.m. in the Pride Center, Showalter 105. Everyone is invited.
By Charles R. Kyd, Ian W. Graves, Madison Connole and Cally M. King EWU Students
Shaylee Chuckulnaskit Age: 14
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letters to the editor Africana Studies responds to Ferguson Opinion Article On behalf of the Africana Education Program, I am writing to express the deep concern and distress I share with my esteemed faculty and students regarding the “Protests in Missouri unfair to local businesses,” piece written by Tanner Streicher in the Oct. 15 campus newspaper. The printing of this piece and subsequent campuswide distribution of it does nothing to contribute to Eastern’s goals of developing an inclusive and welcoming environment for students and faculty of color. Furthermore, allowing this blatantly misinformed attack on African-Americans at a primarily white institution such as EWU intensifies feelings of isolation and creates a hostile environment for our black students, staff, faculty and administration. I urge you to make every effort to avoid printing and promoting statements that attack historically oppressed groups on campus and ensure that all pieces included in The Easterner answer to the ethical and professional standards for a campus newspaper at a comprehensive, regional institution. The murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, does not stand alone as an isolated incident but rather comes on the heels of more than 400 years of oppression and brutalization of people of African heritage in America. About 150 years after emancipation from slavery and five decades after the civil rights movement, we still don’t have to look far to see inequities and injustices perpetrated on people of African heritage here in the United States. For example, about two African-Americans are shot by police weekly, and black males between 15 and 19 years of age are 21 times more likely to be shot by a white police officer than white males of the same age. Black mothers are burying their teenage children due to racially biased shootings with alarming frequency, in fact the same frequency with which black families were burying their men during the lynching period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries of our nation’s history. Tanner Streicher’s writing comes at a time when African-American families are rightfully concerned about injustice. In addition to shamefully devaluing black life by trivializing the murder of Michael Brown and Vonderrit Meyers, Streicher makes absurd statements such as, “In
reality, they [African Americans] are treated the same – or even better in most cases – as white Americans,” and goes on to claim that it is silly that “African-Americans around the U.S. believe they’re being oppressed and are being treated poorly compared to white people.” How is this level of miseducation tolerable, much less printable, on a college campus in 2014? We have a moral obligation to protect the mental and physical health and safety of our entire campus community, and this obligation combines with our duty as an educational institution to ensure that we require a curricular corrective to prevent future incidents of promoting ignorance and misinformed propaganda. As stated in the Africana Education Program’s mission, we exist to prepare students as broadly educated critical thinkers who are prepared to engage as citizens in a culturally diverse world. We believe this type of education is necessary not only for Africana minors or race and culture studies majors, but for every EWU student who enters our campus. We urge all who hold an official capacity at The Easterner to avail themselves of the opportunity to take a class such as Introduction to Race and Culture Studies (RCST 101), Introduction to Africana Studies (AAST 101) or Race, Power and Privilege (RCST 202). We believe that a deeper understanding and awareness of the history, philosophy and sociological conditions of African-Americans would equip your newspaper staff with the necessary tools to understand challenging topics through a historically objective lens while creating meaningful discourse within a climate of compassion rather than fear. We appreciate your recent letter acknowledging an error in editorial judgment and hope you will keep us updated on how you intend to follow through with providing the proper training for your staff which will prevent attacks on our community from being printed in The Easterner in the future. We look forward to your response.
On behalf of the student body at Eastern Washington University, we would like to address an issue that has been brought to our attention. From personal experiences and discussing the topic with fellow students, we have found that there is an ongoing problem with the current advising system. More specifically, there is significant lack of general advising for students transferring in with an associate degree. There are a few indications of this being an ongoing problem. For example, students are not graduating on time due to the unavailability of advisers. As a result, it is extremely difficult to sign up for necessary classes while they are still available. This leads to unnecessary
confusion and frustration for students. According to www. ewu.edu, transfer students account for 53 percent of the student population. This percentage shows that over half of the students at EWU are being affected by the lack of transfer advisers. We believe EWU needs to re-evaluate their advising system. There is lack of expertise in the general advising department and, as a result, transfer students are suffering. We recommend that the university hires more advisers that specialize in transfer students. An alternative solution is to educate the staff by providing training seminars. This would enable the advisors to be more competent when evaluating various course
By Director Dr. Scott Finnie EWU Africana Studies Program
equivalencies. If these changes were implemented, students would experience less frustration and be more prepared to graduate on time. However, because of university budgets, this plan might not be financially possible for Eastern. An increase in faculty would unfortunately be an expensive solution and might lead to increased tuition rates. We ask the academic advising department of EWU to help their transfer students and, as the school credo states, “Start something big.”
