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Eastern Washington University Est. 1916 Volume 64, Issue 22 April 10, 2013 EasternerOnline.com
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Photo by Dylan PaulusFans cheer for the team winning the round, Part Sciborg. The event was held at EWU for over three days.
Photo by Dylan PaulusLuke Laxton from Lewis and Clark High School's Titanium Tigers controls their disc-throwing robot.
Photo by Sasha VogeleTeams assess damage to their robots after a match.
Photo by Sasha VogeleMedical Lake's robot hangs from the first pyramid bar at the end of a round. The weight of the robot was 66.7 pounds.
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By Lorna Hartmanstaff [email protected]
Karen Maner, a senior in the Master of Fine Arts degree program, won first place in the creative nonfic-tion category in a national writing competition.
The Intro Journals Proj-ect contest is held annually by the Association of Writers and Writing Programs. It also awards prizes for poetry, fic-tion and other categories.
The Association of Writ-ers and Writing Programs website said, “The Intro Jour-nals Project is a literary com-petition for the discovery and publication of the best new
works by students currently enrolled in AWP member programs.”
M a n e r ’ s nonfiction sto-ry, “Hugo,” focused on her late pet fish of the same name as a literary device to ex-plore the sometimes fine line between kindness and cruelty.
“It’s also about whether or not we can ever really have a responsible relation-ship with animals where ownership is involved,” Maner said.
Maner’s winning story will be published in the Col-
orado Review, which is car-ried by university and public libraries in the U.S. It receives more than 9,000 manuscript submissions each academic year. Maner is in rare compa-ny at the Colorado Review, which has published work by writers such as Langston Hughes and e.e. cummings.
Maner’s thesis adviser, As-sistant Professor Rachel Toor, said, “This is such big news for Karen and for us. She basi-cally won the biggest national award for creative writing for graduate students.”
Maner said, “I heard about an incident in Gainesville, Ohio, with an animal hoarder who had exotic animals who let them go. They ran through
the community and the po-lice ended up killing most of them. It got me thinking about our relationships with our pets, because that’s what these animals were to these people.”
The piece evolved over time, according to Maner. The end piece was not so much about what happened in Gainesville as it was about a couple of years Maner spent working at a pet store and how her feelings about owning a pet changed over the course of that time.
“The piece is supposed to be — parts of it are supposed to be funny, too. It sounds like a downer, but it’s not. I try not to be too serious or depressing,” Maner said.
Maner’s first draft was written during her first quar-ter at Eastern in a workshop taught by Associate English Professor Natalie Kusz. Man-er rewrote it that summer and then brought the new version to another workshop with Kusz.
“I also worked on it with my thesis adviser, Rachel Toor,” said Maner. “We had private meetings and talked about some possible direc-tions I could take it in.”
Maner is currently work-ing on this piece as part of her master’s thesis. “Rachel [Toor] wants me to submit it the first week of May,” she said.
Toor said that Maner is one of the most professional,
strong-minded and interest-ing thinkers the English de-partment has seen.
“She does stuff that’s un-expected and extraordinary and also technically beauti-ful,” Toor said. “She writes about weird, quirky things. It’s never just provocative; it’s always getting at some bigger issue. She uses some-thing little to talk about something big.”
After graduating in June, Maner wants to continue traveling internationally as she has done in the past and to integrate her writing tal-ent with social causes she is passionate about.
Students teach new robots new tricks
Partnership between competition and EWU brings budding brainiacs together to battle with the botsBy Sasha Vogelestaff [email protected]
The blue alliance team of high school students from Des Moines, Wash.; Umatilla, Ore.; and Camas, Wash., beat the red alliance team 138-95 in the final match of the regional First Robotics Competition on April 6 and will be heading to the championship in St. Louis.
Ultimate Ascent, the competition’s event this year held at Reese Court, is played by two competing alliances consisting of three robots on a flat field that is 27 by 54 feet. The three teams on each alliance try to score as many discs into their goals as they can dur-ing a 2 minute and 15 sec-ond game, according to the First Robotics Competition brochure.
Each match ended with the robots attempting to climb up pyramids located on the playing field. There were three levels on the pyramid and the higher the robot could climb, the more points the team could get.
After two days of quali-fication matches, the top eight teams with the most points were able to person-ally select two additional teams to form their alli-ances. These eight alliances then competed in the final elimination matches for the chance to go to the interna-tional championship in St. Louis.
The winning blue alli-ance was recognized with the Regional Winner Awards after winning the final match by 43 points, which quali-fies them to compete at the championship.
In addition to the Region-al Winner Awards, 20 more awards were given to other teams and volunteers to recognize their accomplish-ments and contributions. Three of the additional 20 awards that were given qual-ified teams who did not win the final match to also attend and compete in the champi-onship.
The team from Bonners Ferry, Idaho, who scored the most points during the qualification matches and was ranked as the number one team out of the 41 total
teams was given the champi-onship-qualifying award of Engineering Inspiration.
The two other teams who also received championship-qualifying awards were the Auburn, Wash., team, who received the Regional Chair-man’s Award, and the Rath-drum, Idaho, team who was given the Rookie All-Star Award.
The local Medical Lake robotics team, known as The Cards, competed in the event for the first time this year and ranked as 19th out of 41. The team also was rec-ognized with the Highest Rookie Seed Award for being the rookie team who scored the most points.
Medical Lake’s team mentor Ken Guidry said, “We’re at the bottom of the high-scoring group, ... and that’s really not bad for a rookie team.
"My goal was not to build a robot; it was to build a team that builds a robot and we succeeded. But, it also feels good to also win an award for being the highest scoring rookie team.”
This is the second con-secutive year that the First
Robotics Competition has been hosted by Eastern Washington University. Christian Hansen, the com-petition’s regional chair and EWU’s associate dean of computing and engi-neering sciences, said, “It’s definitely something that works out being a win-win for both Eastern and First [Robotics Competition.] We like it because we are trying to draw students to the [science, technology, engineering and math] fields.
“It’s great publicity for Eastern, and overall it’s a great event for the communi-ty and we’re proud to host it and continue doing it,” said Hansen.
The event is mostly a volunteer-driven effort, ac-cording to Hansen. “We’ve got about 125 volunteers on this. We had a successful event last year, and it looks like everything is work-ing out this year also,” said Hansen.
The six qualifying teams will be heading to the cham-pionship scheduled to take place in St. Louis on April 24 to 27.
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april 10, 2013NEWS
By Libby Campbellsenior [email protected]
A House bill that would increase the likelihood of a college education for many undocumented Washington state students has hit a road-block at the Senate Higher Education committee.
House Bill 1817, also known as the Washington State Dream Act, would give eligible undocumented stu-dents access to state-based financial aid.
EWU’s branch of Me-cha, which stands for Mov-imiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlán, hosted an open forum April 4 to raise aware-ness and hear student input regarding the legislation.
“It is a piece of legislation in the state of Washington that, if passed, would enable all undocumented students in the state to have access to state grants, college-bound scholarships and other types of financial aid in the state of Washington only. This wouldn’t tap into Fafsa re-sources or anything like that,” said Francisco Navarro, co-chair of Mecha and an EWU junior who is undocumented.
Like many of his peers, Navarro is able to attend col-lege because of House Bill 1079.
“[House Bill] 1079 was legislation passed in 2003 that allows undocumented students who have gone to high school, paid taxes, who are essentially citizens of the state of Washington — all ex-cept the legal paperwork — to go to in-state schools and receive in-state tuition,” said E.B. Vodde, legislative liai-son for EWU.
Washington is one of 12 states to offer in-state tuition costs to undocumented stu-dents, but even that is not enough to cover the costs of a college education.
“In order for us to go to college, we have to pay with scholarships or just out of pocket. There is nothing else that we can do,” Navarro said.
For these students, the passing of House Bill 1817 would allow them access to state need grants that are currently only available to citizens. Many students lob-bied and gave testimony to show support for the bill, which passed with a two-thirds majority in Washing-
ton’s House of Representa-tives, but did not make it past the Senate Higher Edu-cation committee.
Sen. Barbara Bailey, chair of the Higher Education committee, canceled the last public hearing regarding House Bill 1817 and did not schedule a vote.
“Even though there’s pub-lic testimony given on House Bill 1817, and it had a chance to get through the Senate, it never had a chance to move up the ladder, which is sad,” Vodde said.
In an opinion piece writ-ten for the Washington Focus, Bailey argued that the state need grant is already under-funded and that extending state financial aid to undocu-mented students would add 800 eligible students, an ex-pense that cannot be funded.
“State government has a bad habit of promising many things, but delivering few,” Bailey wrote. “It would be disingenuous for us to make an unfunded promise that can’t be kept.”
Jackie Vaughn, an EWU student and co-chair of ME-ChA, said, “A lot of times we hear the argument, why [should] they get money?
We’re the taxpayers, we’re the ones investing in Wash-ington state’s economy. The actual fact is that undocu-mented workers add a lot to our state.”
Washington state is the number one contributor for many agricultural crops, in-cluding apples, red raspber-ries and hops.
“We produce 80 percent of the hops in the nation. Did you know that 70 to 80 percent of the people that pick the hops so that you can drink your beer [are undocu-mented]?” Navarro said.
Vaughn added, “If people want to believe the argument that these un-documented people are not adding to our state’s economy, you just have to look at the numbers to see how much we do depend on them. If they are putting so much into our state’s econo-my, why aren’t we allowing them to have access to some funds that will help them go to college?”
Vaughn and Navarro en-couraged students to contact their representatives if they are unhappy with the outcome of House Bill 1817, which can be done at www.leg.wa.gov.
The annual “Celebra-tion of Entrepreneurship” on April 4 allowed regional students to compete against their peers’ business plans and gain insight from local Sterling International, Inc. founder Rod Schneidmiller.
The event invites students from regional high schools, community colleges and uni-versities to compare business plans and receive feedback from professionals. After the celebration is held, the stu-dents make a final presen-tation to a committee who makes the final decision. This business plan competition is the largest of its kind in the
Inland Northwest. Entrants compete in four categories and winners receive a total of more than $25,000 in prize money.
Charmaine Nicole, a stu-dent competitor, said, “It really helps you clarify your ideas and gets you one step closer to your goal in life. If your goal is to own a small business and be an entrepreneur, this is the competition to get involved in. [Whether you win or not], it’s about the experience.”
Kate Catlin, a Gonzaga student and competitor, won in 2011 for her business plan to increase sanitation and women’s rights in Indonesia through a series of compost-ing latrines. She said, “Never mind the revenue, which allows you to pursue your dreams. ... It’s a hard market out there to get any type of funding, so this is at least a stamp of approval from some-one if you win and might just be the seed funding to start your own business and make things happen for yourself.”
Schneidmiller’s presenta-tion chose to focus on guid-ing the student competitors’ future decision-making skills. He said that his company started with his own savings, a loan from his father and a loan from a neighboring farm family.
“You [have to] save, save, save. Just because you [have] a dollar, doesn’t mean you
have to spend it. It’s not that you didn’t have the freedom to spend it, but when you did, you were really wise. ... Capital is needed. There’s no ifs, ands or buts about it. But, at times, you know, in-stead of something new and shiny, you get something used. ... Everybody wants the latest and greatest, but [the latest and greatest] isn’t
necessarily the smartest,” said Schneidmiller.
Schneidmiller said, “My tuition [at WSU] was $250 a semester, and my room and board was $135 bucks. I worked on the farm. I paid my way through school. I had no debt. And you know what? This is a travesty for young people today. Look at the debt we’re saddling on these people and then they want to start something. How do they start? I haven’t got that one figured out yet.”
