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EST. 1916 OCTOBER 29, 2014 EASTERNERONLINE.COM NEWS PAGE 2 EAGLE LIFE PAGE 3 ELECTIONS PAGE 4 COMMUNITY PAGE 7 OPINION PAGE 8 SPORTS PAGE 9 INSIDE: Upcoming Events: VOLUME 66, ISSUE 6 Upcoming Events: From a movement that began by requesting beer journalistic ethics, Gamer- Gate evolved into what some have called a hate movement over the past few months. As a movement based almost entirely on 4chan, an anonymous online forum, it can be hard to pin down what GamerGate is aempt- ing to gain, or even what GamerGate is about. Ac- cording to TIME magazine, some gamergaters claim the movement is intended entirely to bring awareness to poor journalism ethics. However, many who use the gamergater label have harassed prominent women in the gaming industry, go- ing so far as to send highly specific death threats and aempt to get the women to kill themselves. TIME magazine reported that in August 2014 pro- grammer Eron Gjoli wrote a series of blog posts about his relationship with indie game developer Zoe Quinn; specif- ically about the end of their relationship. The post that sparked GamerGate accused Quinn of sleeping with game reviewer Nathan Grayson to get a good review on her game “Depression Quest.” From there, it took on new life. Although many Gamergaters believe it is still a movement only re- questing better ethics in gaming journalism, it has also been linked to anony- mous death threats to- wards, and the release of personal information of, four specific women: Quinn, feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian, game devel- oper Brianna Wu and, as of Oct. 23, actress Felicia Day, TIME magazine and Gawk- er reported. All of these women were aacked only after they spoke out against sexism in the gaming industry, or the abuse that was occur- ring, according to TIME. In the case of Day, her details were released after express- ing fear at the idea of saying anything remotely negative about the movement. “I have not said many public things about Gamer Gate,” she wrote on her Tumblr blog Oct. 22. By ZoË Colburn copy editor GAMERGATE-PAGE 2 GamerGate uncovers mysogyny in world of gaming Gender roles on video game players heighten harassment, threats on female gamers HOMECOMING UNITES CAMPUS TO COMMUNITY CAUSES “Rake a Difference,” community service events evoke EWU vision of helping others Community service is a part of the annual events of Eastern Washington Uni- versity’s Home- coming Week. “Rake a Differ- ence” was this year’s Eagle Spirit Week community engagement project, held on Oct. 28. The event was this year’s community caring team challenge, co-spon- sored by Cheney Parks and Recreation, and Cheney Kiwanis Club. Eastern clubs and or- ganizations on campus formed teams to volunteer at the community service event. The teams were as- signed to eight locations to rake leaves in residents’ yards; volunteers then dis- posed of the leaves at the Cheney Recycling Center in downtown Cheney. Student Activities, In- volvement and Leadership Associate Director Saman- tha Armstrong said Eagle Spirit Week is about stu- dents taking pride in their institution and communi- ty. She said it is a week to reflect on what it means to be an Eagle. The event is about “showing [Eastern cares] about the community,” said Armstrong. One volunteer location had two teams that joined forces: Gamma Phi Beta sorority and Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Sophomore and Gamma Phi Beta member Hannah Gunderson said, “It’s a good opportunity for us to come together as a Greek com- munity and give back to the [Cheney] community.” Gamma Phi Beta fresh- man Mika Norrish said she thinks volunteering for community service makes people feel good to help other people out. “It’s a community proj- ect to help out in the com- munity and put a name out there for ourselves,” said Laj Tripp, Beta Theta Pi member and EWU freshman. Armstrong said Cheney Kiwanis Club donated a majority of the rakes, the Office of Community En- gagement provided gloves and SAIL purchased the garbage bags. By Nathan Peters managing editor EWU basketball teams, students celebrate Eagle Madness The women’s and men’s basketball team celebrated Eagle Madness with the EWU community on Oct. 23 in hon- or of the 2014-15 season. The night started out with both teams warming up on opposite ends of the court and music blasting over the loudspeakers. It was time for introductions as Eastern’s cheerleaders came out and entertained the crowd. As this season’s rosters for both teams were announced, each of the players threw frisbees and free shirts into the crowd and greeted EWU students and Swoop. Head coach of the wom- en’s basketball team Wen- dy Schuller enjoyed the atmosphere of the night. “I thought it was a lot of fun,” said Schuller. “It’s cool to get both squads out here and interacting with our fans, I thought it was a re- ally great event.” Men’s basketball assis- tant coach Alex Pribble gave his views on the position men’s basketball is in this year. “Eagles sports are mov- ing in the right direction and we want to be a part of that,” said Pribble. “[We are] really excited about the team we have this year. We have high expectations for ourselves and we want the whole com- munity to be a part of it.” Students came down to the court to take part in various activities during the night, which included a con- test involving coon balls. Teams were divided and the point of the contest was to transfer the most coon balls using their nose and Vaseline from table to table. The 3-point shooting con- test was next on the agenda. Two teams were split up once again; redshirt senior guard Lexie Nelson and a student from the crowd represented the women’s team and se- nior guard Parker Kelly and another student represented the men’s team. In what proved to be a close game, the men’s team came out on top. “I thought the 3-point contest was prey exciting,” Schuller said. “That’s one of my favorite things.” The next activity involved pingpong balls. Students had lile pouches aached to their waists; the objec- tive was to release as many By Elohino Theodore senior reporter EWU MADNESS-PAGE 10 Photo by Laura Lango November Nov. 1: Homecoming Game - EWU will play against North Dakota on the red turf starting at 2:05 p.m. The Homecoming parade will be before the game, starting at 11 a.m. For more information, visit ewu.edu/homecoming Oct. 30: The EWU Community Canned Food Drive will be ac- cepting canned and perishable food in the PUB from 1 - 3 p.m. Oct. 31: The EWU Harvest Festival is a trick-or-treat children’s event that will oc- cur from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. on the main Cheney campus. All children are welcome to aend! A costume contest will follow afterwards. October Oct. 30: “Odds Against Tomorrow.” Racial, Ethnic and Gender Approaches to Community Health, 12 p.m. in 207 Monroe Hall. Sponsored by the Women’s Center. Oct: 30: #EWUHomecoming - Community Bonfire, Pep Rally and Bed Races will occur in downtown Cheney starting at 7 p.m. May the best bed win. For the most up-to-date events in Cheney and Spokane, follow us: @EasternerOnline Winter comes early to Eastern as outdoor snow sports enthusiasts and professionals take to The Grind, page 9 SPORTS: Rail Jam Photo by Jessica Hawley Swoop dances with EWU students at the Eagle Madness event. Photo by Laura Lango It’s a good opportunity for us to come together as a Greek community and give back to the [Cheney] community. Hannah Gunderson EWU Gamma Phi Beta member Photo by Laura Lango Hannah Gunderson, an EWU sophomore and member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, volunteers at the “Rake a Difference” event on Oct. 28. Election Spread: Why students should pay attention to local politics, Page 5 LETTER: Editor-in-Chief of The Easterner apologizes to EWU community, Page 8 HOMECOMING RAKING-PAGE 6

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Page 1: Volume 66, Issue 6

Est. 1916 OctObEr 29, 2014EastErnErOnlinE.cOm

NEWS PAGE 2 • EAGLE LIFE PAGE 3 • ELECTIONS PAGE 4 • COMMUNITY PAGE 7 • OPINION PAGE 8 • SPORTS PAGE 9 INSIDE:Upcoming Events:

VOlumE 66, issuE 6

Upcoming Events:

From a movement that began by requesting better journalistic ethics, Gamer-Gate evolved into what some have called a hate movement over the past few months.

As a movement based almost entirely on 4chan, an anonymous online forum, it can be hard to pin down what GamerGate is attempt-ing to gain, or even what GamerGate is about. Ac-cording to TIME magazine, some gamergaters claim the movement is intended entirely to bring awareness to poor journalism ethics. However, many who use the gamergater label have harassed prominent women in the gaming industry, go-ing so far as to send highly specific death threats and attempt to get the women to kill themselves.

TIME magazine reported that in August 2014 pro-grammer Eron Gjoli wrote a series of blog posts about his relationship with indie game developer Zoe Quinn; specif-ically about the end of their relationship. The post that sparked GamerGate accused Quinn of sleeping with game reviewer Nathan Grayson to get a good review on her game “Depression Quest.”