By Brecken A. Warren, Katie M. Oliver, Samantha A. Meyers and Ambrelle C. Coy EWU Students
Corrections for Issue 6: On the front page, misogyny was misspelled in the article title: “GamerGate uncovers mysogyny in world of gaming.” The “EWU basketball teams, students celebrate Eagle Madness” photo was taken by Easterner photographer Karissa Berg. On page 4, the intiaitive is 1351, not 1391 in the “Initiative proposes better education” article. The “Why students should vote in local politics” article was an opinion submitted by Tom Hawley as a contribution from the EWU government department.
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NAACP speaks out against Ferguson Opinion Article I was deeply troubled to read the recent opinion piece printed in your Oct. 15 newspaper, “Protests in Missouri Unfair to Local Businesses,” written by one of your own newspaper staff, Tanner Streicher. Not only am I personally appalled that such an attack on the African-American community was allowed a platform in your campus newspaper, but I am disturbed at how unashamedly inaccurate a portrayal of African-American history is represented by this work of propaganda. As President of NAACP Alaska, Oregon and Washington state, I genuinely care about the education and advancement of college students across Washington and am committed to promoting the legacy of civil rights and inclusion in communities and schools in our state. I am convinced that publishing and widely distributing misinformation about the African-American community deals a serious blow to the hard work of progress and justice that organizations such as the NAACP have fought for over a century to realize. If, as Mr. Streicher claims, “In reality, they (African-Americans) are treated the same – or even better in most cases – as white Americans,” and “African-Americans around the United States [simply] believe they’re being oppressed” and imagine they have a specific history of oppression, then on what superficial altar did those who fought for our emancipation and inclusion in this country die? If oppression is a figment of the African-American imagination, the countless marches
and demonstrations of the civil rights movement and subsequent hard-won legislation for desegregation, voting rights, employment and fair housing were all trivial pursuits. Maybe Mr. Streicher fails to realize (and perhaps his university is failing to educate him) that as the protesters march in Ferguson, still today NAACP attorneys are challenging racial discrimination, including policies that affect children and college students. The NAACP’s Legal Department focuses on significant cases of disenfranchisement and inequity every year, and it is inexcusable for an undereducated individual who holds a public platform in a campus newspaper to discredit, minimize and trivialize the history of African-Americans and groups such as the NAACP who continue to fight for liberty and justice for future generations. In light of the tremendous sacrifices our foregoers paid to move us closer to equity, we cannot afford to repress the truth or allow damaging ideology a platform on which to flourish. As W.E.B. DuBois, one of the founders of the NAACP said, “The cost of liberty is less than the price of repression.” I am most eager to hear what The Easterner and the EWU campus are doing to prevent this type of offense to education from occurring in the future.
By President Gerald Hankerson NAACP: Alaska, Oregon, Washington State Area Conference
Ebola virus more serious than originally conveyed
Students speak out against university advising Zoe Galasso Age: 14
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As I re-read your article about the “pointless” fear of the Ebola virus, you scare me more than the actual virus in question. Let me tell you why. When it comes to the concept of ignorance versus stupidity, one of those two words is excusable, the other is not. My understanding of ignorance is that it has to do with not having the proper information to develop a considered opinion. This does not blame the person's ignorance, it simply acknowledges a lack of information. On the other hand, stupidity is when a person has all of the knowledge for a considered opinion, and does not use it, or simply bends the truth to suit their own fancy. Therefore, I found your ignorance, “stupid.” To avoid “stupidity,” one must continually explore the information at hand. To involve the Salem
Witch Trials into this controversy is, I believe, stretching a point. One was human caused, the other: not. You say you are “constantly bombarded with photos and press releases about the virus: more people in Africa are dying ... ”, “...the CDC screwed up over letting an at-risk nurse fly on a plane and our protective gear might not be as good as we were led to believe. I see hardly anything about what the virus actually is ... ”, etc. How can you actually be bombarded (your word) with information about the errors that have been made? There have been many, we didn't know the protective suits were not as effective as we hoped. You raised several issues of this nature. Of course we didn't know everything about what we are learning, and we have learned a lot, still a
ways to go, but we have learned a lot. Indeed, you have brought up several important aspects of this whole subject. This is a very serious subject. Regardless of whether or not you wish it to be so, and I think that you have stated what you prefer quite clearly, I think such a “bleak situation” deserves more consideration than the snarky remarks in your last two paragraphs. To compare Ebola victims as “stars of their own reality shows” is seemingly cruel and unnecessary (certainly in light of the victims' families who are reading it), and living through the reality of it. I'm terribly sorry to uncover such a mean-spirited editorial in an enlightened surrounding such as an university.