Upon presenting the award to Schneidmiller, Dean of the College of Business and Public Administration Mar-tine Duchatelet said, “You forgot to mention one crucial ingredient in starting a busi-ness and making it success-ful: a big sense of humor.” Schneidmiller agreed.
Senior Lecturer of Ac-counting and organizer of the event Dave Gorton said, “We give students tools to think about doing new things. Some [student com-
petitors] are going to have small businesses.”
Schneidmiller has been honored before, and his efforts were even honored during a national Congressional session in 2007. Gorton said that the committee chose Schneidmill-er due to many factors.
To select the winner, the committee researches the company overall, measures the company’s success, in-quires about the potential honoree’s willingness to guide students, researches the scope of the company’s market, researches the com-pany’s local roots, researches the uniqueness of product and measures the entrepre-neurial spirit of the individu-al honoree.
Any leaders honored without a direct connection with Eastern Washington have historically been EWU alumni who have found their success out of the re-gion.
“I could [honor] 50 [local entrepreneurs],” said Gorton.
Photo by Nic OlsonJacob Larson (left) pitches Bridge Builders Club, an organiza-tion dedicated to helping high school students with special needs make connections within their own school.
Entrepreneurship celebration honors Rod Schneidmiller
Aasc0t Holtstaff writer
Local pest control founder honored by EWU and guides future Eastern Washington leaders
Washington State Dream Act flounders at Senate By Linsey Garrison
staff [email protected]
As the temperature in-creases in Cheney so does the number of parties and crimes.
“This spring quar-ter is probably going to be our busiest because of the weather. When it gets warm out more people come out,” said Officer Chris Oakes of the Cheney Police Depart-ment.
Spring quarter’s “First Thursday” turned out to be a rather slow and uneventful evening for police. As a result of the rainy weather, there was only a handful of calls to report problems with al-cohol or noise.
According to Officer Nick Briggs of the Cheney Police Department, hav-ing a clear understanding of state laws can help stu-dents stay out of trouble with law enforcement.
“You can have an open container in your front or back yard, as long as you’re 21 of course. If you’re under 21 and … in your own yard, that doesn’t mean you’re off limits. If we have reason to believe someone is un-derage and we see them holding a beer, … we can contact them,” said Briggs.
Another common col-lege town problem is noise complaints. Briggs said that about a year ago the noise ordinance was rewritten, making what was once a civil infraction into a criminal citation. This means instead of an on-the-spot ticket, the violator gets a court date. Then it is up to a judge to decide if there will be a fee or even possibly jail time.
“There are a lot of fac-tors that go into a noise [violation]. For starters, we are not required to give a warning. Our over-all goal on noise com-plaints is to fix the prob-lem, which, in that case, is the noise disturbing peo-ple in the neighborhood,” said Briggs. “If we can fix that by just talking and getting them to comply with the ordinance, then they are much more likely to receive a warning.”
“I’m not going to tell you to get everyone out of your house, but I can tell you … if I have to come back, here’s what will happen. The fact
is, people who are in-toxicated are loud, and if you’ve got a bunch of them at your house, it’s going to be hard to keep them quiet,” said Briggs. “In my experience, the easiest way to make sure we don’t get called back for a noise complaint is to get everyone out of your house. Realistically, it is not going to be possible to keep a whole bunch of intoxicated people quiet. We can’t just keep giving out warnings.”
Officers do not carry decibel meters to measure noise, but follow Cheney municipal code 9A.10.010 that states music that can be heard 50 feet from the source at any time of the day is a violation. From 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. the same rule applies to voices.
Planning how to get home safely from the bar is also something stu-dents should habitually consider in order to stay out of trouble with law enforcement.
Sleeping in a car is not only potentially un-safe, but it can also lead to a DUI. RCW 46.61.504 states that being in “phys-ical control” of the vehicle is what counts for the purposes of receiving a DUI.
“If people are go-ing to sleep in their car, they need to do a couple things. First, don’t be in the driver’s seat. Don’t have the keys in the igni-tion. Don’t do anything that makes it look like you were or are going to operate the vehicle,” said Briggs.
It is also possible to get a DUI while riding a bicycle. RCW 46.61.755 states that a person riding a bicycle must follow the rules of the road just like a vehicle.
“I’ve never heard of anyone getting a DUI on a bike and I’ve certainly never given one, but it is possible,” said Briggs. “I would recommend not riding your bike if you’re drunk. It’s a safety issue for yourself and other citizens because it allows you to go much faster than walking. It’s a poor safety strategy. If you’re drunk, just walk or have a designated driver.”
“Kind of an old ad-age in police work is that we spend 90 percent of our time dealing with 10 percent of the popula-tion, and that’s true in Cheney,” said Briggs.
Staying out of trouble in Cheney
By Aascot Holtstaff [email protected]
Cooperatives could be the future of Spokane County’s economy.
Held on April 5 and 6 at Gonzaga Uni-versity, the Inland Northwest New Econ-omy Summit welcomed filmmakers, aca-demics and professionals from across the country involved in the “new economy.”
The new economy, as defined by founder and Executive Director of The De-mocracy Collaborative at the University of Maryland Ted Howard, is, “An economy that is increasingly ‘green’ and socially re-sponsible with a participatory communi-ty-building and community-based foun-dation. The idea of ‘place matters’ is really important.”
“[New economy businesses] have, not a profit motive, but a community contrib-uting motive,” said Howard.
To better understand where Spokane County presently stands economically, past EWU professor of economics and present Chief Economist for Avista Grant Forsyth, presented his most recent calcula-tions and findings.
“Right now, purchasing power in Spo-kane [County], for the typical household, is the same as it was in the late 1990s. This is also a national phenomenon,” said For-syth.
Later, Howard said that the top 400 individuals in America are wealthier than
the bottom 185 million Americans by about 50 billion dollars. He said, “This con-centration of wealth is very similar to the concentration of wealth in feudal Europe in the 14th century. … About two weeks ago, [his colleague] got an email from an economist and historian in England. … He said, ‘I’ve gone through this period in England, I’ve gone through wealth own-ership—it’s actually worse in the United States than it was in the 14th century.”
Howard focused on promoting small
businesses, starting co-ops and the impor-tance of each individual’s contribution to their local economy. He said everyone can contribute to the new economy by joining credit unions rather than national banks, buying directly from farmers and voting through your purchases by patronizing lo-cal businesses rather than national chains.
He emphasized the need to build com-munity wealth rather than focusing on dry, GDP-like statistics. To illustrate the antiquated practice of determining eco-nomic development success by simply an-alyzing financial statistics, Howard said, “Oil spills are great for GDP.”
New economy strategies include: community-based business ownership, community ownership through morals, needs assessments and cultural pres-ervation action, social enterprise, com-munity land trusts, local enterprise-focused public municipal contracting practices and attaining institutions and businesses that will remain in the area
On April 6, workshops and breakout lectures were offered to at-tendees. Topics included the role of community economics in achieving sustainable communities, visioning the new economy in Spokane and scaling sustainable food. A busi-ness idea pitch contest was also held between students and community members in the afternoon, complete with up to $1,000 in prize money for the taking.
• MedianincomeinSpokaneCounty:$34,470
• 38percentofSpokaneCountyhouseholdsearnbetween$19,000and$28,000peryear
• ThemedianhouseholdincomeinSpokaneCountyhasfallenby11percentsince2005
• Thetop20percentinSpokaneCountyearn46percentofthewealth
• OneineveryfivedollarsearnedinSpokaneCountyisthroughsocialsecuritychecks
Spokane Economy Facts
New Economy Summit Encourages Cooperative Business Creation
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Cas Haley, a performer on "America's Got Talent", entertained at The Roost on April 6, as a part of Eastern's Spring Family Week-end.Haley opened up his set with his song, "Here I Come."Family Weekend be-gan on April 5 with a welcome from Vice President for Student Affairs Stacey Morgan Foster in the Showalter Auditorium.The weekend's events included a wide variety of activities, presenta-tions and workshops. A brunch in Tawanka brought the weekend's activities to a close at 10:00 a.m., April 7.
By Jake Kershinarstaff [email protected]
Students know the value of their ID cards.
They can be used for bus transportation, meal plans and getting into certain buildings around campus. These same ID cards can also become problems for certain students.
Every day it seems these cards are lost, stolen or mis-handled. And for some, it can just be a programming issue.
According to Assistant Director of Dining Services Kirsten Bettcher, a student losing their ID card is a re-curring theme. “At least two an hour on average,” said Bettcher, when answering how many she sees daily needing replacements.
Replacement cards are available to students but there is a price to pay for giv-ing out a second student ID.
“The only free card is the first card that they are issued, and they are told that at the point and time they receive their first card,” said Bet-tcher. “Thereafter, if it is lost or damaged it is $25 for a re-placement.”
Senior Kelsey Baycroft has had to pay a fee twice.
“I have left [my card] on campus,” said Baycroft. “I realized I had lost it a few hours earlier and it never got returned.”
Baycroft said that both times she was asked to pay a fee to replace her card, but that the employees at Tawa-nka hall were very helpful. She is now a lot more care-ful when it comes to keeping track of her ID card.
“I never cancelled my card,” Baycroft said. “I just went down to the office and got a new one each time. Now I carry [my card] on my lanyard.”
Bettcher said that she en-courages students to put a hold or freeze on their card if they report a missing card the same day it was lost.
“More likely than not people will turn in lost cards.” Bettcher said. “As of this morning we have had probably about eight peo-ple come in looking for lost cards and were successful in card returns because of some kind soul who found it in the parking lot or on the side-walk.”
Bettcher went on to say that if a student needs to can-
cel their card, they can do so by calling the student ID cen-ter office at Tawanka hall.
“Soon through the EWU Portal students will be able to activate and deactivate cards themselves,” Bettcher said. “And also look up how much is on their accounts.”
When a card is replaced, the student’s ID number stays intact along with other information.
“When we replace a card, we are updating the issue number,” Bettcher said. “We are securing the account from its original state and you cannot go back in issue numbers.”
Students do not always lose their card but rather have technical issues with it instead.
Junior Julio Bautista al-ways kept his card in his wal-let, but the picture on it actu-ally ended up fading away.
“The picture faded to the point that you couldn’t see that it was me,” Bautista said. “There were times when I would go to the gym and the employees were iffy about it because it didn’t have my picture on it.”
Bautista was never denied entrance to anywhere, but was encouraged by school employees to fix the issue.
“I took it over to Tawanka and had to convince them that it wasn’t my fault,” Bau-tista said. “But they printed out a new one for me.”
Bautista said he was not charged to get a new card.
Bettcher confirmed that the office did get a few stu-dents a day saying that there were technical issues when trying to use their ID cards. She also offered a simple so-lution for that problem.
Easterner Graphics
Losing Flex card can resultin a form of identity theft
By Lorna Hartmanstaff [email protected]
The ASEWU will soon be operating under a new policy updated to spell out the role of the faculty liaison and clarify that ASEWU does not itself pro-vide services.
According to Trent Lu-tey, EWU policy adminis-trator, the old policy was out of date, and a new policy was needed to better comply with state law and to reflect current campus operations.
“We were trying to ab-breviate and provide back-ground [in section 1]. This is what the ASEWU does,” Lutey said.
ASEWU President Becca Harrell said, “[Lutey] is the person I hear from when-
ever there’s policy changes. … So they’re really good at [that]. When it’s something that will affect students in any way, they come to us and make sure we look over it.”
Section 2 is titled “Au-thority.” This section spells out the authority that ASEWU has to carry out its functions.
The administration wanted to give ASEWU as much autonomy as pos-sible, according to Lutey. Some of the language need-ed to be changed to reflect actual practices on campus, however.
