Editor-in-Chief
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Eric Long
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September 23, 2015
Est. 1916
Volume 67, Issue 1
First win of season, 55-50
Photo by Karissa Berg Eagles run onto Roos Field before the game against Montana State University on Sept. 18.
EWU defeats Montana State in a shootout on the Inferno By Brandon Cline sports editor After starting the season with two road losses the fifteenthranked Eastern Washington Eagles returned to The Inferno, where their offense caught fire in a 5550 win over the eleventh-ranked Montana State Bobcats. The Eagles jumped out to a lead as big as 21 points in the first half, and maintained a double digit lead until a 21-yard touchdown pass
from MSU’s Dakota Prukop pulled the Bobcats within five points. After a missed field goal by EWU’s Tyler McNannay with 33 seconds left, Montana State had a chance to win the game, taking over at their own 20-yard line. Three plays into the drive, redshirt freshman Nzuzi Webster intercepted a pass from Prukop at EWU’s 45-yard line, sealing EWU’s first win of the 2015 campaign. “The first win is usually the hardest, so it feels good,” said
head coach Beau Baldwin. The two teams combined for 1,385 yards of total offense, 410 of which came through the air via EWU quarterback Jordan West, who was named the National Offensive Player of the Week for the FCS. West was incredibly efficient, completing 21 of 24 passes, averaging 17.1 yards per attempt and passing for six touchdowns. West gave credit to the running game for opening up the offense, notably Jabari Wilson, who
rushed 17 times for 188 yards and two touchdowns. “He was huge. He was running so hard and every time he would break one off I would go and talk to him and keep telling him, ‘Hey man, you’re running like I’ve never seen you run before,’ and it was incredible,” said West. The 257 rushing yards were nearly twice as many as the Eagles gained in the first two games combined, rushing for 111 yards against the Oregon Ducks and just 26 yards
Changes on the way for The Easterner By Eric Long editor-in-chief
Welcome Week gets students involved
As fall approaches, Eastern has been going through some changes — a sort of regrowth — and so has The Easterner. Welcome back, Eagles, and a very big welcome to the freshmen and new transfers. You have in your hands what will soon be the past of The Easterner. After issue two, this paper will feel and look completely different. Think The Inlander, but with EWU flare. My team and I are working very hard to put this together for the students of Eastern and the
INSIDE:
NEWS PAGE 2 • EAGLE LIFE PAGE 3 • COMMUNITY PAGE 5 • OPINION PAGE 6 • SPORTS PAGE 8
September September 23: Fall quarter begins! September 24: Comedy Show: MTV2’s Joking Off: Eagle Entertainment hosts in Showalter’s Auditorium from 7-9 p.m.
like a big, floppy book and a whole table is not needed to unfold it. This new layout is just one of the changes happening at The Easterner. Throughout the year, readers of our online site will see improvements. Better
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surrounding community and we are very excited for it to go to print. With this new design comes new opportunities for articles. Throughout the year, The Easterner will feature longer, more extensive articles. Our online site, easterneronline. com, will contain breaking news, up-to-date sports and shorter stories that deserve more of a spot online. We will also be working on special issues, based on specific topics; one of the first students can look forward to will be our sex issue. My jump to make the switch to a tabloid comes at
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a time when print is heading out and is being taken over by the Internet. I want to show students that print can be just as great, but to do that, the physical size of the paper has to shrink and the over all functionality has to change. Anyone who has picked up a tabloidlike paper knows it reads
against the Northern Iowa Panthers. “It opens everything up. When you get the run going, that gets the defense coming down and opens passes up. It was big,” said West. It was another day at the office for wide receiver Cooper Kupp, catching 12 passes for 201 receiving yards and three touchdowns. In ten quarters of action this year, Kupp has 36 catches, 626 receiving yards and eight touchdowns, all of
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Graphic by Brian Loupe
By Ivy Nall eagle life editor Welcome week has arrived and EWU is as lively as ever. The colors red, black and white have taken over Cheney. It is difficult not to notice the crowds of students and faculty wearing Eastern apparel, ranging from long socks to hoodies. It is clear everyone is feeling the Eagle Pride as the school year officially begins. Events for Welcome Week started with Move-
September 24: Meet the Greeks Tabling: Meet sorority and fraternity members and learn how to join Greek Life on campus at the PUB skirt from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. September 25: Neighbor Fest 2015: Clubs and orgs, offices and local businesses will be provided with tables in the central mall area from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
in Day on Sept. 18 and will end with the Neighbor Festival on Sept. 25. It is encouraged for new and transfer students to participate fully in Welcome Week in order to learn about Eastern’s many programs and resources. According to Vice President of Student Affairs, Stacey Morgan Foster, the week’s events are designed to familiarize students with what campus has to offer.
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News: Patterson Hall second building on campus to get LEED certification
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Building is awarded for sustainable design after four-year, $57 million reconstruction, page 2 Photo contributed by ewu.edu