From there, it took on new life. Although many Gamergaters believe it is still a movement only re-questing better ethics in gaming journalism, it has also been linked to anony-mous death threats to-wards, and the release of personal information of, four specific women: Quinn, feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian, game devel-oper Brianna Wu and, as of Oct. 23, actress Felicia Day, TIME magazine and Gawk-er reported.

All of these women were attacked only after they spoke out against sexism in the gaming industry, or the abuse that was occur-ring, according to TIME. In the case of Day, her details were released after express-ing fear at the idea of saying anything remotely negative about the movement.

“I have not said many public things about Gamer Gate,” she wrote on her Tumblr blog Oct. 22.

By ZoË Colburncopy editor

GAMERGATE-PAGE 2

GamerGate uncovers mysogyny in world of gaming

Gender roles on video game players heighten harassment, threats on

female gamers

Homecoming unites campus to community causes

“Rake a Difference,” community service events evoke EWU vision of helping others

Community service is a part of the annual events of Eastern Washington Uni-

versity’s Home-coming Week. “Rake a Differ-ence” was this

year’s Eagle Spirit Week community engagement project, held on Oct. 28.

The event was this year’s community caring team challenge, co-spon-sored by Cheney Parks and Recreation, and Cheney Kiwanis Club.

Eastern clubs and or-ganizations on campus formed teams to volunteer at the community service event.

The teams were as-signed to eight locations

to rake leaves in residents’ yards; volunteers then dis-posed of the leaves at the Cheney Recycling Center in downtown Cheney.

Student Activities, In-volvement and Leadership Associate Director Saman-tha Armstrong said Eagle Spirit Week is about stu-dents taking pride in their institution and communi-ty. She said it is a week to reflect on what it means to be an Eagle.

The event is about “showing [Eastern cares] about the community,” said Armstrong.

One volunteer location had two teams that joined forces: Gamma Phi Beta sorority and Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

Sophomore and Gamma Phi Beta member Hannah Gunderson said, “It’s a good

opportunity for us to come together as a Greek com-munity and give back to the [Cheney] community.”

Gamma Phi Beta fresh-man Mika Norrish said she thinks volunteering for community service makes people feel good to help other people out.

“It’s a community proj-ect to help out in the com-munity and put a name out there for ourselves,” said Laj Tripp, Beta Theta Pi member and EWU freshman.

Armstrong said Cheney Kiwanis Club donated a majority of the rakes, the Office of Community En-gagement provided gloves and SAIL purchased the garbage bags.

By Nathan Petersmanaging editor

EWU basketball teams, students celebrate Eagle Madness

The women’s and men’s basketball team celebrated Eagle Madness with the EWU community on Oct. 23 in hon-or of the 2014-15 season.

The night started out with both teams warming up on opposite ends of the court and music blasting over the loudspeakers. It was time for introductions as Eastern’s cheerleaders came out and entertained the crowd. As this season’s rosters for both teams were announced, each of the players threw frisbees and free shirts into the crowd and greeted EWU students and Swoop.

Head coach of the wom-en’s basketball team Wen-dy Schuller enjoyed the

atmosphere of the night. “I thought it was a lot of fun,” said Schuller. “It’s cool to get both squads out here and interacting with our fans, I thought it was a re-ally great event.”

Men’s basketball assis-tant coach Alex Pribble gave his views on the position men’s basketball is in this year. “Eagles sports are mov-ing in the right direction and we want to be a part of that,” said Pribble. “[We are] really excited about the team we have this year. We have high expectations for ourselves and we want the whole com-munity to be a part of it.”

Students came down to the court to take part in various activities during the night, which included a con-test involving cotton balls. Teams were divided and the point of the contest was to

transfer the most cotton balls using their nose and Vaseline from table to table.

The 3-point shooting con-test was next on the agenda. Two teams were split up once again; redshirt senior guard Lexie Nelson and a student from the crowd represented the women’s team and se-nior guard Parker Kelly and another student represented the men’s team.

In what proved to be a close game, the men’s team came out on top.

“I thought the 3-point contest was pretty exciting,” Schuller said. “That’s one of my favorite things.”

The next activity involved pingpong balls. Students had little pouches attached to their waists; the objec-tive was to release as many

By Elohino Theodoresenior reporter

EWU MADNESS-PAGE 10

Photo by Laura Lango

NovemberNov. 1: Homecoming Game - EWU will play against North Dakota on the red turf starting at 2:05 p.m. The Homecoming parade will be before the game, starting at 11 a.m. For more information, visit ewu.edu/homecoming

Oct. 30: The EWU Community Canned Food Drive will be ac-cepting canned and perishable food in the PUB from 1 - 3 p.m.

Oct. 31: The EWU Harvest Festival is a trick-or-treat children’s event that will oc-cur from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. on the main Cheney campus. All children are welcome to attend! A costume contest will follow afterwards.

October Oct. 30: “Odds Against Tomorrow.” Racial, Ethnic and Gender Approaches to Community Health, 12 p.m. in 207 Monroe Hall. Sponsored by the Women’s Center.

Oct: 30: #EWUHomecoming - Community Bonfire, Pep Rally and Bed Races will occur in downtown Cheney starting at 7 p.m. May the best bed win.

For the most up-to-date events in Cheney and Spokane, follow us: @EasternerOnline

Winter comes early to Eastern as outdoor snow sports enthusiasts and professionals take to The Grind, page 9

SPORTS: Rail Jam

Photo by Jessica Hawley

Swoop dances with EWU students at the Eagle Madness event.

“Photo by Laura Lango

It’s a good opportunity for us to come together as a Greek community and give

back to the [Cheney] community.

Hannah GundersonEWU Gamma Phi Beta member

Photo by Laura LangoHannah Gunderson, an EWU sophomore and member of Gamma Phi Beta sorority, volunteers at the “Rake a Difference” event on Oct. 28.

Election Spread: Why students should pay attention to local politics, Page 5

LETTER: Editor-in-Chief of The Easterner apologizes to EWU community, Page 8

HOMECOMING

RAKING-PAGE 6

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Washington state is far away from the Ebola outbreak in Africa, yet the threat of infection is still taken seriously.

KREM2 news reported on Oct. 20, that misconceptions about Ebola were spreading around Spokane thanks to a lack of knowl-edge, which is why the the Spo-kane Regional Health District (SRHD) is sending out weekly situation reports.

The SRHD released their sec-ond Ebola situation report on Oct. 20 covering Oct. 11 to 17.

The SRHD report said that within the Providence healthcare system, Sacred Heart Medical-Center is the facility selected to administer medical care for con-firmed Ebola patients and that test samples for Ebola would be sent to the Washington State Health Laboratory and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Washington State Depart-ment of Health has on record that their public health laboratories are one of 13 state labs nationwide that are approved by the CDC to conduct initial testing for Ebola.

Scott Lindquist, a clinical assistant pro-fessor of epidemiology at the University of Washington and health officer of Bremerton-

Kitsap County health district, said in a phone interview that all qualified labs need to go through proficiency testing before the CDC will provide them with Ebola testing kits.

According to the Washington state pub-lic health laboratories, Ebola testing by polymerase chain reaction will only be per-formed after getting approval from the CDC.

The National Center for Biotechnology Information defines a polymerase chain reaction test as a technique that amplifies DNA sequences by separating the DNA into two strands and then incubating it, a process that can be performed a billion times. Once amplified, the DNA segments would be com-pared to nucleotide segments from a known source, Ebola in this case.

Lindquist said anyone want-ing to be tested would first have to show signs of Ebola and prove they were in one of the three countries with an outbreak or were around an Ebola patient.

“The local health jurisdiction would be involved; we’d confer here at the public health lab with the

state department of health and we would autho-rize the test here,” said Lindquist.

He said it would be the same for samples from other states, which would only be sent to Wash-ington after approval from the local health depart-ment, state health department and the CDC.

Frank Houghton, Medical Professionals Health program director and associate pro-fessor at Eastern, said contagious diseases tend to follow transport flows and will often spread to major population centers before cascading out to more local networks.

“From a Spokane perspective, the rela-tive isolation of the city may, in a major out-break, be helpful,” said Houghton.