In section 2, Lutey not-ed that, contrary to the old policy, the board of trust-ees does not delegate to ASEWU the authority to provide services because the ASEWU does not actu-
ally provide services itself.While services are fund-
ed and promoted through the ASEWU, clubs and or-ganizations provide actual services using ASEWU funding. The word “facili-ties” was deleted from that same section for the same reason.
The ASEWU does not actually provide facilities, but provides funding to use them for events.
Section 5, called “Li-aison with the ASEWU,”
brought up the most dis-cussion of any of the sec-tions. Lutey, Harrell and ASEWU members shared input on the exact role of the vice president of stu-dent affairs as the liaison between the ASEWU and the administration.
Harrell said, “The only concern we had was that … we wanted to make sure that the ASEWU view has a strong connection with the board of trustees. We have a great VP of student affairs.
... But you want the policy to cover everything.
“Things are golden now, and I’m sure hopefully they’ll be golden forever. We just want to cover it for the future. … This policy hasn’t been changed for 30 years. So for 30 years down the road, if we have a, God for-bid, a terrible VP of student affairs, we would be able to look back and say, ‘No, you can’t just communicate for us on your own. We have the right to communicate.’”
Harrell said the fix was quick and easy and was made to ensure that ASEWU and students in general get to have com-munication as open as possible with the board of trustees.
“The idea here is you get better policies if you get more people who are
constructively involved,” said Lutey.
EWU has an online pol-icy and procedure center where anyone can view drafts of pending policies and comment on them.
Not many students uti-lize this, according to Lu-tey, but the current draft of a new “Fraternization and Consensual Relationships” policy has already gar-nered a number of comments because it deals with roman-tic relationships and potential relationships between faculty and students and between faculty members.
Another current policy open for comments is the updated policy on accom-modating persons with dis-abilities.
Comments on the up-dated ASEWU policy are open until April 27.
ASEWU and administration approve policy changesEastern updates ASEWU policies to more precisely represent practices, faculty roles and relationship policy
“The idea here is you get better policies if you get more people who
are constructively involved.”
Trent Lutey
By Libby Campbellsenior [email protected]
On April 10, the Wal-ter and Myrtle Powers Reading Room in Harg-reaves Hall will be filled with Trio students shar-ing their recent service learning projects, research projects and other proj-ects with notable commu-nity involvement.
“Trio Day is a national celebration,” said Aimee Cervenka, retention spe-cialist at the Academic Success Center. “The pur-pose of Trio Day itself is to raise awareness of Trio, the purpose that it serves and how it is effective at helping students.”
Trio is made up of sev-eral different programs, including the McNair Program and Student Support Services, which are the two Trio programs offered at Eastern. More than 300 EWU students are involved with these programs.
Cervenka works spe-cifically with Student Sup-port Services. “[It] focuses on serving undergraduate students who are identi-fied typically as at-risk populations,” she said. “Those are students with low income, first genera-tion students — so neither of their parents earned a bachelor’s degree — or students with a registered disability.”
Qualified students can
benefit from one-on-one advising, classes aimed at the development of learn-ing skills to succeed in college, workshops and other academic assistance.
The McNair program assists first-generation college students and those generally under-represented in graduate studies who are in pursuit of post-baccalaureate de-grees.
“They look at help-ing track undergradu-ate students into Ph.D. programs. They identify students in their sopho-more or junior year who are interested in getting a Ph.D., then they provide that support to help them get there,” Cervenka said.
Trio students from both programs will present vari-ous projects and activities they have recently been in-volved with at the student expo.
“We’re just trying to get a nice overview of what our students are doing, and trying to fo-cus more on what they’re doing rather than this is what Trio is and what it does,” Cervenka said.
“We’re trying to put more faces to the program.”
Erika Enciso is a junior studying secondary edu-cation who has been in-volved with Trio since she came to Eastern.
“Before coming to East-ern, I was contacted by one of the advisers inviting me to be a part of the program, and as an incoming fresh-man I saw it as a great op-portunity,” she said. “So when I came to Eastern I went to the office, and two years later I am still in-volved with them.”
Enciso will be part of a group sharing their expe-rience as ambassadors of Leap, the Latino Educa-tional Achievement Pro-gram.
“We will have a table with different type of infor-mation about Leap, and we will be sharing our experi-ences as ambassadors and answer any questions that students might have,” she said.
The expo will also fea-ture student speakers and Trio alumni speakers, as well as an opening word from EWU President Dr. Rodolfo Arévalo.
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“I’m really interested in writ-ing social action pieces to raise consciousness, to write about things that people don’t always think about,” said Maner. “I think this time, instead of going over-seas to teach, I’d get involved with some sort of nonprofit humanitarian organization.”
Toor said that Maner’s win put Eastern’s MFA program on
the national scene. “Many of our graduate students become successful writers,” Toor said. “She’s one of the people I’m really expecting to see a book from in the next few years.”
But until then, Maner will continue to hone her story and her craft at Riv-erpoint, beating the stress by playing Tomb Raider and eating chicken pho from Vien Dong down-town. “Right now, I’m pretty locked into thesis,” she said.
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In the middle of a harsh winter quarter, Madeline Sea-core faced a challenge that all EWU students dread: getting from Kingston Hall to her next class in the Music Build-ing in less than 10 minutes.
Seacore did not have many choices available to her, other than to run like the wind or risk being late to her class.
“If I was able to make time, I would let the teacher know ahead of time that I was going to be late,” said
Seacore. “That way, I could sometimes leave early.”
Seacore is just one of many EWU students who faces the problem of hav-ing to travel long distances across campus in a short amount of time. This is hard-er for newer students like Sa-mantha Strollen, who spent more than five minutes run-ning around the university trying to find Martin Hall.
“If you’re not familiar with the campus, [Eastern] could probably use some more signs,” said Strollen.
The solution to this di-lemma seems rather simple: Run like the gingerbread man being chased by an an-gry mob of bakers. However, what if the student runs the
fastest route they know, yet they still do not make it?
Eastern student Cody Car-rington believes that one of the best solutions is to cut through campus buildings that stand in the way, rather than take the designated walkways. Carrington also recommends using bikes or scooters to get around faster, especially as the weather improves.
“I prefer to use my bike when the weather is nice,” said Carrington. “The problem is that two-thirds of the school year, the campus is covered in snow and ice, so I don’t want to bring [my bike] out.”
Many students such as Rolando Garza suggest get-ting familiar with the routes around campus before the
beginning of classes, wheth-er through maps or by tour-ing the facilities.
“Just know ahead of time if you have the time to do anything,” said Garza. “That way, when school starts, you have in your mind an idea of where you have to go.”
Once a route and routine have been established, that 10 minute break suddenly feels much bigger and not nearly as daunting, espe-cially since Eastern’s campus comes together like a web at the campus mall, linking nearly the entire university.
“I like the fact that [Eastern] is really laid back,” said Garza. “It just seems like it’s easy to get around, because every-thing is so close together.”
From one end of campus to the other
Students have the op-portunity to seek support, thanks to the New Student Advocacy and Support Man-ager Michelle Hemerick in the Office of Equal Opportu-nity and Diversity.
Helmerick transitioned from administrative assis-tant for the dean of students to the manager in January 2013.
She had previously been the administrative assistant for the Student Activities and Leadership office, begin-ning in 2005.
Helmerick said that when she was administrative as-sistant, she would refer stu-dents to places they could go to seek assistance, whether it was the dean or another or-ganization on campus.
“Compared to now, I still connect students to resourc-es, but I am managing the whole case,” Helmerick said. “I meet the student, stay in contact with them, … and I make sure everything is be-ing tended to.”
The student advocacy and support manager either takes on students’ cases or refers students to other cam-pus resources, like a violence prevention advocate.
Amy Johnson, dean of students, is a trained vio-lence prevention advocate. She sees students in crisis situations with Helmerick when there are more than two parties involved, usually a victim and a perpetrator.
“The position allowed us to develop a case manager approach to working with student cases in which Mi-chelle [Helmerick] … and I take cases, particularly for students in crisis situations or requiring student advo-cacy,” Johnson said.
The student support and advocacy manager and the
dean of stu-dents can handle cases that involve m u l t i p l e parties.
“There is no conflict of interest,” Helmerick said. “We are providing ad-vocacy for both students.”
Cases that Helmerick and Johnson assist with include conflicts between students and their parents, medical situations or crisis situations.
An example of a case that Helmerick and Johnson would take on is a sexual as-sault case with a victim and an offender.
Both parties would be represented with two differ-ent student advocates han-dling the case.
Johnson said that Helmerick’s position entails more than just meeting with students in crisis situations; Helmerick manages projects that offer opportunities for student involvement.
A student project that the dean of students and the student advocacy and sup-port manager are planning is a service learning project for either spring break or summer break. The project would give EWU students the opportunity to take on a service learning project while they are on their break.
“One of the things that I think is important for those who work on a lot of cri-sis and advocacy cases is to make sure that is not the only thing that we do,” John-son said. “Having an oppor-tunity to work with students in different facets of their higher education experience ... is tremendously reward-ing.”
Johnson said that the student projects are still be-ing planned out, but will be well-advertised once every-thing is in order.
Stacey Reece, the direc-tor of the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities, said that students have come into the office asking for help because of hunger.
Emergency backpacks are given out to help students who are in need of basic food items, according to Reece. The backpacks are only giv-en out as a necessity for basic survival.
Reece sees students who are accused of breaking the student code of conduct.
Reece said that Helmer-ick’s new position is an ad-ditional enhancement to the Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity and will allow Helmerick to assist in cases that involve more than one person.
With cases of violation with the student code of conduct, Helmerick would advocate for the victim and give him or her support through that process.
“There is a lot of team work that goes on,” Helmer-ick said. “It gives us the lee-way not to have that conflict of interest because we are here to advocate for all stu-dents, and sometimes that can be difficult when [there are] two students on the op-posite sides of an issue.”
Helmerick’s office is in 320 Pence Union Building. She moved to a different office near Reece and John-son.
Helmerick said that she misses greeting and interact-ing with people who enter the suite, but the new-found privacy is ideal for handling student cases.
“I think it has made a big impact already because I feel like I have … been able to better manage a couple of really difficult student situ-ations that we’ve had since the first of the year,” Helmer-ick said. “I am able to drop everything and focus on [ad-vocacy].”
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Students find routes around EasternBy Paul Sell and Cori Olsonfor the [email protected]
Tips for getting around campus
• If there is little time to spare, let the teachers know. Some teachers might be forgiving of students who have to walk long distances to their next class.
• When possible, cut through buildings.
• Carry a map of campus.
• If you get lost or need advice, do not be afraid to ask others for help.
• Find out where your classes are a day in advance.
• Take a tour of the campus with friends and enjoy Eastern’s campus.
• The weather is getting better, so ride a bike or a skateboard, scooter, even those old shoes with the wheels in the heel. That way you are get-ting around campus and looking stylish.
Helmerick brings experience to management position
Photo by Al StoverOut of 12 acts that performed, Andrew Algard and his band, The Symphonic Crisis, placed first in Eastern’s Got Talent competition, April 5. The competition kicked off EWU's annual Spring Family Weekend, which took place April 5 to 7.
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Go to http://bit.ly/14aaPEE to watch a performance from the group.
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Blue skies and sunny days have hit Cheney and along with it are the fun trends of spring: bright col-ors, light airy fabrics, florals, prints, wedges, sandals and dresses, but students might want to face the reality of sporadic weather patterns in the Inland Northwest.
Two students have al-ready taken notice of this re-ality.