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EWU falls to Montana in last regular season game By Elohino Theodore senior reporter The EWU soccer team will be seeded sixth in the Big Sky Conference and will be competing in the postseason, for the first time since 2009, after losing to the University of Montana, 1-0 on Senior Day, Oct. 31. EWU recognized the team’s graduating seniors and their families with flowers and framed photographs before the match. Goalkeeper Nathalie Schwery, right outside back Jessica Wallace, center back Kayla Sutter, forwards Katie Cashman and Cassie Black and midfielders Haley Stading, Marianne Johnson and Meghan Sorensen were the seniors honored for their time at Eastern. Head soccer coach Chad Bodnar said he liked what he saw from his team despite the loss. “[The team is] excited, and I think they played well,” said Bodnar. “Obviously, we didn’t get the result we wanted, but we played well against a really good team and I think we’ll bounce right back.” Wallace said she appreciated Eastern’s effort against Montana. “I think we played really hard, and we came out with a lot of heart,” said Wallace. “I think the momentum that we showed in this game, even though we didn’t get the right outcome, is going to take us into the Big Sky tournament in a positive way.” In the first half, both teams started out aggressive. Eastern
had nine shots in the first half with three of those on goal while Montana finished with seven shots. “We had more shots than them, we didn’t give up,” said Sutter. “Unfortunately, we just couldn’t find the back of the net, so if we just keep that energy and that determination in our next game, I think it’ll benefit us for sure.” Wallace said the team was able to work together despite losing. “Winning balls in the air, tracking, just working together I think, and having high work rate,” said Wallace. The first half ended with both teams tied at zero. In the second half, Montana had only three shots. Eastern ramped up their offense with seven shots, five of them were on goal. The Eagles’ offense was not enough, Montana scored the only goal of the match in the 66th minute. Montana’s redshirt freshman midfielder Jamie Simon scored off an assist from her teammate senior midfielder Tyler Adair. Sutter said Eastern simply could not defend the scored goal. “It was a pretty good shot,” said Sutter. “It’s hard to stop something like that, it’s just unfortunate.“ Freshmen forwards Chloe Williams and Savannah Hoekstra and senior forward Cassie Black were among Eastern’s top performers. Williams and Hoekstra had four shots and one on-goal shot each. Black finished with three shots, two of those three were on goal. Overall, the Eagles outshot the Montana Grizzlies, 16-10. Eastern
Midfielder Haley Stading (24) guns for control in the Montana match on Oct. 31.
also finished the match with four saves and a total of five corner kicks. Montana had seven saves and three corner kicks. Eastern finished their regular season with an overall .500 record
of 8-8 and a Big Sky Conference record of 5-5. The Eagles also finished with a road record of 6-3. EWU will now play in the first round of the Big Sky Conference tournament against Northern Ari-
Men’s basketball second in preseason roster By Mike Hantho staff writer
EWU men’s basketball was recently ranked second out of twelve in the preseason by a panel of coaches in the Big Sky Conference. This ranking is largely due to returning players like Parker Kelly and is also reflected in the team’s work ethic by starting practices prior to their first game against Texas Southern University on Nov. 14, according to goeags.com.
Head coach Jim Hayford said this preseason is showing a lot of growth and hard work, with a focus on development for the program and the players. “[This ranking] needs to go in one ear and out the other,” said Hayford. “Once the first game starts, none of that matters.” Hayford also said many of the returning players have done good things as underclassmen and want to be a better defensive team in order to compete
for the Big Sky Championship. Senior Parker Kelly said being ranked second in the league shows the basketball team has gained a lot of respect because of the large number of returning players. “There’s not a whole lot of substance there [behind the ranking] because it is preseason, which doesn’t really matter,” said Kelly. “If we finish out second, I would not be all that happy. I want to be first. … We have got to go out there and prove it.”
Kelly said overall improvement from the players also factored into a higher ranking. According to goeags. com, last year’s team was able to make eight school records, including a league mark, while achieving five more wins for the season than the previous year. “Everyone has come back,” said Kelly. “ … Missing the [Big Sky] Conference in the last two years has really burned us, but we’ve got to show that we will not be denied.”
Cross-country wins at Big Sky Championships By Elohino Theodore senior reporter EWU’s top 14 cross-country athletes traveled to Grand Forks, North Dakota, to compete at the Big Sky Conference Championships on Nov. 1. “There [are] definitely some big highlights to take away from it,” said head cross-country coach Chris Zeller. “One being, Sarah [Reiter’s] victory which is the first ever individual champion in Eastern history, so that was really exciting. “And you have Berenice [Penaloza], who’s a redshirt junior, earning an All-Conference award,” said Zeller. “I know that’s something I know she’s been working towards for a while and it’s really exciting to see her shine as well.” The Eastern women had 136 points and ended up finishing in fourth place with a title earned by Reiter. This is EWU’s first Big Sky cross-country individual championship. The women’s team finished ahead of schools such as Southern Utah University, Sacramento State University and the University of Northern Colorado.