Washington does have the Sea-Tac In-ternational Airport, but the Department of Homeland Security made an announcement on Oct. 21 that all passengers flying to the U.S. from Liberia, Sierra Leone or Guinea have to fly to one of the five airports doing in-creased screening for Ebola. All five airports are located on the eastern side of the nation.

Houghton said at the Washington State Public Health Association's annual meeting and at a health conference in Seattle, Wash-ington, Washington’s Secretary of Health John Wiesman, DrPH, and hospital execu-tives all stated that their preparations were proceeding on the basis of “when Ebola reaches Washington” rather than “if.”

“There have been no cases of Ebola in Washington state and we’ve tested no one in Washington state, but we are just about to start the flu season which is a very con-cerning disease,” said Lindquist. “People in Washington die every year from the flu and we want people to be ready for some-thing that’s here and coming, and that’s the influenza season.”

By Katie Dunnstaff writer

Washington prepares for the spread of Ebola

“I have tried to leave it alone, aside from a few @ replies on Twitter that journalists have decided to use in their articles, siding me against the hashtag. Why have I remained most-ly silent? Self-protection and fear.”

Only minutes after the post went up, her personal details were re-leased by a user named “gaimerg8,” reported Gawker.

What is perhaps the fright-ening part of GamerGate is the ease with which the threaten-ers seem to find these women’s personal information.

“I don’t think it takes that much for people to find out,” said Carol Taylor, Ph.D., department chair for computer science, and specialist of computer security. “I think we’re more public than we ever have been before, and like I said, all they would have to do is [ask], like, well where does she live?”

There is no true expertise re-quired to find the personal details most people try to hold close to their chest, such as their address or per-sonal email.

“There just is so much informa-tion that gets compiled on you. I don’t think it would be that hard. You wouldn’t have to be a cyber expert, let’s put it that way,” said Taylor. “They’re normal people that have some kind of a reason to re-search [Brianna Wu].”

While GamerGate has become a nationally-recognized controversy, the harassment of women in the gaming community is more com-mon than some may think.

Gaming development instruc-tor Brian Kamp asked students in each of his three classes what they thought of GamerGate: “All of the women who game basically said at some time they’ve been, I don’t know if discrimination is the right word, but have been intimidated or people just won’t play with

them because they’re women.”What GamerGate brought to the

forefront was the active and contin-ued harassment of female gamers.

“There obviously have been threats and intimidation used to-ward women in the gaming indus-try and players,” said Kamp. “And I don’t think you can discount the ‘and players’ of that.”

Lorna Harris, Gamers’ Club pres-ident and EWU junior, said while playing “World of Warcraft,” she was asked to be in an online relation-ship with a male gamer. When she said no, he began spreading rumors about her.

“It got to the point where I couldn’t even log in without them saying things, and I was well-known throughout the server, and it just got

to the point where I was like, ‘I don’t even want to do this,’” she said.

Kamp called the defensive-ness shown by many male gamers against the women who speak out against sexism, misogyny and abuse in the gaming industry, “pathetic.”

“I can’t think of another word that describes it more than just pa-thetic,” he said. “Because what we’re really talking about is the male sec-tion of the gaming industry, whether it be production or play or whatever, not being able to come to grips with the fact that there might be female players. That’s just pathetic. But what goes to a deeper reason I would call it pathetic is that they’re games.”

Beyond the one problem she had, Harris has not had many problems in general as a gamer.

“There will just be some guys who, they’ll think you don’t know a lot about it, and then you start talk-ing about the details of the game and they look at you, like, stunned,” she said. “Sometimes, with the incoming freshmen, when they’re asking about the Gamers’ Club and you tell them, ‘Oh, I’m the Gamers’ Club presi-dent,’ and they like take a step back like ‘Whoa! That’s awesome!’”

Despite the good, though, Har-ris does believe there can still be an overreaction — whether positive or negative — to female gamers.

“[Male gamers] should pay more attention to the way that females be-have, and they should just treat fe-males like gamers,” she said. “Gam-ers are gamers. We just want to play our games.”

GAMERGATE:CONTINUED FROM FRONT

“From a Spokane

perspective, the relative

isolation of the city may, in a

major outbreak, be helpful.”

Frank Houghton

Medical Professionals Health program directorThe EWU study abroad

fair on Oct. 23 showed the different options avail-able to students have who aspire to study abroad in countries ranging from Costa Rica to Australia.

The fair had several rep-resentatives from different companies that help send students out of the country to give interested students a smooth introduction to studying abroad.

Elena Axton, a study abroad adviser for the Of-fice of Global Initiatives, said, “We have a study abroad fair twice a year to help do outreach to our stu-dents about study abroad options that are available to them, so they can talk to program representa-tives that come to campus face-to-face. It’s their only chance to do that.”

Shelby Shanstorm, a junior who studied in Spain, said, “As far as get-ting abroad, Eastern made it really easy. They really help you along.”

Axton said the fair has been successful in helping send students abroad.

“The fair is bigger, we have more programs that come to it than we used to because we’re sending more students abroad, so with that comes more students who are going [abroad],” she said.

To meet the eligibility criteria to study abroad, a student must be of sopho-more standing or higher, have a minimum cumula-tive GPA of 2.5 and com-plete the EWU study abroad application, according to a study abroad flier.

Students who missed the fair can still receive in-formation from the Study Abroad Resource Cen-ter in Hargreaves Hall or can attend the first meet-ing for the Study Abroad Association, a new club at Eastern.

The first meeting for the Study Abroad Asso-ciation is on Nov. 12 in Streeter’s Global Con-nections LLC from 3:30-5:00 p.m. Interested stu-dents can contact Jared Dineen at [email protected] about the study abroad association, or Axton at [email protected] for general study abroad information.

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Homecoming pageant winners recognized for talents, charity work

Eastern hosted its annual Mr. and Ms. Eastern Pageant on Oct. 27, crowning two

new students into university royalty.

Eagle Entertain-ment Chairperson Mike Cardenas

said the pageant started in the 1940s and has been a tradition at Eastern ever since, as well as how beneficial the pageant is to EWU.

“I think the biggest signifi-cance in the pageant is having Eastern students represent Eastern,” said Cardenas. “We have [Mr. and Ms. Eastern] participate in parades to help

represent the school.” In Showalter Hall audito-

rium, the pageant commenced at 6 p.m.

There were 15 contestants who took the stage, ready to perform and showcase their talents in front of a full audi-ence of judges, friends and other students.

In the first round of the pageant, each contestant was asked to explain to the audience why they chose to run for Mr. or Ms. Eastern, and share the charity proj-ects they have been work-ing on, what they wanted to work for and what organi-zation or group sponsored them to participate in the competition.

For the second round,

each contestant had to answer a random question selected by an audience member.

The final round was the talent segment of the com-petition. Many contestants danced, some sang a song, recited poetry and a few even did comedy.

After all the performances from the contestants were done, the judges exited the auditorium to cast their votes. When they returned, they an-nounced the winners.

Senior Kyle Hamlin took third runner up for Mr. East-ern. Madison Azim, a ju-nior, took third place for Ms. Eastern.

Sophomore John-Henry Woodward took second place for Mr. Eastern and senior

Michaela Morse took second place for Ms. Eastern.

The title of Mr. Eastern was given to sophomore Bryce Dressler, and sopho-more Sapna Basy won the title of Ms. Eastern.

Both winners said the title meant a great deal to them.

“It means a lot,” said Dressler. “It adds even more motivation to further better the community and myself.”

Basy jumped for joy with a big smile across her face as her name was called for the title.

“This title means the whole world to me. I never thought a five feet girl could win the crown,” Basy said. “It’s not about your height

In the midst of Spirit Week, Eastern organizations will be hosting multiple Halloween events catering to students and local community members.

Eagle Entertainment invites stu-dents to join them for a Haunted Scav-enger Hunt on Wednesday Oct. 29th from 4-6:00 p.m. in the EWU Campus Mall. Following the scavenger hunt there will be a movie night in Showal-ter 109 at 7 p.m. featuring the movie “A Nightmare on Elm Street.”

On Halloween, Eastern’s Office of Community Engagement will be team-ing up with the Cheney fire depart-ment and Cheney Kiwanis Club to host Harvest Fest, a carnival and trick-or-treating campus tour, for toddlers to fifth-grade children.