“Spring is difficult to dress for because the weath-er here is so fluctuating,” said David Gelhaus, senior creative writing major. “I just take it day by day.”
“Spring is not my most favorite season,” said Mar-go Pecha, also a senior cre-ative writing major. “It’s this
weird in-between stage. You never know here in Cheney what the weather will look like. I make sure what I’m wearing is easy to alter be-cause the weather is pretty unpredictable. You have to be prepared.”
Of course it’s easy to dress when it is beautiful out, but what about days when it’s rainy, windy and cold?
Jenny Stabile, owner of Carousel, a vintage boutique in downtown Spokane, said a medium-weight coat such as burlap or canvas with an inside lining or lighter wool is a smart choice for a colder spring. An option she rec-ommended was in the style of a lighter double-breast-ed peacoat with a belt or a trench style, the classic rainy day coat. Most trenches are coated with water repellent, which is beneficial, especial-ly if it rains.
“A coat is what you see the most in the winter and
spring,” said Stabile. “Just be-cause you have to stay warm, it doesn’t mean that the coat can’t be the star of the outfit. A coat can be fashionable and still express your style.”
Stabile recommended stu-dents getting a coat in a col-orful hue to add some punch to their wardrobe.
Grace Johnson, owner of resale store Fringe and Fray, also in downtown Spokane, said cowboy boots can be fun for the spring, especially if it is rainy, because they will keep students' feet warm and protected from getting wet. If students are not into cowboy boots, a classic pair of leather riding boots in any color may do the trick.
Johnson sprays all of her boots with water proofer, so that they are ready for any kind of weather.
On colder days, Johnson wears her boots with wool socks for added warmth.
“I [also] double layer tights, so I wear a thinner
pair under a thicker pair to stay warmer or I put a thicker pair under a sheer one with a pattern, so the color shows through.”
Pecha said rain boots do a lot to liven up an outfit. They are available in many different colors and patterns. Johnson recommended a re-ally cute umbrella in place of the rain boots.
Gelhaus said layers are still a good idea in spring, just make sure they are lighter fabrics and lighter or brighter colors. Layers work well because they can be re-moved as it gets warmer.
If it is a little chilly out, Stabile recommended wear-ing an ankle-tapered pant, in jean or legging material, with a vintage sweater, turtle neck, cardigan or blazer for added warmth. She said to add flats to the ensemble to get the “Audrey Hepburn” look.
Rachel Toor’s athletic frame and outspoken attitude are mirrored by the powerful way she chooses words, both when addressing her students and in her own writing.
Toor has had many professions including marathon runner, pub-lished author of three books, maga-zine columnist for publications in-cluding Glamour, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Journal of the American Medical Association and Running Times, assistant professor of creative writing at EWU and, most recently, author of an upcoming young adult fiction novel to be pub-lished by Farrar Straus and Giroux.
During a nonfiction writing workshop at EWU’s Riverpoint Campus, Toor discussed that which she knows best with a di-verse group of 10 aspiring writers. “Be greedy when you’re reading," Toor said. "It’s all about you."
The class has read Vivian Gor-nick’s “The Situation and the Sto-ry,” and the evening’s discussion revolved around the personal nar-rative.
Megan Hodges, a student in Toor’s nonfiction workshop, said she was scared the first time she met Toor until she learned they both shared an interest in running.
According to Hodges, Toor is
competitive and confident, bold, but not egotistical. While Toor speaks her mind, she does not hurt feelings because she has a soft heart, Hodges said.
Asa Bradley, a physics professor
at Spokane Falls Community Col-lege and a writer, was a graduate student under Toor’s advisement. Bradley said Toor’s teaching style is “enthusiastic, and straightforward and honest,” and that she appre-
ciated the frank way Toor advised students.
“OK, this is crap. This is good. This has to change,” Bradley said Toor said. “She’s very encouraging but never placates you. She doesn’t take crap from you, but at the same time makes you believe in yourself, makes you try for things that you wouldn’t have done on your own.”
This mixture of humor and hon-esty is equally exhibited in Toor’s writing. In an October 2009 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Toor contributed an article entitled “Fashion Lessons for Graduate Stu-dents” in which she outlines the similarities between the television reality series “Project Runway” and graduate school, particularly graduate advising and admissions. Having worked in admissions for Duke University, Toor has already published one book on the subject, “Admissions Confidential: An In-sider's Account of the Elite College Selection Process.”
In the article, Toor makes a de-tailed comparison between the two sprinkled with personal observa-tions about the nature of the con-testants, some of whom Toor de-scribes as “insecure little freak[s].” In her classes, Toor likes to use the catch phrase made famous by the
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Spring is here. For many of us, that means gradua-tion, cel-ebration and the terror of confront-ing the real world. Yes: unfortunately, it’s time to get prepared for those job and internship interviews.The main difference be-tween a job and an intern-ship is that in a job the employer will pay you as little as is required by law, by which I mean mini-mum wage, whereas in an internship the employer will pay you as little as is required by law, by which I mean nothing.
Every employer is dif-ferent, but there are general rules that will help you no matter the situation. Follow these tips and you’ll be OK:
Don’t say that you need a job.
If you let slip that you “need” or “want” the job, you’ve given away valu-able leverage. The employ-
er should want you, rather than the other way around. Always be willing to walk away if the offer isn’t good enough.
Of course, in the case of an internship, this doesn’t apply, since it’s already obvious that you’re des-perate. You are going through a bunch of trouble in order to convince some-one that they should allow you to work for them for free. You should offer to do anything the employ-er asks, including selling them your car.
Get the Cheetos and Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer stains out of your dress clothes before your interview.
Stories of your life as a slobby, poor student are funny and charming: actual, lapel-based proof is not.
Turn off embarrassing ring-tones.
You will lose major points if your interviewer has to suffer, even for only a few seconds, the 8-bit funk version of ACDC’s “Back in Black” that serves as your ringtone. If you have the “Legend of Zelda” “puzzle-solved” ringtone, or anything relating to any “Super Mario” or “Sonic the Hedgehog” game, the
interviewer will probably just call security.
Don’t bring up “Game of Thrones.”
You’ll end up making fun of the wrong house – you never know where your em-ployer’s sympathies lie. Of course, if they can’t take a joke about House Lannister, you probably don’t want to work for them anyway.
Use the word “meta” when-ever possible.
There’s been a lot of re-search into the value of so-called power words, words that are so powerful and mysterious they just exude a mysterious sense of power. “Meta” is the ultimate pow-er word, because no matter what you think the word means, you’re always right. Why list skills in a résumé when you could list meta-skills in a meta-résumé for your meta-interview?
Have a professional online presence.
Be in control of your Facebook, Twitter and blogs; make sure employers can’t see what you don’t want them to see. Avoid off-col-or jokes and foul language. Also, delete those rowdy bar photos. Rowdy lounge pho-tos are much more in vogue.
Save your résumé and cover letter until the last minute.
Employers are looking for people who can work under pressure, and what pressure is more intense than the grim knowledge that, come June, you’re $30,000 in the hole, and your B.A. in psychology won’t be any help? If you wait until the last minute to do your application materi-als, employers will know, and they will be apprecia-tive.
Your other option is to scorn our corporate, profit-driven society and just try to live as a part-time sandal maker who contributes to community magazines and plays guitar for $10 a night every weekend. That’s fine – just don’t sell yourself short. You should be getting at least $12 a night, especially if you can sing and play at the same time.
If you do this, I have only two things to say to you: First, you’re probably a lazy, no-good, bleeding-heart art-ist-type who is soft on crime and wants to skate by with-out contributing to society; and second, call me, because I want in.
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If the content of a tele-vision show is offensive, should you turn the show off or turn to the federal government?
Idaho lawmakers seem to think the latter. On March 19, the state House of Repre-sentatives passed a non-bind-ing reso-lution, introduced by republi-can Dar-rell Bolz, to call on the Federal Communication Commis-sion “to resume enforcement of traditional American standards of decency.” Of course, enforcing traditional standards of decency means protecting us from “the im-plied portrayal or discus-sion of sexual intercourse on television when it pertains to unmarried persons. ... Including jocular references to premarital sex, characters lying in bed together and characters disrobing or un-dressing.”
The offended parties are left with a few options. They can install v-chips on their TVs to make sure their kids don’t learn about the horrors of premarital sex. They can fill up their DVRs with old sit-coms from the TV Land net-work and yearn for the inno-cence of 1950s America when couples slept in separate beds on TV and all we had to fear was nuclear war. Or they can use their office to try to get a federal agency to exercise greater control over what Americans are watching.
Do they think the FCC is not power-mad enough as it is? This is an agency that levied over a half million dollars in fines because Jus-tin Timberlake showed us less than a second’s worth of Janet Jackson’s nipple dur-ing the halftime show of Su-per Bowl XXXVIII. This is an agency that, unhappy with having control over the air-waves, is attempting to seize control of the Internet. And Bolz wants to cede more au-thority to them because he takes offense to the content on television.
Why would a republi-can from one of the reddest of red states want to grant more power to a federal agency? Oh, right, religion. It is not enough for some evangelical Christians to live by their religion. Every aspect of public life must actively promote their belief system. That is why they get angry when Google doesn’t do a doodle for their holi-days. That is why they see laws against proselytiz-ing in public schools as a persecution of their faith. That is why they claim that marriage equality is noth-ing short of an attack on the American family. And that is why they cannot simply not watch a show they find offensive.
It is always cloaked in language heavy on words like traditional, values, chil-dren, family and decency, but it is really just a low-grade temper tantrum di-rected at the notion that oth-ers do not share their moral code.
Bolz speaks of the impor-tance of standing up for his morals. I agree. My mor-als include not trying to run other people’s lives.
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Do you ever find content you see on TV offensive? What do you consider to
be an appropriate response?
Through the Eagle’s Eye
“I guess I just don't watch that channel. ... I don't really
get very offended. ”
Desiree Steed
“I don't really watch television that much.
Generally, what it is that I find offensive is finding
bias everywhere.”
Aryk Anderson
“Things on television don't really offend me too much. ... People have the freedom
to say what they want.”
Chris O'Bryant
“I'm not easily offended. ... I'm really open-minded.”
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Most often when Greek life is mentioned, people rush to the conclusion that everyone associated is in-volved with the activities of a few.
The images represent-ing the Greek community on television and in mov-ies paint most situations in a negative light that holds a very different reality to the normal activities of collegiate Greeks.
The EWU Sorority and Fraternity life web page states, “Sorority and fra-ternity organizations are dedicated to building our future leaders. [They] are self-governing organiza-tions that provide a wealth of leadership opportuni-ties for their members.”
Each member of a Greek organization is ex-posed to a professional atmosphere with busi-ness connections through
alumni, leadership oppor-tunities through positions and various experiences in planning and execut-ing events. An executive committee takes the role of running each chapter and students are the ones in charge of each committee and subcommittees.
Every chapter dedicates time and resources to sup-porting a philanthropic organization. The EWU Panhellenic sororities’ phi-lanthropies include Autism Speaks, Arthritis Research and Education, Cardiac Care, Campfire USA and individual national orga-nization foundations that support members.
According to the EWU Sorority and fraternity life page, “We believe, through involving ourselves in self-less service and placing emphasis on scholarship through academic excel-lence, men and women will be made better by be-ing a part of our commu-nity.”
It is true that each chap-ter holds their members to a high standard of aca-demics. Most have study hours and probations as a consequence if grades are not reached to the level required. Members are ex-pected to maintain a spe-cific GPA to remain an ac-tive member.
I have learned more from my experiences and goals made within my chapter organization than through my courses in regular university life. It is the level of expectation asked from each member that creates a higher stan-dard separate from other non-Greek students.