Reiter ran a time of 17:05.2 in the cluding the University of Montana, 5,000 meter race. Penaloza finished the University of North Dakota, with a time of 17:35.2 with a ninth Idaho State University and Portland place finish, while earning All-Con- State University. Junior Vince Hamilton ference honors. Junior Kawas the top performer for tie Mahoney had a time of “I know she’s the men’s team. He came 17:54.5 with a 22nd place in 13th place with a time finish. Sophomore Paula been working of 24:40.2 in the 8,000 Gil-Echevarria came in towards meter race. 34th place with a time [conference] for Sophomore Stephen of 18:12.3. a while and it’s Bottoms had a time of Other athletes who represented Eastern at really exciting 25:31.3 with a 28th place Sophomore Alex the Big Sky Conference to see her shine finish. Kimsey came in 30th place championships were juas well.” with a time of 25:32.2, and nior Mayra Chavez, who senior Chris Schroll with a had a time of 18:53.3 with time of 26:01.0 finishing in a 70th place finish, junior 39th place. Emily Hazen came in head crossSenior Aaron Brenton 74th place with a time of country coach came in 41st place with 19:03.6, and sophomore a time of 26:06.8. Austin Katie Lynch had a time of Oser was the only EWU freshman at 19:22.0 while coming in 76th place. Reiter said for an event like this, she the Big Sky Championships. He had prepares months ahead of time. “Start- a time of 26:49.8 with a 61st place fining all the way back in the summer, ish. Sophomore Isaac Kitzan comeverything is working toward confer- pleted the men’s team with a finish of 64th place and a time of 26:55.2. ence,” said Reiter. The Eagles will be competing at The men’s team had a sixth-place finish with 151 points. The team fin- the NCAA West Regionals in Palo ished ahead of Big Sky schools, in- Alto, California, on Nov. 14.
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Eagle Athletics implements new priority By Fetlew Gebreziabher online sports editor The Eagle Athletic Fund, formerly the Eagle Athletic Association, has introduced a new priority point system to help distribute benefits to faithful donors. “The Eagle Athletic Fund is the fundraising arm for Eastern Athletics, and it provides scholarship support for our student-athletes. It’s also an umbrella for membership for anyone who donates to athletics. Whether it’s to the Eagle AthleticsFund, which supports the scholarships for the athletes, or to the restricted sports specific accounts,” said Laurel Hosmer, director of Development and External Revenue. Hosmer said the new system is implementing a lot more benefits to members and making sure they are taken care of for supporting student-athletes. Ken Halpin, associate athletic director for external affairs, said the athletics department have “rebranded the fund this year to give it some new life.” Hapin said he hopes the new system will help the athletics department raise more money than they ever have in school history. “We’ve invested in some new technology and some new structure to try and be able to raise hopefully more money than we have historically through donor support for student-athlete scholarships,” said Haplin. The department is now using a new software through TicketsWest, which is the ticket provider for all EWU athletics. Haplin said this new T-fund system is “an athletic-specific CRM system” that is standard for the larger athletic programs in Division I. “It basically marries the history of the donor activity with the history of the ticketing activity. In college athletics, when you have a relatively successful football or basketball program, it’s not uncommon for schools to focus on benefits those donors can receive,” said Haplin. “We’re going to marry those two together with this software system and allow us to take more online donations and get more folks’ attention.” According to the EAF page on goeags.com, there are eight different donation levels. Every contribution level provides donors a membership into the EAF and also benefits such as priority to purchase season tickets, parking passes and VIP access. Though the university helps the athletics department in funding scholarships, Haplin said he hopes the new system will raise enough money to not worry about leaning on school support. Hosmer also encourages the EWU community to get involved and support the student-athletes. “Student-athlete experience isn’t just a scholarship. It’s academic support, it’s sports medicine, it’s training, equipment and all the stuff that impacts their day-to-day life,” said Hosmer. “In addition to that philanthropic support, membership also provides you benefits for those who are interested in having priority assignment for football tickets, men’s basketball tickets, RV tailgate spots and things in that nature.” According to Haplin, there are about 350 student athletes, but not all are on full scholarships. Even with past success of offsetting the university cost, he said the key is, “it’s never enough” to help these student-athletes have the full experience.