Tours begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Cam-pus Mall and continue to 5 p.m. The carnival will run from 4-6 p.m. at the URC ice skating rink.

“[Harvest Fest] creates a wonderful, safe environment for kids,” said Eagle volunteers program coordinator Gab-by Ryan. “It shows them that a college campus isn’t scary.”

The tour consists of seven locations around campus where EWU staff and faculty will be distributing candy to the costumed children.

According to Ryan, this student-staffed event reached its maximum capacity of 160 volunteers and there are 800 people projected to attend the event, including children, their sib-lings and their parents.

There will also be a Halloween Paintball Event on Halloween from 3-6 p.m. on the Intramural Fields, hosted by EWU Campus Recreation as part of Eagle Spirit Week. Students can visit the EWU Paintball website for more in-formation on gear, fees and eligibility.

The tile decorating contest was full of colorful designs as teams grabbed paint-brushes, pencils and sponges to help deco-

rate ceiling tiles while dancing to music.

Eagle Entertainment host-ed the tile decorating contest on Oct. 27, which took place in

PUB 204. This event was overseen by Mike Cardenas, Eagle Entertainment chair.

According to Stacey Reece, direc-tor of SAIL, the tile decorating contest is part of the team challenge for Home-coming Week 2014.

Reece said teams entered the contest to decorate new ceiling tiles to represent their Eagle pride.

According to Reece, this con-test is a spin off of the old win-dow decorating competition.

“We changed the format because often the weather would interfere with the painting of windows,” said Reece in an email. “We also wanted to create artwork that could last and be used throughout the year.”

Cardenas said this event is pretty relaxed when students come to express their artis-tic thoughts and feelings for Eastern.

“The rules are pretty much to show your Eastern pride and try to incorporate your team. Some are from the [resi-dence] halls, some are from sororities and fraternities, some are from clubs and or-ganizations and I think there is actually one team that is just a group of friends that decided to do it this year,” said Cardenas.

Freshman Laura Holman and junior Erin Locke were part of the snyamncut Hall team. Holman said she enjoyed the contest because of the opportunity to be artistic.

“I like it because it’s another way to

get to know more people in your dorm or in your organization that you’re with, and you get to be creative with it, which is really cool,” said Holman.

Locke and Holman designed their tile around the meaning of the word snyamncut. According to Holman,

snyamncut is a Native-American word meaning “gathering place.”

Holman and Locke painted the word “synamn-cut” on their tile and drew the “S” so that it flowed into a river; the river flowed into handprints that sur-rounded the Eastern Eagle. Holman said this design in-corporates Eastern as well as their residence hall.

“This is my first time ever doing this, but so far it’s fun,” said Locke.

Unlike Locke and Hol-man on the synamncut team, the EWU Competition Dance Team did not collab-orate on their tile.

According to the team’s head captain, Hope Mor-row, the team decided that

one member would paint the tile be-cause she was good at painting and the rest of the team would offer their unar-tistic moral support.

The EWU Homecoming Spirit Splash Contest winners were announced on Oct. 28. The contest judges for the best

Eagle spirit decorations of residence halls, departments

and local businesses for Ea-gle Spirit Week.

According to Rick Scott, EWU coordinator of club sports, there were three categories for the Spirit Splash: Residence hall, business, and department. Scott said each category was critiqued by five judges in accordance with contes-tants’ entry submissions by the deadline and the Eagle Spirit Week theme.

Scott said the winner for the depart-ment category was the Office of Global Initiatives and the runner-up was Re-cords and Registration. The winner of the business category was Cheney Parks and Rec.

After tallying the scores, the win-ner for the residence hall category was Dressler Hall and second place was Louise Anderson Hall.

Seth Cook, hall council president for Dressler Hall, said the decorations in the hall were designed to incorporate the “Paint the Town Red” theme.

“We have Dressler in our sky line thing, but the main thing was paint the town red so we tried to incorporate that as much as possible,” said Cook.

Cook said he and other Dressler residents were up late putting up the decorations the night before judging. He said he is really glad that all of their hard work paid off.

“I made a lot of the posters and it was just fun to help out and be a part of it,” said Cook.

Administrative Community Adviser for Louise Anderson Hall Austin Heddon said the decorations in L.A. showcased businesses in Cheney such as Maverik and the Cheney Police Station. Heddon said he really enjoyed the opportunity to show Eastern pride during the event.

“I like it a lot, I think especially for like Parents’ Weekend, it’s really cool because the parents get to come into the buildings that are all decorated,” said Heddon.

By Ayanna Fernandezstaff writer

By Carly Esteycontributing writer

By Rebekah Frankstaff writer

Eastern turns ‘spooktacular’ for Halloween campus events

‘Spirit Splash’ competition personifies school spirit and pride

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Contest spin off creates EWU club friendships

Photo by Rebekah Frank

Erin Locke, right, and Laura Holman, left, represented snyamncut Hall at the contest.

Photo by Anna Mills

Mr. and Ms. Eastern crowned into royalty

Sapna Basy, sophomore, was crowned Ms. Eastern alongside Bryce Dressler, sophomore, who was crowned Mr. Eastern on Oct. 27.

Photo by Anna Mills

Left to right: Madison Azim; Michaela Morse; Sapna Basy, Ms. Eastern; Bryce Dressler, Mr. Eastern; John-Henry Woodward; Kyle Hamlin.

By Rebekah Frankstaff writer

“It’s another way to get to know more

people in your dorm or in your

organization that you’re with,

and you get to be creative with it, which

is really cool.”

Laura HolmanEWU freshman

HOMECOMING

HOMECOMING

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[ ]Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie

Knezovich, R, is seeking re-elec-tion in 2014 after serving two con-secutive four-year terms.

According to the Spokane County website, Knezovich was originally appointed to the office on April 11, 2006, and was offi-cially elected to the Office of Sher-iff in the fall of 2006. 2014 marked his 24th year in law enforcement.

In a recent statement released by Knezovich, he said serving as sheriff for the last seven years has been an honor. He said, “Spokane County has many great communities within its borders,” and he believes work-ing together as a region will help solve problems that these com-munities have in common.

According to the county web-site, Knezovich is responsible for overseeing law enforcement of unincorporated areas of Spokane County, several contract cities and towns and managing the county’s corrections system and depart-ment of energy management.

Knezovich said on his web-site that crime is one of the big-gest problems facing Spokane County. Since the 2007 formation of the Violent Crimes and Gangs Task Force, violent crimes in un-incorporated areas of Spokane County have gone down 56 per-cent and in the City of Spokane Valley, the crime rates decreased by 24 percent.

On his website, Knezovich said he attributes his success as Sheriff to new policing models such as Intelligence Led Polic-ing, bringing back Crime Check, volunteers in the Sheriff’s Com-munity Oriented Policing Ef-fort (S.C.O.P.E.) and to training, which he said is “essential in de-veloping an effective and profes-sional Sheriff's office.”

Spokane Police Detective Doug Orr, R, is running against

incumbent Ozzie Knezovich in the 2014 Spokane County Sheriff race.

According to his campaign website, Orr has served in three departments over a period of near-ly 30 years.

Orr said over the phone that his education sets him apart from his opponent. Orr holds a Ph.D. in criminal justice from Washington State University, a Master’s degree in organizational leadership from Gonzaga University and an MBA from Saint Leo University in Flor-ida. Orr said he hopes his educa-tion translates to voters as ability to write policy based on empirical research and training.

If elected, Orr said there are three major things in Spokane County that need to be accomplished.

First, he said civilian oversight is needed in law enforcement, some-

thing he said has gone undone for too long in the city and county.

Second, Orr said he plans to fo-cus on an evidence-based response to property crimes. He said he plans to bring in programs that have worked for other Washington com-munities that work to increase accu-racy in arrests.

Third, he said instead of build-ing another large jail in the region, he wants to focus on smaller com-munity corrections centers.

Aside from his work as a detec-tive with the Spokane Police De-partment, according to his website, Orr has worked closely with legis-lators from Washington, Idaho and South Carolina to craft public safety legislation and currently sits on the Firearms and Violence Panel for Peer Review at the National Insti-tute of Justice.