There is nothing like a bond between siblings and sorority sisters or fraterni-ty brothers. They become your family away from home. Of course when a large group of people are put together, it is easy for conflict to occasionally arise, but at the end of the day you remember your
rituals and how your sis-ters will always be there for you because that is the bond shared.
More lifelong friends have been made through my four years in the Greek system than I could have imagined. After never finding a place to belong, it was my chapter that helped me to realize my potential and supported me in my dreams.
It is hurtful when ste-reotypes are negatively directed at the people and values that mean so much to this community be-cause of something a small handful of people took part in or an image from the media. Before judg-ment is placed, the judge should take the time to get to know members of the community and what they stand for.
College should teach us to experience new things and meet new people. You might just find the place where you belong.
Greek life beyond the stereotypesMembers are held to high standards and contribute to the community
Letter to the Editor
I am writing to urge all of you fellow drivers to please be responsible and do not text or talk on the phone while you are driving. It is as dangerous and deadly as drinking and driving.
Last Tuesday, March 12, at around 7:45 a.m., I was driving with my 13-year-old daughter on highway 904 between Cheney and Four Lakes going north towards the freeway, when a car from the opposite direction swerved across the centerline and into my lane. In the split second my choices were to go head-on for a combined 90-plus miles of speed impact or drive off the road. With no room to maneuver, my instinct was to drive off the road to avoid the oncoming car. I drove off the road and my car rolled over a couple of times, totally destroyed. To my disbelief, the car that caused the accident drove off without stopping. It is be-lieved that the driver was ei-ther texting or talking on the
phone while driving.I hope his or her con-
science will help save his or her soul for the distress and burden that were added onto my families. It is crim-inal to run after causing such an accident. We are thankful for God's grace in giving us a second chance in life. My message to you all who sit behind the driv-ing wheel is to please be re-sponsible for your actions. Think of your own parents, your siblings, your own children and your extended families who live around you.
Please pass this message on to all the EWU students and people you know who live or work in Cheney. Do not wait until it happens to you. Ask yourself; do you really need to reply to that text message or cell phone when you are driving?
Please drive safely.Thank you!
Yabing Fisher
Distracted driving puts lives in danger
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april 10, 2013COMMUNITY
By Linsey Garrisonstaff [email protected]
March 25Suspicious circumstancesEvidence of trespassing was found in an under-ground custodial tunnel. Chairs, foil and charcoal were found. There are no suspects at this time.
March 27VandalismThe letters "W" and "A" were broken off of an East-ern Washington Univer-sity sign near the corner of Elm Street and C Street. The damage is estimated to be about $300.
March 283:05 a.m.Agency assistEWU police assisted the Cheney Police Department with a report of people on the roof at Cheney Trad-ing Company. Five people, two of them students, were removed from the roof. No arrests were made.
March 30Agency assistEWU police assisted with a murder, suicide investiga-tion at an apartment near
Mitchell’s grocery store. An EWU officer held the scene until the Cheney Po-lice Department arrived.
April 19:49 a.m.AccidentTwo vehicles collided in lot
3. A student was about to enter an intersection but slammed on the breaks be-cause he saw a police car coming the other direction. The university vehicle be-hind him was not able to stop in time and damaged the other car’s bumper.
12:50 p.m.TheftA student left her purse and backpack in an un-locked locker at the URC. When she returned an hour later her wallet was missing. There are no sus-pects at this time.
6:15 p.m.TheftA student left his back-pack in the PUB computer lab and when he returned the backpack was gone. The bag was later recov-ered from a trash can with an iPad missing.
April 210 a.m.VoyeurismA female student in Dressler Hall reported that while she had been show-ering the previous night, she heard a noise outside the stall. When she looked out she discovered an un-known male attempting to spy on her as well as steal some of her clothing and towel. The male student was identified by the shoes he was wearing as well as a statement made by another student, and was arrested for voyeurism.
April 3TheftA student reported that his or her bike seat had been stolen and had the brakes cut.
10 p.m.False reportA female reported that she
had been assaulted with a weapon in lot 12. Upon further investigation police found that she had made a false report.
April 57:56 a.m.TheftA student reported that his red and black genesis moun-tain bike had been stolen. The chain lock had been cut when the bike was stolen from LA Hall. The bike is es-timated to be worth $240.
8 p.m.VandalismTagging was found on the back of the EWU surplus store. The marks were not gang related. There are no suspects at this time.
April 6PossessionThe strong odor of mari-juana was reported on the sixth floor of Morrison Hall. Two male students were contacted and one was cited for possession of marijuana under 40 grams.
Police Beat
Illustration by Jasmine KempApril 2 - Voyeurism 10 a.m.A female student reported that while she was showering, she heard a noise outside the stall. When she looked out, she discovered an unknown male attempting to spy on her. The male student was identified by his shoes and by a statement made by another student. He was arrested for voyeurism.
Tip of the Week:
Double-check that personal belongings in the URC lock-ers are locked.
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“Sometimes [students] put their ID cards too close to an electronic device,” Bettcher said.
“That will deactivate the encoding that is on the card and we just have to re-encode it. That will make the card be able to retain the privileges and be active.”
Bettcher also mentioned that sometimes the issue is that a student is not registered for the current quarter and that student’s card immediately stops working once a new quarter has begun.
Stolen cards or cards being lent out to friends are also com-mon issues.
Bettcher said that ca-shiers are the ones who are mainly responsible for stop-ping the usage of others’ cards in case of stolen or im-proper usage of cards.
“Cashiers are asked to keep the card and turn it back into the business of-fice,” Bettcher said. “Then we can go back and give good information back to the cardholder. It’s basi-cally identity theft. If we learn that somebody is us-ing someone else’s card, we will keep it and return it to the owner.”
Easterner Horoscopes
By Kristie Hsin and Linsey Garrison
Aries Mar 21-Apr 19:Keep your opinions to your-self this week. They might get you into trouble with new classmates that you will later need for homework advice.
Taurus Apr 20-May 20:You’re too angry for peace. Consider doing yoga on your own time to turn that frown upside down.
Gemini May 21-Jun 20:Just because Cheney had a few days of sunshine does not mean it is time to break out those Daisy Dukes. Less is not always more, especially in this case. Try actual pants.
Cancer Jun 21-Jul 22:You’re still feeling First Thurs-day and you can’t figure out why. Try putting down the bottle for a while and you might start to feel better.
Leo Jul 23-Aug 22:Spend more time with your dog. Animals are going to be more loyal than humans this week. You’d best believe it.
Virgo Aug 23-Sep 22: You have a secret admirer in one of your classes and it's not the cute classmate you've been eyeing. Consider taking a self defense course or just carry a brick in the bottom of your bag for awhile. No one will question that.
Libra Sep 23-Oct 22:If you insist on leaving your things in the URC lockers, lock it up. If you don’t, then you deserve to have your things stolen. Stupid.
Scorpio Oct 23-Nov 21:It’s spring now and you’re beginning to regret not go-ing through with your new year’s resolution of losing weight. There’s no better time like the present.
Sagittarius Nov 22-Dec 21: If you’re not worried about those little bumps on your body by now, reconsider getting that checked out.
Capricorn Dec 22-Jan 19:Reconsider your relation-ship status. Things have not been the usual sunshine and rainbows. It might be time to move onto that cute person in your morning class.
Aquarius Jan 20-Feb 18: Stop leaving stove burners on. Ain't nobody got time for that.
Pisces Feb 19-Mar 20:Unless you want to go through that frustrating moment when you’re look-ing over a homework as-signment and wish you were paying more attention in class, start paying more attention in class.
Easterner horoscopes are for enter-tainment purposes only.
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adviser of the series, Tim Gunn: “Make it work.”
Within the last year, Toor has taken on what she calls an “exhilarating” new project: writing fiction. Toor said she was approached by editor Wes Adams at Farrar Straus and Giroux in the fall, and asked if she would consider writ-ing a young adult fiction novel about a teenage girl who decides to begin run-ning.
“I said ‘No,’ that, ‘I didn't write fic-tion and couldn't.’ He said, ‘Ridicu-lous.’ In February, I got a book deal and have now completed a draft of the novel. It's a big turning point in my ca-reer,” Toor said. “This books combines a lot of what I've explored in my three previous books: it's about college ad-missions, about loving pets -- one of the main characters is a rat named Walter -- and about running. It's an obvious and natural next step, but it would never have occurred to me to do it. Wes [Ad-ams] did what the best editors do. He gave me a vision of myself.”
“This is possibly the most exciting thing that has ever happened in the his-tory of the world,” Toor said.
Photo by Anna MillsRachel Toor walks her dog, Helen, around campus.
The Easterner: Videographer•Educational emphasis in media arts, video produc-tion, mass communications or related field is preferred.•Skills in creative develop-ment, scripting, lighting and shooting quality, editing and post production skills. •Candidate should have previous experience in video production and be a good communicator, pos-sess time management skills and possess relational skills that promote collabo-ration and teamwork.
Please submit a résumé in PDF format and attach a link to portfolio/work sam-ples to [email protected] by April 16.
Office of Global Initiatives Wednesday, April 10 from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m in the Pence Union Building MPR, the Office of Global Initiatives invites EWU faculty, staff and students to attend the annual Study Abroad Fair. Guests will have the op-portunity to interact with the past Study Abroad pro-gram participants and lis-ten to their stories. At the fair, participants can learn about program options, including destinations overseas, international in-ternships, study abroad scholarships and much more! This Global Spotlight event is brought to you by the Office of Global Initia-tives. Persons with special needs may make arrange-ments for accommodations by calling Elena Axton at 509-359-6275.
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Johnson recommended wearing skirts, dresses with long-sleeves or dresses worn with a cardigan and lay-
ered with tights. She said a leather or tweed jacket is also suited for rainy weather.
“After seeing so much black, brown and grey in the winter, spring is a great time to add color again,” said Johnson.
In addition to color, Johnson said a fun way to freshen up your wardrobe is to mix prints. Her tips on how to do this effectively are to make sure the prints are in the same color combina-tion and to keep one print larger than the other so that they do not clash.
Photos by Haley LewisColored necklaces and other colorful accessories can add a punch to any outfit during the spring season.
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april 10, 2013
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By Josh Friesensports [email protected]
The dismal weather was analo-gous to the hopes the Eagles had at prevailing during the closing min-utes of their semifinal game against the Washington Huskies.
Then the sun came out, and Cam-eron Bowers scored a try, giving the men’s rugby club the lead. With the 19-15 win, the Eagles advanced to the Northwest Collegiate Rugby Confer-ence Championship Game in Seattle.
The match started well for the Eagles as Justin Dreyer scored first to give his team a 5-0 edge. Forwards captain Eric Populous scored shortly after. Populous’ conversion attempt was good, which gave the Eagles a 12-0 advantage.
That was when Washington took the momentum as well as the lead. After scoring themselves to make
the score 12-5, the Huskies mounted a strong goal-line stand to keep the Eagles from scoring a try to end the first half.
In the second half, the Eagles’ of-fense remained stagnant as the driving wind, rain and occasional hail made it difficult to move the ball efficiently.
“We couldn’t kick it, because if we kicked it’s going to go backwards,” first year head coach David Ratcliff said. “We had to run it out, and they knew that. So it was very hard for us to get out of our own zone.”
With about five minutes to go in the match, winger Tanner Hoskins caught a pitch from Populous and tore down the sideline, giving the Eagles one last shot at punching the ball in to score. After a scrum, Bow-ers delivered.
“[Bowers] made a great play, and he scored right on the post,” Ratcliff said. “Then he got crushed by every-one on top of him.”
According to Populous, the team did not waver after Washington scored three consecutive times. After the Huskies’ third score, the Eagles huddled around each other.
“I just kind of let everyone know, ‘Look, we’ve practiced this every single day for practice. We’ve prac-ticed goal line stands, we’ve prac-ticed rucking for 45 minutes every practice,” Populous said. “I made a great break. ... Justin Dreyer was on my tail, came and made the break and scored.”
Washington rallied back to get close to scoring, but time expired.
“You kind of want to give in when they’re riding your line,” Ratcliff said. “You think, ‘Well they’re bound to score eventually.’ These guys nev-er think that. They always think that they can keep fighting and they did.”
Ratcliff joked that letting Wash-ington hold the lead so late in the game was part of the Eagles’ strategy.
“We planned to give them a lead and give them a full sense of security, and then we would come back and beat them right at the end,” Ratcliff said. “We’ve been planning it for a week.”
Next for the Eagles is the NCRC Championship Game on April 13 against Western Washington Univer-sity, who has dominated the confer-ence and handed Eastern a 44-12 loss on March 16. WWU is coming off a semifinal blowout win against Or-egon, 58-10.
The victor of the championship game will go on to compete in the Sweet 16 of Nationals in Texas.
According to Populous, the team had not had much rugby knowledge before Ratcliff took over.
“We have a lot of athletes. We have a lot of heart. We don’t have a lot of rugby skill,” Populous said. “He just hammered us into great rugby players.”
Photo by Josh FriesenWinger Tanner Hoskins sprints down the sideline with Huskies in tow. His jaunt set up the Eagles' final score to give them the lead and ultimately the victory.
Rugby advances to championshipEagles complete comeback against Huskies to earn trip to Seattle
By Peter Sowardssenior [email protected]
All Kyle Padron wants is an op-portunity to prove himself — a chance to show he can play at the next level.
His opportunity will come sooner than expected after declaring him-self eligible for the 2013 NFL draft, a surprise move to some who thought Padron would stay at EWU for his se-nior season in an attempt to improve his draft stock after an up-and-down junior season.
After transferring from Southern Methodist University, Padron was named the Eagles’ starting quarter-back entering the 2012-2013 season and split time with redshirt fresh-man Vernon Adams. He tied an Eastern playoff record with six pass-ing touchdowns in a dominant 51-35 victory over Illinois State in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals, but was pulled near the end of the first half in a disap-pointing loss to Sam Houston State the next round.
Even though his junior season did not go exactly as planned, Padron feels the timing is right.
“I feel like if I just get a shot I can make a team,” he said. “That’s all I can ask for is to get that shot. I feel like now is the best time.”
The decision to turn pro was not made solely by Padron. After return-ing home to Texas for Christmas break, Kyle Padron sat down with his parents, Larry and Cindy Pad-ron, and told them of his intentions. Larry Padron, a financial planner and branch manager at Stifel Nicolaus in Dallas, said the decision hinged on Kyle Padron focusing on academics if football did not work out. “He’s very close to graduating,” Larry Pa-dron said.
“The bottom line is not everybody gets an opportunity [to play profes-sional football] and if he does not succeed and get invited [to an NFL training camp] or drafted or what have you, then it’s time to go back to school and get his degree. That’s kind of the agreement we came to.”
Kyle Padron said his relation-ship with his mom and dad is based on honesty and not hearing what he wants to hear. “They’re going to shoot me straight whether they think I should stay or whether they think I should leave,” he said. “We went back and forth and really tried to figure out what would ultimately be best for me in the long run. We made a group effort to really try and make the right decision. I think we did.
“I’m very excited about what’s to come, whether I’m given a shot or not."
Kyle Padron trained at Athletes Performance, Inc., in Frisco, Texas — 30 minutes from his parents’ home and host of the FCS championship. “We were supposed to be [there],” said Kyle Padron.
Luke Anderson, a teammate of Kyle Padron’s at Southlake Carroll High School and former defensive back at the University of Wyoming, commuted with Kyle Padron to and from the facilities six days per week and spoke highly of the quarter-back’s talents and character.
“He’s a sleeper and teams don’t need to sleep on him — he’s a player. I completely believe in him, and he’s been working his butt off every day. He’s got intangibles that you can’t coach,” Anderson said.
At Eastern’s pro day on March 6, Kyle Padron worked out in front of scouts from 18 NFL teams, showing off his athleticism with a 4.78 second 40-yard dash.
Padron yearns for chance in NFLQB invited to work out for Cowboys
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Photo by Aaron MalmoeThe 2012 NFL Draft is April 25 to 27 in New York City. Padron is hoping he is picked by one of the 32 NFL teams.
Sports in brief:
Redshirt junior Tevin McDonald, a former free safety from UCLA, is tran-ferring to Eastern. McDonald started all 13 games for the Bruins and was third on the team with 79 tackles. In 2011, MacDonald tied the school record for interceptions in a game with three against Cal. Accord-ing to Eagles head football coach Beau Baldwin, McDonald could be in Cheney as early as April 11 to practice with the team. McDonald was dismissed from the UCLA football team for violating team policy
No. 1 doubles play-er and No. 2 sin-gles player Eduardo Martinez will miss the rest of the sea-son with a dislocated knee. Martinez suf-fered the injury dur-ing the No. 1 doubles match against Sac-ramento State, and the team was forced to forfiet the match. "I felt like we really had some momen-tum and were play-ing tough, but that changed the match," head coach Darren Haworth said. Senior Kyle Koetje took over in the vacant No. 2 spot. Eastern lost the match, 5-2. No. 1 singles player Joseph Cohen continued his commanding play, winning his match, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6). Cohen is 11-3 for the season, including a perfect 6-0 in the Big Sky.
The Eastern track and field team snagged four con-ference qualifying marks at the All-Ida-ho Cup on April 5 and 6. Jon Buchanan, Brad Wall and Cody Humphrey each hit qualifying marks in their second event. Buchanan qualified in the shot put, Wall in the 200-meter and Humphrey in the dis-cus. Morena Mannuc-ci also hit a qualify-ing mark of 37-9 1/4 in the triple jump. The 4x400 relay team, consisting of Wall, Kramer Green, Collin Green and Brad Mi-chael won their event with a blistering time of 3:12.44, ranking fourth all-time at Eastern.
Upcoming:
The men's tennis team is hosting Mon-tana on April 12 at noon, followed by Portland State on April 13 at 2 p.m. Both matches will be in the Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse.
The women's tennis team hosts Montana State on April 12 at 5 p.m., followed by Seattle at 9 a.m. Both matches will be in the Jim Thorpe Field-house.
The track and field team will compete in the WAOR VI in Spo-kane on April 13.
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april 10, 2013SPORTSWomen's tennis thrives on hope, drama
Photo by Aaron MalmoeThe 2012 NFL Draft is April 25 to 27 in New York City, NY. Padron is hoping he is picked by one of the 32 NFL teams.
However, inclement weather did not allow him to throw to receivers as originally planned, and he was invited to his former school’s pro day in Universi-ty Park, Texas, on March 27. Kyle Padron said he threw “about 30 passes” to wide receivers and running backs, and he also received an in-vitation to “Dallas Day,” an invite-only workout for lo-cal prospective NFL draftees in front of Dallas Cowboys coaches and scouts, held at Cowboys Stadium in Arling-ton on April 10.
Kyle Padron’s collegiate career started off with enor-mous promise — he took over as SMU’s starting quar-terback eight games into his freshman campaign and led the Mustangs to a 5-1 record and their first bowl game appearance in 25 years. He passed for a school-record 460 yards in a 45-10 win over Colin Kaepernick’s Nevada Wolfpack in the Sheraton Hawaii Bowl and was named the game’s most valuable player.
In 2010, Kyle Padron started all 14 games for SMU and broke five single-season school records, including to-tal yards and touchdowns. He was named All-Confer-ence USA honorable men-tion and led the team to their second consecutive bowl game appearance, a 16-14 loss to Army in the Armed Forces Bowl.
After totaling 709 pass-ing attempts in his freshman and sophomore seasons, Kyle Padron threw just four passes — with two intercep-tions — his junior year be-fore being sent to the bench by Mustangs’ head coach June Jones. Two games lat-er, Kyle Padron suffered a season-ending injury during mop-up duty and didn’t see the field again at SMU.
“It sucks, but it’s part of the game,” Kyle Padron said of his 2011 benching. “I made a few mistakes and I understand that. It’s just frustrating more than any-thing. It’s frustrating going from playing every snap to not playing at all. It was a frustrating year but it hap-pens in life, too. You’re go-ing to have ups and downs and you just have to respond to them.”
Kyle Padron’s season-ending injury and the short shelf-life of quarterbacks factored into him and his family’s decision for Kyle Padron to turn pro. “We felt maybe the timing would be a good time for him to go now rather than risk further injury because in 2011 he did get hurt,” Larry Padron said.
In spite of mixed results with extreme highs, bot-tomless lows and not much in between, Kyle Padron just wants one team to take a gamble on him. “There’s 32 teams in the NFL, and if I’m blessed and fortunate enough to sign with one of them, then that’s all I can ask for — to be given a chance.”
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By Peter Sowardssenior [email protected]
A look at the results from the 2012-13 EWU women’s tennis season might lead one to believe that it has been a disap-pointing year, given the team’s 6-13 overall record.
For women’s interim head coach Dustin Hin-son, however, there is rea-son for optimism. “It’d be one thing if I feel like they weren’t giving their effort all the time, or if we had attitude problems or some-thing like that,” Hinson said. “They’ve been giving it their all the whole time, and that’s all I can ask for as a coach: working hard and giving their best.”
The Eagles have already surpassed their win total of four from last year, with three matches remaining. Still having a chance to make the postseason tour-nament, Hinson enjoys the melodrama that a close fin-ish brings. “If we can just play the way we’ve been playing, I think we’ll have a great chance against Mon-tana State and Portland State,” he said. “And then we’ll just see what hap-pens as far as making [the] conference [tournament]. I don’t know if that’ll quite be good enough. We might have to have a couple things go our way as far
as other teams, but we’ll do what we can to get our-selves there.
“It’s exciting to have it come down to a couple matches.”
After dropping its match 6-1 versus Mon-tana on April 2, the team has 10 days off to regroup before taking on the Mon-tana State on April 12. Sophomore Chrissy Uriarte appreciates the time off after the rigors of tightly-
bunched matches. “I feel like my body’s going to fall apart, so it’s nice to have a good break,” she said.
Hinson made the deci-sion to bring up Uriarte to No. 1 doubles on March 10, pairing her with fel-low sophomore and No. 1 singles player Moira Hed-berg. Uriarte and Hed-berg have rewarded Hin-son’s decision with wins in four of their last six matches. “I knew they’d
be a strong team, and we really wanted to be strong at No. 1 doubles,” Hinson said. “They’ve been great. They’ve been getting a lot of wins. It’s been pretty seamless for sure. We prac-tice a lot of different line-ups during practice to kind of see what might work, and that’s definitely our strongest No. 1 [pairing].”
The duo played togeth-er for the majority of the 2011-12 season and feel
they work well together.“As a partner I think
we level each other out be-cause I’m more calm, and she gets really pumped up,” Uriarte said. “It’s a good balance because she pumps me up too.”
“We balance each other out,” Hedberg said. “It’s a good mix because we don’t get each other too rattled when we play. If she seems too mellow, I’ll try to fire her up, and if I’m too fired
up, she’ll mellow me out. We really play well togeth-er.”