Initiative Measure 1391, if voted into law, will reduce class sizes for grades K-12 over a four-year pe-riod. As of now, the average class size for the fourth grade is 27 stu-dents. If reduced, the class size would be 25 students.

The initiative would also add another distinction that reduces class sizes: poverty. A school is con-sidered high poverty if 50 percent of the student body is eligible for free or reduced meals in the prior school year. These schools would see class sizes further reduced. In-stead of a 27-student class, the class would be 22 students.

In addition to reducing class sizes, the measure would pro-vide funding for support staff like librarians, guidance counsel-ing, school nurses and teaching assistants. More funding would let schools hire more people for these respective positions to a designated ratio.

Overall, Initiative 1391 is a check on a Washington state Su-preme Court case, McCleary v.

the state of Washington. The court found that the Washington legislature has a duty to make an effort to provide funding for gen-eral education.

While enforcing that duty, the initiative also provides bench-marks. The legislature would

have to provide reports on fund-ing and make them public. The reports would also have to be submitted to the Supreme Court, that way the public and the court can see if the legislature is prop-erly making an effort to allocate funds for K-12 education.

Many people pay closer atten-tion to politics at the international and national levels than they do to political events closer to home. This is understandable. Major events on these levels tend to dominate the news and they occasionally are of greater importance than politics at the local level.

Still, state and local-level poli-tics can be of considerable signifi-cance to one’s daily life. It’s for this reason that college students should be aware of local political issues and vote in local elections just like any other.

One reason is because local pol-itics are often of more immediate relevance to one’s day-to-day life than events far away. The mayor and city council of your town, the composition of the school board, or the kinds of local ordinances un-der which you live can all have a profound impact. College-age vot-ers are affected by these kinds of things just as much as any other person, so even if you’re living here for just a few years it’s still a good idea to be informed on the issues, vote, and get involved.

Nowhere is this more evident than in the tuition you pay to at-tend a public university like EWU. Your representatives in the Wash-

ington State Legislature make ma-jor decisions every year concerning how much tuition you pay. That amount has gone up significantly in the last five years. Locally-elect-ed representatives (Cheney is in the 9th Legislative District), make those decisions. But because col-lege-age students vote in such low numbers, elected representatives have very little incentive to pay at-tention to their concerns. Instead, the voices of those who do partici-pate get heard.

So, while it might not seem like it matters much, local politics has real effects on the lives of everyone and therefore deserves your care-ful attention.

Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R, is the cur-rent chair of the House Republican Confer-ence and is running for re-election as the republican representative of Eastern Wash-ington’s fifth district.

McMorris Rodgers’ campaign web-site said she spent her early years work-ing on her family farm in Kettle Falls, Washington. She graduated from Pen-sacola Christian College, an indepen-dent Baptist liberal arts college in Pen-sacola, Florida, with a BA in Pre-law. She earned her Executive MBA in 2002 from the University of Washington

According to McMorris Rodgers’ cam-paign fliers, she is concerned about nation-al debt, the economy, education, disabili-ties and U.S. energy.

Audrey Scagnelli, spokeswoman for McMorris Rogers, said in an email that Mc-Morris Rodgers plans to deal with national debt, which is nearly at 18 trillion, by re-ducing government spending with a con-stitutional amendment which limits spend-ing to 20 percent of the U.S. economy.

McMorris Rodgers’ website said she is continuing to push for another vote on the Balanced Budget Amendment. The amendment would not allow the federal government to run annual budget deficits or spend more than their income.

Scagnelli said McMorris Rodgers sup-ports private sector jobs and wants to give small business owners the confidence to invest and expand.

Her website reports she has co-spon-sored bills such as the Energy Tax Preven-tion Act and the “Path to Prosperity” bud-get to help reverse current economy trends.

The Senate has not voted on these bills. In Congress, McMorris Rodgers has

been working on increasing educational opportunities by removing employment disincentives and simplifying the tax code for individuals with disabilities.

Scagnelli said McMorris Rodgers wants to lower energy prices and reduce the United States' dependence on foreign re-sources by investing more into American oil, gas, solar, wind and biofuel energy.

Joe Pakootas, D, is running for the U.S. House of Representatives as the democratic representative of Eastern Washington’s fifth district. Susan Brudnicki, his campaign man-ager, said in an email, Pakootas is running for Congress to be the voice of middle class fami-lies who could benefit from an increase in fed-eral minimum wage and equal pay for women.

Pakootas’ campaign website said he has been a small business owner for 30 years and is the current CEO of the Colville Confeder-ated Tribes.

Campaign fliers provided by Brudnicki reported Pakootas’ focus on regional em-ployment, education, health care, immigra-tion reform and the environment.

Pakootas is trying to create jobs through initiatives to give work to the unemployed and incentives to corporations for U.S. relo-cation. Brudnicki said Pakootas believes the tax code needs to be restructured to make it a more even playing field for Americans.

Pakootas’ website shows he plans to in-vest more money in education at every level and he supports the idea of student loan re-form because college and university students should not graduate in debt.

According to Pakootas’ fliers, he will try to secure affordable healthcare for everyone, which includes reproductive health services for women.

Brudnicki said Pakootas wants to vote on S. 744, the bipartisan vote the Senate passed July 27, 2013, on reforming the United States immigration system.

According to the Immigration Policy Cen-ter, S.744 would address border enforcement, helping nonimmigrant workers supplement the workforce and obtain legal status for 11

million undocumented immigrants in the U.S. The Supreme Court of the United has on

record that Pakootas was responsible for the Unilateral Administrative Order, issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, that forced the Canadian corpora-tion Teck Cominco Metals to stop using the Columbia River and Lake Roosevelt as a dumping ground for their heavy metals.

Brudnicki said Pakootas will continue to hold polluters accountable for their waste.

With the Nov. 4 election day ap-proaching, the race for the sixth district state senate seat between incumbent Mi-chael Baumgartner, R, and challenger Rich Cowan, D, is coming to a close.

Baumgartner is running for his sec-ond term as a state Senator. He was first elected in 2010 and is credited with creating a plan that kept college tuition from rising for the first time in nearly 30 years, and he secured the funding to build Spokane’s new four-year medi-cal school, according to Baumgartner’s campaign page.

Former Governor Christine Gregoire spoke highly of Baumgartner’s education reform bill when she called it the “most significant transformation of state gov-ernment in 20 years.

Baumgartner’s biggest goal is to cre-ate more jobs. “As your Senator, creat-ing job opportunities continues to be my number one priority,” said Baumgartner on his site.

A challenger of the Affordable Care Act, Baumgartner said, “I’ll continue to work to mitigate the damage done by this federal intrusion into our hospitals and doctors’ offices, and work to ensure that patients are able to choose the doctors they want and treatments they need.”

Another issue Baumgartner is keen to fix is education: “To get our education system back up to the top, we need seri-ous changes that start with the govern-ment,” he said.

According to Baumgartner’s site, his priorities for education are to create re-forms that benefit students, focus on ed-

ucation to prepare students for jobs and reduce college costs.

A father of two and a native resident of Spokane, Baumgartner said on his site he hopes to have the opportunity to serve the area again.

Baumgartner’s competitor, Cowan, is also a Spokane native. He is co-founder of North by Northwest, a video and film pro-duction company based in Spokane, accord-ing to Cowan’s campaign page.

Cowan’s campaign page reports him featured as one of the “Power 25” business professionals in the region by Inland Busi-ness Catalyst Magazine.

According to Cowan’s campaign page, he said, “When I started my production company, I was motivated to grow an in-dustry, stimulate our economy and create jobs that would allow people to raise their families in the Spokane area.”

Cowan does not want to stop there, though, he wants everyone in Spokane to have jobs and stimulate the economy.

“I am deeply concerned about so many of our family, friends and neighbors who were hit hard by the recession and continue to fall further behind,” he said on his campaign site. “I will apply my skills through service in the Washington State Senate so that many other Spokane-area employers, employees and all facets of our society can succeed.”

Cowan said on his campaign site, “Job-creation, education and transportation are among my top priorities. These areas are in great need of improvement if we are to grow and strengthen our middle-class.”