Hinson views Hedberg as a pleasure to coach be-cause of her intensity and will to win. “She’s got amazing abilities, but she’s one of those [players] that will just fight until the very end,” he said. “That’s what I like about her on the court: She just knows what she has to do, goes out there and she just fights.”
By Kelly Manalostaff [email protected]
Professional runner and Eagle alumna Mattie Suver ranked 26th in the 8 kilome-ter race for the 2013 World Cross Country Championships in Poland.
Suver represented Team USA in Poland, qualifying because she is among the top six in the nation in the 10K.
“It’s surreal. You look down and see your red, white and blue jersey. I never re-ally thought I would be there, looking back at high school. It was definitely an honor wearing the USA jersey,” said Suver.
The cross country courses in Europe are more rugged than in the US, accord-ing to Suver. “Over there, anything goes, through the mud, up giant hills, streams, snow, anything and everything, over barri-ers. It’s comical. It’s just a mess, but it was a lot of fun.”
Suver came to Eastern as a freshman walk-on in 2005 and left as a national contender, according to distance coach Christopher Zeller.
Suver admits that in high school she was not a stand out at all. “Hard work pays off. You can do anything, really,” said Suver.
Suver only ran cross country her se-nior year of high school and the only Di-vision I school that offered her a position was Eastern, according to Suver.
Each week Suver runs 85 to 90 miles. “98 per week is my highest, I still haven’t gotten over 100 a week. I believe in qual-ity over quantity,” said Suver.
At 1,500 meters, Suver’s personal best is 4 minutes, 25.04 seconds, 3,000 meter 9:17.49, 5,000 meter 16:02.48, 15,000 meter 50:30 and for the half marathon 73:14, according to the American Distance Project roster.
Suver is an incredibly hard worker and pays attention to all the little things,
according to Zeller. “Putting in a ton of mileage, eating the right foods, getting enough sleep, all of it,” said Zeller.
“I remember being at a meet at the Oregon relays and there were a handful of Olympians in the elite section of the 5,000 meters we were watching. [Suver] and her teammate looked at me and said, ‘We want to look like that.’ And it was the next year and she was in the same race as those girls. It was cool to have her know where she wanted to be and see her get there.”
Spring 2008, Suver placed 13th at the NCAA Championships as a redshirt sophomore.
After graduating from Eastern in 2008, Suver was still eligible to continue run-ning collegiately with the University of Oregon, while getting her master’s in ex-ercise physiology.
“This is my first year doing cross-country since college. It’s a different ex-
perience. This spring I’ll get on the track, focus on the 10K and hopefully get some good half marathons in,” said Suver.
The main events Suver trains for are the 10K to half marathon. As an Adidas sponsored athlete, Suver wears all Adi-das gear and wears their jersey at all rac-es. She is also sponsored by Boulder Run-ning Company.
After placing third at the BUPA Great Edinburgh Cross Country meet in Scot-land in January, Suver made it her goal to make the world team.
“My goal is to keep improving my own [personal records]. And having fun along the way, as long as I’m enjoying it.” Suver’s ultimate dream is to go to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Currently, Suver runs full time for the American Distance Project and is coached by Scott Simmons. “I decided to focus on running and give that my all and see where I can go with that.”
Photo by Dylan PaulusChrissy Uriarte has split time between the No. 2 and No. 3 positions for the team. Her record is 4-7 at No. 2 and 3-5 at No. 3.
Alumna places 26th in world championship
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By Amye Ellsworthsenior [email protected]
Eastern employees have won the Bloomsday Corpo-rate Cup for the past 15 years, but new rule changes this year could give them a run for their money.
Bloomsday, a 7.46 mile race around downtown Spo-kane, is held on the first Sun-day in May. It was first held in 1977. English professor Grant Smith participated in the inau-gural Bloomsday, and he has raced in each one since then.
Smith also started the first Corporate Cup team from Eastern in 1983. The first Bloomsday Corporate Cup race was held in 1982.
“If we had been entering, we could have gotten a lot more points [than the win-ners], but no one knew about the corporate cup competi-tion,” Smith said. “I said I would fill out the paperwork next year, and we would run as a team. We smashed all the records in [1983].”
Smith and chemistry pro-fessor Jeff Corkill are two of
the members of that original team.
“[Corkill] is our best runner by far. Although he’s missed a couple of Bloomsdays and he’s collapsed of heat stroke twice, so I’ve scored the most points,” Smith said.
Points are earned based upon a run-ner’s place in their respec-tive age group. First place earns 1000 points. Only the top three fastest runners on a team are scored. EWU scored a per-fect 3000 points in 2004, setting a Corporate Cup record. They also set a record for lowest to-tal time in 1997, clocking in at 2 hours, 3 minutes and 14 sec-onds.
“Part of the reason I think we’ve done well is that you’re only running against the peo-ple in your own age group. This year they’ve changed the
scoring system just so they can stop us from winning, I think,” Corkill said.
This year, runners will be scored only with the other Corporate Cup competi-tors, rather than with all of
the Blooms-day runners. This could give younger c o m p e t i t o r s an advantage because few runners par-ticipate in the 20 year old age range at the Corporate Cup level, but many enter the race as a whole.
One of the most difficult
parts for the team so far has been securing a spot in the competition. Only a limited number of teams can partici-pate in the Corporate Cup, so EWU had to scramble to en-sure their place.
“In the past, it has filled up in a few days. Last year it took 16 hours. Within
43 minutes, it closed [this year],” said IT specialist Carl Coombs.
Two years ago both Coombs and Corkill won their divisions. Coombs ran the course in exactly 41 min-utes, and Corkill finished in 50 minutes and 59 seconds.
Although Coombs enjoys racing, his favorite part of Bloomsday is the Corporate Cup tent.
“The thing I like most is the Corporate Cup tent. Af-ter the race, Corporate Cup finishers can go and get free coffee, free drinks and free massages,” he said. “They take your gear at the start of the race and pack it in these big trucks, so they have your number and your bag at the end. You feel like you’re im-portant.”
Smith views Bloomsday as a celebration of wellness and encourages everyone at any level to sign up and com-pete. The cost to participate is $17 before April 21 and $35 after. Interested participants can go to www.bloomsday-run.org to sign up and get more information.
By Josh Friesenand Luke Jordanfor the [email protected]
Do not tell Eagles golf coach Brenda Howe she deserves all the praise for her team’s spring season turnaround; after all, she says, the players are the ones firing the low scores.
“I wish I could take credit,” Howe said. “Golf is golf. There aren’t really X’s and O’s. Basically, they just work their butts off in the winter and continue to swing the club.”
The team has flexed their muscles lately, placing eighth out of 21 schools on March 2 and 3 in The Lumberjack at Ocotillo. In the Jackrabbit Invitational on March 11 and 12, they placed second out of 13 schools, shooting a 306 in the second round, their best score this year. Their total score of 932 is the fourth-best 54-hole score in the Big Sky so far this spring.
These scores are in stark contrast to the numbers the Eagles were putting up in the
fall where their best outing was 10th out of 13 teams. They placed next to last in one other tournament and last in the other two. The Ea-gle women are beginning to click at just the right time.
Senior Jayme Carbon, who tied for seventh in the Jackrabbit Invitational, said that the progress the team has made can be contrib-uted to the amount of practice being put in.
“We’ve done more short game this spring season for our practices,” Carbon said. “Ev-eryone seems to be just peaking at the right time.”
According to Howe, the early spring-like weather has enabled the Eagles to practice outside on real courses rather than inside on putting greens and driving ranges.
“It’s kind of something new this year to travel early and shorten that winter to get us onto green grass,” Howe said.
This is Carbon’s fourth and final year at Eastern. Howe said that Carbon’s game has vastly improved since her time as a freshman.
“She was pretty new to the game as far as level of competitions or tournaments she’s played in,” Howe said. “Kudos to Jayme [Car-bon] because she’s come a long way in four years, and so that’s been fun to watch.”
With the way freshman Marissa Borja has been playing so far this spring, it seems as though her freshman jitters have gone away. In her first college tournament, the Oregon State Invitational on Sep. 17 and 18, Borja tied for 74th place with scores of 79, 83 and 81 in her three rounds.
In Borja’s most recent tournament, she shot a 75, 71 and 77, good for second place.
“[Borja] had one of our lowest scoring av-erages [in the fall], but definitely didn’t play to her potential,” Howe said. [Now], she’s a little more relaxed. She knows how to manage herself around a course rather than just going out and hitting and taking what she can get.”
“I feel like I’ve found my groove,” Borja said. “Now I feel like I’m confident with ev-erything.”
According to Borja, she has narrowed down on specific aspects of her game in order to make herself a more consistent golfer.
“I think I’ve been really practicing and focusing on improving my short game [be-cause] that’s where I feel is the most impor-tant when I play,” she said.
Borja said that the team’s goal is to do well in the Big Sky Tournament, which takes place April 21 to 23 at the Ocotillo Golf Resort in Chandler, Ariz. Fortunately, it is a course the women have seen twice already.
“Each time we play there it gives us an-other opportunity to prepare us for the con-ference [tournament],” Borja said.
Howe is excited for the opportunity to see the course again before the conference tournament. She thinks Borja and Carbon are on the verge of something special.
“The two of them I think if they can play to their potential the next few weeks, I think we could stand to do really well,” she said.
By Melissa Williamscontributing [email protected]
When you first become a Division I college athlete, before you get to open the box of new shoes, try on your XXL jersey that hangs to your knees or walk onto your new court in front of screaming fans, there is a very long process you go through. I call it signing your life away.
Essentially, you sign contract after contract, saying, “No, I will not do drugs. No, I will not gamble. No, I will not participate in underage drinking. No, I will not accept any bribes or extra benefits due to my athletic stance.” And finally, “I hereby acknowledge that if I get hurt playing the sport that I was brought here to partici-pate in, I will not sue the school for putting me in a posi-tion to get hurt.”
If you want to play NCAA ball, you have to ac-cept that things are going to happen. They do happen, commonly, not just to mediocre players, but to big time players. Unfortunately, these things also happen not just in games, but in practice, in the weight room and possi-bly just playing a pickup game.
If you saw the Louisville versus Duke game on March 31, you know where this is headed.
Kevin Ware, a Louisville player, flew at his oppo-nent with the intention of blocking a 3-point shot. Ware vastly overshot the jump, and landed far behind his player, falling out of bounds. As he came down, landing with all his weight on his right foot, the lower half of his leg seemed to fold on itself. After a couple of seconds of confusion, the game was finally paused when Rick Piti-no, Louisville’s head coach, as well as Ware’s teammates on the bench and on the court, stared in horror at the six inches of bone sticking out of Kevin’s shin.
Eastern Washington University athletic trainer Kac-ey Hoob added her two cents on Kevin Ware’s injury. She has taken care of my torn MCL, plantar fasciitus and drop finger. Hoob mentioned something to me that I need to remind myself once in a while.
“Well, you have to think about how much you guys actually play,” Kacey said.“Every practice, ev-ery shoot around, every game, … think about all the times you play and you don’t get hurt. It’s humbling as an athletic trainer to watch all you do. Of course we expect you to get hurt, that’s what keeps me in business.”
Unfortunately, and hilariously at the same time, I have seen injuries from falling off a weights platform to rolling an ankle running lines. Said players will re-main nameless, as it is already a little embarrassing to tell your trainer you need your ankle taped because you tripped over the line.
Kevin Ware’s horrific injury during his Elite Eight game just goes to show that these things do happen, and once an athlete signs that sacred oath to be a Division I player, acceptance of injury becomes part of the job.
Ware seems extremely positive about his recovery, and said, “Everything happens for a reason.”
I mentioned earlier the waivers you have to sign in order to compete in NCAA athletics. What I didn’t mention is that within these contracts it is made sure that the student athlete has medical insurance, and if not, he or she may be offered insurance through the school. Therefore, if an injury should occur, athletes are first covered by their personal medical insurance, and the school picks up the remainder of the bill. Thank goodness for this little policy, otherwise I would have had to pay for one MRI and three X-rays in the last two years.
However when competing in the highest level, the NCAA tournament, athletes are covered even more. The NCAA covers medical expenses up to $90,000, and up to $2,000,000 for vast disfigurement.
Ware was rushed to the hospital via ambulance and underwent surgery that placed a metal rod in his leg that can cost upwards of at least $5,000. He will not be expected to pay a thing.
When you really look at it, we athletes are grateful for these contracts, even if it seems like we are sign-ing our lives away for four or five years. We are, in fact, signing up for an upgrade. Yes, practices are rough and can last up to three or four hours. Yes, the season is long, going from October to March, even April sometimes. Yes, weights at six in the morning kick your butt. But the available rehab, the covered travel costs and the free food and cozy bed on the road are to die for.
Ware will not pay a dime for his extensive in-jury sustained while playing college basketball, and that’s the way it should be. Good thing he signed his paperwork.
Eagle golf getting into the spring swing of things
It's a good thing Kevin Ware had a health plan
EWU chases another Corporate CupEastern employees seek 16th straight Bloomsday honor despite rule change
Part of the reason I
think we’ve done well
is that you’re only
running against the
people in your own
age group.
Jeff Corkill
Photo by Dylan Paulus(Left to right ) Carl Combs, Dave Millet, Jeff Rahn, Jeff Corkill and Grant Smith prepare for their running club for Bloomsday.
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Since high school, Steven Warner has had a tremendous work ethic; this work ethic has contributed to his success
A proud alumnus of Kentwood High School, Warner juggled both foot-ball and track as a high school student. “I basically started running track seriously [during] my freshman [and] sophomore year[s] in high school,” Warner said. “Before that, I was more [into] football. I was playing football since I was [around] seven,” Warner said.
Warner leaned more toward track and field because of the feeling of inde-pendence. “I’d leave one practice and go home and my dad was giving me more stuff to do for football. [For] track, I kind of was like venturing off on my own and getting to learn everything,” Warner said.
Warner has a passion for hurdling; he has stuck with it throughout high school and college. “I love hurdling, so that’s kind of the other thing too. I wake up and that’s one of the things I’m thinking about is how I can get my body right for practice,” Warner said.
In 2009, Warner won the WIAA 4A State Championships with a time of 14.23 seconds. He also reached state in the 300 meter hurdles during his sophomore and junior years of high school. As a fresh-man in college, Warner placed fifth in the 55 meter hurdles at the Big Sky Indoor Championships with a time of 7.65. He
also placed fifth in the 110 meter hurdles at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships with a season-best time of 14.60.
Warner ended up being selected for the winter and spring Big Sky All-Aca-demic teams as a freshman. During his second year in college, Warner hit his best time of 8.40 twice at the UW Invi-tational and the Bronco Open for the 60 meter hurdles. He also placed fourth in the 60 meter hurdles at the Big Sky In-door Championships with a time of 8.35.
After suffering a hamstring injury during most of his junior season, Warner won the 60 meter hurdles at the Big Sky Indoor Championships with a school re-cord time of 8.07. He placed third in the Big Sky Outdoor Championships for the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 14.37. He was selected to the spring Big Sky All-Academic team.
Now currently in his fourth year, War-ner is still achieving success. On March 30 at the Al Manuel Invitational, he ran a time of 14.04, earning himself second place. This is now is the sixth fastest time in 110 hurdles in school history. “His
strength, his technique, his drive, his competitive-ness will lend to probably breaking the school re-cord,” head men’s track coach Stan Kerr said.
The school record that Warner is trying to break was a record set by Mi-chael Dwyer 1998. Dwyer ran a time of 14.28 in the 110 meter hurdles. War-ner is currently second in school history for the 110 meter hurdles with a time of 14.29 for the Outdoor Champion-ships.
According to Kerr, War-ner is hard-working and aware of his diet. Kerr’s view of success for a track athlete requires the ability to have good time management and to be aware of getting the right amounts of sleep and nutrition. The ultimate goal for
Kerr is to get Warner to Eugene, Ore., for the NCAA Outdoor Championship.
Sprints and hurdle captain Brad Wall sees Warner as a motivated athlete ready to take on any challenge.
“He’s a competitive guy. He’s always one of those guys that want to be up there at the top of the conference,” Wall said.
According to Warner, the key to suc-cess is to focus on the fundamentals of hurdling and staying healthy. Being an exercise science major, Warner gets use-ful information that helps him become a
better athlete.Warner’s passion for track is very
strong and there is no doubt that he en-joys being out there competing.
“It’s an individual sport with a team component. I love my teammates. I love being around other people who are per-forming at a high level,” Warner said.
To Warner, track is a lot like life and very crucial things happen. “[.1] of a sec-ond can be the difference between your season being over and you succeeding at the highest level.”
By Amye Ellsworthsenior [email protected]
The pole vaulters at Eastern practice indoors, outdoors and in the swimming pool.
The vaulters practice this way using a long pole that ex-tends into the bottom of the pool. One teammate will sit on the diving board and hold the pole while the other dives into the water and simulates the process of pole vaulting.
Freshman Anandae Clark and senior Amber Troyer have conflicting opinions on the usefulness of using the pool for training. Clark likes the process because it allows her to slow down her movements and focus on her form. Troyer is less convinced, although she does think pole vaulting un-derwater is helpful for build-ing muscle memory.
“It is helpful because you can think it through. But when you’re in the air, it’s not that slow, so I don’t know how well it transfers over.” Troyer said.
Both Troyer and Clark had difficult paths to becoming pole vaulters. Troyer remem-bers first wanting to pole vault while watching the Olympics with her family.
“I told my grandma that I was going to pole vault some-day, and she told me that girls are not allowed to pole vault,” Troyer said. “Then I was really determined that I would try it.”
Troyer started pole vault-ing her freshman year of high school, and she was deter-mined to compete at a college level.
She contacted pole vault coach Eric Allison when she graduated high school, asking for a spot on the team. Allison told her she needed to improve on her heights, so Troyer went to the community college level
to compete. After bringing up her statistics, Allison offered Troyer a place on the team.
Troyer currently has the seventh best indoor and eighth best outdoor vaults at Eastern from her heights last season.
“I got in a car accident right before winter season, so I’ve been trying to get back into things. I’m feeling really good, so hopefully I’ll start improv-ing.” Troyer said.
In contrast to Troyer, Clark was more reluctant to start pole vaulting.
“I did gymnastics all my life and I never really consid-ered doing track at all,” she said.
It was her high school math teacher and pole vaulting coach that finally convinced her to try. She started her freshman year of high school and won state that year, but she said she initially did not like pole vaulting.
“I didn’t really like it. I was more into gymnastics, but I stuck with it into my sopho-more year,” she said.
Between her sophomore and junior years, Clark got in-jured in gymnastics and had to take a break. When she went back to do some of her moves again, she realized she was be-ing tentative because she did not want to her hurt herself before track season. Clark said that was the moment she de-cided to switch to pole vault-ing.
Although it is only her freshman year, Clark has al-ready proven her ability to compete at the college level by winning the Dusty Lane Invi-tational on March 16.
Clark and Troyer will next vault at the regional qualifi-ers in Las Vegas on April 12 through the 13.
“I try and bear in mind that I’m a freshman, but regionals is my ultimate goal.” Clark said.
Warner hurdles the competitionThe track star has been lighting up arenas and stadiums since before he was an Eagle
Eastern pole vaulters sail in the waterEagles practice in the pool
Photos by Anna MillsNick Stearns (top) lifts off. Robin Taylor (left) and Anandae Clark (right) ready themselves at the runway.
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By Peter Sowardssenior [email protected]
One image lingered in the mind of redshirt sophomore quarterback Vernon Adams during the offseason after a disappointing playoff loss.
“That game, Sam Houston State, 45-42. We just have un-finished business.”
That was the prevail-ing thought on the minds of coaches and players at EWU’s first spring football practice on April 4 at Roos Field. “We’re ready to finish some business from last year,” Adams said.
Coach Beau Baldwin said players are using the bitter taste left in their mouths as motivation for the season. “There’s guys with that news-paper headline in their locker. They remember it. It’s going to naturally drive competitive people,” Baldwin said.
Adams enters the spring as a clear-cut favorite for the quarterback job but does not view himself as having earned anything. “I don’t even look at it like that,” Adams said. “We still have two other quarter-backs [redshirt senior Anthony Vitto and redshirt freshman Jordan West]. I’m just coming out here to compete and try to win the job. I don’t want to come in here and have every-body say, ‘Oh, this is your job.’ I don’t think like that.”
Baldwin saw Adams grow immensely throughout the 2012 season. He flashed a sheepish grin when asked about the influx of running quarterbacks in the NFL and if it spurred his creative juices. “[Adams] is definitely some-one that is just going to present problems,” Baldwin said. “No matter what you do, he’ll pres-
ent problems, even if it’s just a broken play.”
The wide receiver corps to which Adams will be throw-ing in practice underwent a makeover in the offseason with Brandon Kaufman de-claring for the upcoming NFL draft and the departing of se-niors Greg Herd and Nicholas Edwards. Replacing the “Big Three” are seniors Ashton Clark and Daniel Johnson, juniors Cory Mitchell, Nick Lenoue and Larren Wright Jr., sophomore Shaquille Hill and freshmen Cooper Kupp and Keylin Huddleston. Clark fin-
ished third on the 2012 roster with 49 catches for 650 yards, and Hill earned All-Big Sky Conference honorable mention for his return abilities.
“Whenever you have a po-sition that you lose some guys that were substantial, it takes other positions to always kind of pick that group up,” Bald-win said.
The running back position looks to pick up some of the slack left by the vacating wide receivers, returning all of its seven backs. Senior Demetrius Bronson and juniors Mario Brown, Quincy Forte and Jor-
dan Talley have each started at least five games in their EWU careers and have combined for 2,473 rushing yards and 27 to-tal touchdowns.
Defensively, Eastern gets back two All-Americans in linebacker Ronnie Hamlin and cornerback T.J. Lee, III, as well as Jordan Tonani, who earned freshman All-American hon-ors. Tonani, a graduate of Fer-ris High School in Spokane, said he added 10 pounds of muscle in the offseason in preparation of the spring prac-tices. “We’re all just bigger, stronger [and] faster and ready
to get out here and play some spring football,” he said.
Tonani looks forward to a familiarity with the defense and being more comfortable in his safety position. “Com-ing in last year in the spring as a freshman, you really don’t know too much going on, es-pecially when you redshirt,” Tonani said. “You don’t know too much about the defense — at least I didn’t. This is where you really pave it out and learn. Coming in already knowing what we’re doing is obviously a pretty big bonus.”
The Eagles have a total of
15 spring practices spread out over five weeks, including the Red-White spring game on April 27 sandwiched between scrimmages on April 20 and May 4.
EWU will play a 12-game regular-season schedule for the first time in school history, but Bald-win believes that is of little importance. “Our expecta-tion is we’re going to play more than 11 every year anyway, and that’s our thought process,” he said. “We played 14 last year and 15 a couple years ago.”
Photo by Aaron MalmoeFreshman quarterback Jordan West does some front and backwards stepping drills at spring practice while quarterbacks Anthony Vitto and Vernon Adams look on.
Football back in action for spring practicePlayoff loss motivates team