Initiative proposes better education Knezovich, Orr running for Sheriff

2014 ELECTIONS 2014 ELECTIONS

Joe Pakootas vs. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Michael Baumgartner vs. Rich Cowan

Why students should vote in local politics By tom Hawley

contributing writer

By aaron BocooKstaff writer

By alex millerstaff writer

By alex millerstaff writer

By Katie Dunnstaff writer

By Katie Dunnstaff writer

By Jasmine ari Kempnews editor

Kevin Parker, R, is seeking re-election for District 6, Position 1 State Representative.

Parker was first elected in 2008, according to the State of Washington Voter’s Pamphlet, and has developed a reputation as a compassionate listener and effective leader in his three years as state representative.

Parker said he teaches in the MBA programs at both Whitworth University and Gonzaga University and also owns a chain of coffee shops in Spokane.

Parker said on his website that his focus is on school funding and preparing students for higher education, affordable health care, con-trolling government spending, fair distribution of tax dollars in transportation projects and approach-ing crime with a common sense vision and collab-orative community effort

Donald Dover, D, is running against Kevin Parker for Representative of Spokane’s 6th Dis-trict, Position 1.

On his website, Dover said he is running for the same reason he ran for Cheney City Council in 1983; voters should have more than one choice.

According to the State of Washington Voter’s Pamphlet, Dover went to Eastern Washington University, where he studied communi-cations, business and management.

In a recent statement on his website, Dover said he is passionate about education and, according to the voter’s pamphlet, he wants to ensure K-12 programs are funded at adequate levels.

Jeff Holy, R, is running for re-election for District 6, Position 2 State Representative.

Holy said on his website that he has lived in Spo-kane for 32 years and is committed to community service. He is an Army Veteran and retired from the Spokane Police Department in 2006 after 22 years of service.

According to the State of Washington Voter’s Pamphlet, Holy is a private practice attorney who provides pro-bono legal services, is a board member of Law Enforcement and Firefighter Retirement Board and has served as a precinct commit-tee officer.

In his statement for the voter’s pamphlet, Holy said he will continue to fight for Eastern Washington, focusing on ending wasteful spending and balancing the budget without raising taxes.

Representatives of Holy said in an email that if elected, he is committed to holding the line on tuition stating, “students should not be graduating college with a mortgage and no house to show for it.”

Ziggy Siegfried, D, is challenging incumbent Holy in the race for District 6, Position 2 State Representative.

Though he has no elected experience, he said he is very involved in local community and said it is time Spokane has a “regular citizen” representing the district.

According to the pamphlet, Siegfried is a full-time maintenance worker at WSU Spokane and a part-time landscaper, which he said has taught him the value of hard work.

Representatives of Siegfried said he is a community activist who fights for environmental, economic and social justice and wants to clean up the mess in Olympia.

If elected, Siegfried’s representatives said he will work to pass a transportation budget that includes the completion of the North/South Freeway project in Spokane.

Siegfried’s representatives also said he will fight to bring a family wage and family wage jobs to Washington state, work for full funding of K-12 education and increased funding for higher education and the Washington Dream Act.

State Representative Race for District 6

Position 1 state representative

Position 2 state representative

By aaron BocooKstaff writer

By aaron BocooKstaff writer

Senate preliminary pollsHouse of Representatives preliminary polls

57.23%30.46% 42.77%49.46%

Michael Baumgartner

Joe Pakootas

Rich Cowan

Cathy McMorris Rodgers

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON KEVIN PARKER AND JEFF HOLY, VISIT:

www.kevincparker.com/biographywww.donalddover.com

www.ziggysiegfried.com/index.htmlwww.votejeffholy.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MICHAEL BAUMGARTNER AND RICH COWAN, VISIT:

votebaumgartner.com/content/meet-michaelrichcowan.org/bio

Illustration by Lauren Campbell Illustration by Lauren Campbell

Illustration by Lauren Campbell Illustration by Lauren Campbell

Illustration by William Hayden

Photo by William Hayden

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Siegfried

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OctOber 29, 2014 pagE 7OctOber 29, 2014pagE 6 EAGLE LIFE COMMUNITY

$1,000 per month?You can’t beat that.

Marci Lachapelle, Gam-ma Phi Beta sophomore and one of the event leads said she thought the event was well organized.

The teams ran out of

garbage bags and rakes at one location, preventing people from participating. Lachapelle said, “I think they were expecting a lot less of a turnout.”

“It would have been easy to cancel with the weather, but staff and stu-dents came out anyway,” said Armstrong.

Academic advising is an important part of any college student's experi-ence. Advisers help stu-dents plan their course schedules to graduate with their degree.

Roy Caligan, assistant director of General Un-dergraduate Academic Advising, said academic advising does not have to be confusing because there are always resources available at Eastern Wash-ington University to help students, one being the academic advisers.

“The Academic Center is one primary component of student development,” said Caligan. “Our depart-ment particularly special-izes in the undergraduate student and monitors how well the first-year student is developing.”

“We want to make sure [students] are starting off

well in their academics, especially in the core cur-riculum, the general edu-cation curriculum,” said Caligan. “We make sure they are doing what they need to do as far as going to class, com-pleting their assignments, c o n n e c t i n g with their in-structors and really feeling that connec-tion to the campus.”

S e n i o r Rachell Cal-lender, a gov-ernment ma-jor, said her e x p e r i e n c e with Eastern’s advising had not been ex-c e p t i o n a l l y good nor terribly poor.

“My freshman year, maybe fall quarter, [my advisers] were helpful, but after that they became kind

of discouraging,” said Cal-lender. “They tried to lead you on a path of what is safe. They didn’t really try to help you if you have big-ger goals or dreams during or after college.”

According to Callender, she wishes she would have been pushed more in her young-er years and feels there are other stu-dents who feel the same.

S e n i o r L e ’ N a e c h a Roberts, an i n t e r d i s c i -plinary stud-ies major, said her ex-perience with

advisers was poor. “The advisers that were

assigned to me, I think they are all poor quality,” said Roberts. “It’s like they

don’t know the curricu-lum. My adviser made me retake a class I passed with a 3.1.”

Caligan said his depart-ment is aware of the issues students can have between their freshman and junior year, and they are trying to fix it.

“If a student feels like they are not being served by their academic adviser, maybe there is a personal-ity clash between the two. I would say, go talk to the adviser’s boss. ” said Ca-ligan. “… Nothing bad against the adviser, just a, ‘Hey, I don’t feel like I am connecting with my advis-er. I’d liked to see if I can get somebody new.’”

Both Callender and Roberts sought help from different resources.

Roberts said from the disappointing advising she received her freshmen year and nowhere to turn, she began self-advising herself during her sopho-

more year of college. When she became a junior, Rob-erts said things changed.

“I heard there was a new director in the Afri-cana department and went to introduce myself,” said Roberts. “It all just esca-lated from there. I needed help and she wanted to help, so one day we sat down and went over my schedule and she slowly became my adviser.”

Callender took a college course she said that made a positive impact on her col-lege career.

Callender said, “It was a class that tried to help you find out your career. That class was kind of helpful because it gave me an out-look at all different careers and things that I could do after college is over.”

According to Caligan, the academic advisers re-ally cannot act as the only resources, so for that rea-son, the academic center is available to help point

students towards other re-sources available around the campus to receive help.

“If you need help with a tutor, we’ll point you to the learning commons and the PLUS groups,” said Caligan. “If you need help with math, we’ll point you to the math lab. Basically what we do, we help the student connect [to] all of these different resources on campus if they are hav-ing a struggle.”

According to Caligan, the TRiO Program is also available to students. Only so many students qualify for this program, but that should not stop students from seeking help.

In the future, Callen-der said she hopes EWU advisers start trying to re-ally understand who their students are and what they want, so that all students can be as successful as they wish to be. She hopes the advisers will start chal-lenging their students.

By ayanna FernanDezstaff writer

Academic advising leaves much to be desired by students

RAKING:CONTINUED FROM FRONT

A Monday morning was brought to life as music blasted through the campus mall, the smell of cotton candy rose in the air and

dozens of students gathered around tables stacked high with T-shirts for the Home-coming Spirit Week Kick Off event on Oct. 27.

The event was centered around the T-shirt and hoodie swap. Students brought any lightly used T-shirts or hoodies from other college campuses to trade them for a limited edition Spirit Week T-shirt with the EWU Fight Song across the back. All articles of clothing traded in were then donated lo-cally. There were only 250 T-shirts available.

The T-shirt swap was meant to be a new EWU tradition; if this year’s T-shirt swap goes well, there will be more available next year.

SAIL and ASEWU worked to get stu-dents, faculty and community members fired-up for the rest of the week’s events.

Hot 96.9 provided the music while the stu-dents of EWU provided the enthusiasm.

“The atmosphere is, honestly, so wel-coming,” said DJ Jigre, ASEWU president. He said everyone focused on having a good time and that is what the event was all about.

The purpose for the kickoff event was to “set the mood for the whole Eagle Spirit Week,” said Jigre. “Make them hear you all the way in Spokane.”

Students danced, laughed, listened to music and gathered together in the mall to be a part of the kickoff event.

Jigre said EWU is a fun campus and a great community to be a part of; this is the students’ time to shine.

This year’s Homecoming events were designed to be more inclusive to members of the community. This year, “Homecom-ing and Parent and Family celebrations are wrapped into one,” according to the ASEWU Facebook page.

For more Homecoming and Spirit Week event information and entry forms, visit ewu.edu/homecoming.

ASEWU T-shirt event marks beginning of Spirit WeekBy catHerine gosen

contributing writer

“They tried to lead you on a

path of what is safe. They didn’t really try to help you if you have bigger goals or

dreams during or after college.”

Rachell Callender

EWU senior

Photo by Anna MillsStudents exchange T-shirts in celebration of the EWU Homecoming kickoff event on Oct. 27.

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HOMECOMING

Photo by Laura LangoVolunteers came together at eight locations to rake leaves in the community on Oct. 27.

Photo by Laura LangoStudents volunteered their time on Oct. 27 cleaning up properties around Cheney.

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or figure anymore, it’s about your talent and how much joy and happi-ness you can bring to the public.”

Cardenas said the title comes with responsibili-ties and duties the win-ners must uphold.

“They have to help and represent Eastern at some events on campus,” said Cardenas. “They have to represent Eastern at some parades throughout the year.”

According to Basy, the competition was more than just winning a title.

“I believe platforms like this are an effective way to raise awareness to social issues and prob-lems that need attention,” said Basy.

Dressler said the pag-eant presented him with many opportunities.

“I left after high school and joined the military and now that I am back,” said Dressler. I don’t know a lot of people. The things I have done have helped me kneel on new people and I think this will help me kneel on new friends.”

Dressler said he has plans to better the cam-pus too.

“The campus is al-ready really involved and everyone is very spir-ited,” said Dressler. “I love being involved with the student body and the people, so I really want to amplify it even more.”

According to Basy, she is going to do her best to be a perfect reflection of a person to represent East-ern and continue to grow as a person.

“[The pageant] was awesome,” Basy said. “It gave me everlasting mem-ories as I won; nothing could be better than that. Now, this will inspire me to work hard each and ev-eryday of my life.”

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“The judges are between Eagle En-tertainment, ASEWU and SAIL offices. The top three tiles will be hung in the ASEWU office. The winners will be an-nounced at the homecoming game,” said Cardenas.

The contest lasted about two hours; teams were standing, sitting and danc-ing as they painted their tiles to repre-sent their Eastern pride.

“Well if this ceiling tile is going to hang up in the building for like a thou-sand years, it is pretty legit. It’s defi-nitely our favorite. It’s about leaving a legacy, right?” said Morrow.

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Corrections for Issue 5:

On the front page, the deck should read Jordan West among stand-out players, not Jared West.

On page 6, the horoscopes were written by Jessica Miklas, copy edi-tor.

Sophomore Sapna Basy announced as Ms. Eastern at the pageant event on Oct. 27.Students show their Eagle spirit tiles for the decorating event on Oct. 27.

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OctOber 29, 2014 pagE 9SPORTS OctOber 29, 2014pagE 8 OPINION

Percy Harvin, known for being lethal on jet sweeps on the football field, was traded to the New York Jets from the Se-attle Seahawks in a move that caused a stir amongst fans on campus.

The Seahawks gave up multiple draft picks to acquire Harvin from the Minne-sota Vikings last season, as well as giving him a six-year $67 million contract ac-cording to NBC Sports’ Pro Football Talk.

“I was fairly distraught. I felt that Har-vin was a fairly explosive player, and he added a big dynamic to the team,” said freshman Tanner Bauman.

Freshman Isaiah Tanksley was also caught off guard. “I was surprised, a little disappointed. I thought they were going to get better assets in return,” he said.

Not all students initially felt the trade was bad for the Seahawks, though, and had faith that the front office was making the right calls.

“I did not really care because it is my belief that one man doesn’t make a team,” said sophomore Forrest Vig. “I believe enough in Pete Carroll’s ability to coach that if he so chooses to trade a member of the team like Harvin, he has his own reasons to where they are viable.”

Details of altercations with team-mates were soon being reported by mul-tiple news outlets after the trade, causing speculation that the move had more to do with off-the-field problems.

According to a Seattle Times report, Harvin had a scuffle with then-Seahawk Golden Tate during the week of the Su-per Bowl, resulting in a black eye for Tate. Harvin also allegedly had an altercation with wide receiver Doug Baldwin dur-ing the preseason, giving Baldwin a cut on his chin. As of late, Harvin refused to enter the game late in the fourth quarter in a week-six loss against the Dallas Cow-boys.

“In ways I can see why Pete Carroll would trade him, but at the same time most NFL players are fairly superficial and I feel like it is the coach’s job to wrangle him in and to build that cama-raderie. So I feel like it is almost saying that Pete Carroll is not a good enough coach,” said Bauman.

Tanskley said he understood the move and recognized Harvin may have been negatively affecting team chemistry.

Vig was impressed that the Seahawks were able to put their ego aside and cut ties with a player as dynamic as Harvin over off-the-field issues.

“Now that its been a couple days and I’ve heard what’s been going on in the locker room, I do appreciate that Pete Carroll got rid of [Harvin],” said Vig. “I mean, punching one of your fellow play-ers in the face right before the Super Bowl is not an appropriate thing to do, nor is arguing with your quarterback.”

By BranDon cline contributing writer

Students sound off on Percy Harvin trade to Jets

EWU students were able to snowboard and ski right on campus as fake snow piled the ground with rails and jumps set up to enhance the experience.

This was The Grind Rail Jam and was hosted by Campus REC on Oct. 25.

The Grind is an annual snowboarding and ski-ing event that takes place on the field behind the JFK Library.

Dustin Semb, athletic specialist and co-organizer of the event, said this was the eighth year that EWU has hosted The Grind.

For $10, students could watch or ride five differ-ent snowboarding and skiing events.

Semb also said a lot of free stuff was given out to spectators and riders, including tickets to Mt. Hood, helmets, T-shirts and many other prizes.

“The Grind keeps getting better,” said Semb. “Each year we are getting bigger sponsors, giv-ing out more lift tickets and selling trips through EPIC. We even have professional judges for The Grind this year.”

Dorothy Nutter, a Spokane resident, said The Grind was amazing and it was an excellent way to practice before winter season snowboarding arrives.

“It’s awesome to get the feel of snowboarding before the season starts,” said Nutter. “It gets you in the mood and gets you stoked [for snowboarding]. I love competitive snowboarding, which made the rail riding [here] very enjoyable. The Grind overall lived up to my expectations.”

Nutter also said it was great how the sponsors came out to support The Grind.

Nate Adams, a senior, said, “It’s sick how people not even from Eastern are also participating, just like a community. I also like how many sponsors we were able to get, and I want to thank them. It’s pretty sweet overall.”

Adams said he hopes EWU is able to continue hosting The Grind and get more sponsors.

“People should be here [at The Grind],” said Semb. “There are not many other places where you can walk out of the residence halls and get a free snowboard. There are new features every year, so each year just gets better.”

Eastern shreds at annual Rail Jam

Snowboarders watch another participant as they wait in line at the rail jam to shred powder on Oct. 5.

EPIC hosts The Grind Rail Jam

EWU’s track and cross-country teams hosted the Terror Trot on Oct. 24.

The Terror Trot is a 5k running course that started and ended at Roos field.

According to cross-country head coach Chris Zeller, the Terror Trot is an event designed to bring people in the community together, raise funds for the track and cross-country teams and have fun with a Halloween-themed event.

Zeller said this is the second year for the event and said he hopes that each year will get better and more creative.

“It’s an entirely new course,” said Zeller. “Last year it was on the streets of Cheney, and still starts and finishes on Roos field. This year, it will be around the intramu-ral fields, practice fields, generally staying on campus.”

Kelsey Mosier, a postgraduate student, said the Terror Trot was a very fun and creative event.

“I liked how a lot of the track team dressed up like zombies,” said Mosier. “It was festive for Hallow-een and everyone was really moti-vating throughout the race.”

Mosier went on to say the run was not as scary as she had expected it to be, but still had its memorable moments, such as a tunnel where dressed up team members jumped out at runners to scare them.

Eric Rasmussen, assistant track coach, said the Terror Trot is a fun activity that gets better with each passing year.

“The athletes have fun scaring the runners,” said Rasmussen. “Ev-eryone last year said they would do it again and this year a lot more people said the same.”

Rasmussen said each year the track and cross-country team are able to add more to the Terror Trot and make it more creative.

Joe Cordes, a senior, said it was a fun event to be a part of while also supporting the cross-country team.

“There wasn’t really a dull mo-ment,” said Cordes. “People are scaring you, there are things to look at and be aware of. It was fun run-ning on the field and the track. It definitely lived up to my expecta-tions.”

Cordes also said he urges stu-dents to go out and support the track and cross country as much as possible and get involved with EWU events.

The Eastern women’s bas-ketball team is preparing for the upcoming season with the shared goal of adding banners to the rafters of Reese Court.

“The bottom line is we just look up at the wall everyday and think about putting a cou-ple banners up there. We want a banner that says ‘Big Sky Cham-pions’ and we want a banner that says ‘NCAA Tournament,’” said head coach Wendy Schul-ler.

Luckily for Schuller, who is heading into her 13th season as head coach, the team will have four returning starters to help complete those hopes. “It helps me sleep at night. It definitely does,” said Schuller.

“It just feels good to have a group of players that have great cohesion, who really un-derstand our culture on how we want to be on and off the floor and to be able to teach our young players on how to be a part of that,” she said. “And I think our older players have done a great job on embracing our young ones, and teaching them our systems. It's going to carry us a long way.”

With the return of the four

starters, senior Melissa Williams said the best is yet to come.

“I have no doubt that it’s go-ing to be our best season here,” said Williams. “I have so much faith in my team this year and we have four returning start-ers, so I think that the possibilities are limitless.”

Redshirt sopho-more Cece Pearl also said the leader-ship of the returning players will make a big impact.

“I think [having] the four returning starters is going to be so big for us just to lead us through-out this season,” she said. “I think not only do we have those returning start-ers, but we have returning play-ers who played a lot of minutes, so either way we’re going to be led this year and it’s going to be good for the rest of us.”

The Eagles finished last sea-son with a 16-14 record, 12-8 in conference play. They would go on to play in the Big Sky Con-ference tournament and in the Women’s National Invitation Tournament, but were still “dis-satisfied,” said Schuller.

Schuller said the team is

more mature and much more focused than they were a year ago.

“We are seeing a lot of the individual skills trans-late onto the floor and be positive for them. Any time

you get affirma-tion, in terms of positive results, it encourages you to keep do-ing that action and to work at it and that’s been great,” she said.

Williams said she also sees the growth and maturity of her teammates. She said everything

is moving naturally and flowing well together.

Along with working on individual skill growth, Schuller and her coaching staff used the offseason to teach the players to use their strength to be a more physi-cal team.

“Our strength coach worked really hard with our team to put together a pro-gram that would get us in a position to be one of the

Eastern women’s basketball team gears up for the regular season

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“I have so much faith in my team this year. ... [T]he possibilities

are limitless.”

Melissa Williams

EWU senior

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“Terror Trot” a runaway success for cross-country and track fundraiser

Photo by Jessica Hawley

Photo by Jessica Hawley

Student Tyler Hymer rides the terrain park at The Grind Rail Jam on Oct. 5.

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Cathy McMorris Rodgers is just another politician who has mastered the art of saying a lot, without actually saying anything. She cares more about getting re-elected than she cares about standing up for what is right. People claim that her critics lack specifics. When in re-ality it is Cathy who lacks both specifics and so-lutions. Ask her about the economy and she re-sponds with, “well we need more jobs.” Ask her about climate change and she says, “well I’m not a scientist.” Heck, ask her about anything and all you will get is a long response that lacks in both substance and specifics.

Cathy is nothing more than another career politician who is looking to cash in on her po-litical office. The vast majority of her campaign

contributions have come from large out of state donors. Whereas the vast majority of donors for the Joe Pakootas campaign come from small in-district donors.

We don’t need career politicians who refuse to sway from the party line. We need politicians who know how to negotiate. We need a repre-sentative who has a history of doing what is right. We need someone who is willing to fight for those who can’t fight for themselves. I be-lieve that Joe Pakootas is what’s best for both our district and for our country.

To Whom It May Concern,In last week's issue of The Easterner there

is an opinion piece titled “Protests in Missouri unfair to local businesses” by Tanner Streicher that is chock-full of dog-whistle racism dressed up as criticism of what he refers to as the "Afri-can-American agenda.” He piece shows he has no sense of the history, culture, or government systems that lead to events in Ferguson. Fram-ing the experience of black people in Ferguson through a lens of whiteness is uneducated and misguided. Asserting that property owners are exclusively white is obtuse. Arguing that the defense of property is superior to the protection of human life is unconscionable.

Mr. Streicher indicated that if police shot an unarmed white man, that there would not be a similar reaction. There has been such a case on the local level. I respectfully suggest that Mr. Streicher do a simple Google search of Otto Zehm and educate himself on what kind of re-

action the local community had to this white man's death at the hands of the Spokane Police Department.

I would also point his eyes towards the two riots by white people over this past weekend in Keene, NH and Morgantown, WV. What were all the white people so upset about? Was there a shooting of an unarmed white man? No. It was because of a pumpkin festival and a Mountaineers game.

I am hopeful that the Easterner staff will do their jobs when it comes to articles in The East-erner: copy editing and fact checking. This was not done in regards to Mr. Streicher’s piece.

Dear Readers,We owe you an apol-

ogy. As I reflect upon the nature of The Easterner’s editorial decisions regarding a column on race published on Oct. 15, I under-stand and accept that we, the edi-tors, failed in our duties to be thoughtful and respon-sible journalists.

We also failed to un-derstand the impact this article would have on the African-American commu-nity, Eastern students and faculty. The article lacked key facts and proper con-text and ignored the his-tory of racism in America. Equally important, the col-umn lacked student voices. The Easterner completely disregarded the prin-ciples of fair and balanced journalism and thoughtful opinion writing.

Gary Crooks, associ-ate editor of the editorial page at The Spokesman-Review, said, “Writing an op-ed is like dipping into a river. The water has a source. What is it? Why does it flow in this direc-tion? How has it impacted the landscape? The river doesn't acquire meaning the moment you happen upon it. Delve deeper before writing.” The writer failed to delve deeper and had an unstable founda-tion when asking readers questions in relation to his standpoint about looting, the protestors and racial issues in Missouri, as well as in the U.S. overall.

At The Easterner, our mission is to inform the students, faculty, staff and nearby residents of Eastern Washington Uni-versity of the governance, activities and views of the campus while providing a learning environment for students interested in journalism and related fields. All Easterner staff members are EWU stu-dents. We will continue to strive to give voice to the voiceless and to reflect our entire community. I want to ensure you that this one opinion article does not, in any way, shape or form, represent the ideas of The Easterner team or the university.

To the readers who were understandably disappointed and offended by the column, I sincerely apologize to you on behalf of The Easterner. We are changing our opinion ar-ticle guidelines so columns like last week’s never ap-pear again in our pages. It is unfortunate to have this opinion article taint the reputation of The Eastern-er. We are taking responsi-bility for our mistakes and learning from this through the EWU community. A newspaper is nothing without its readers.

We plan to learn from our misjudgment and as part of that process The Easterner staff team will be undergoing diversity and sensitivity training throughout the rest of the school year so we can be better for you, our readers. I encourage students, staff and faculty to send letters to the editor and have a conversation about this.

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Larry Ty HolmesOpinion [email protected]

Which is the more efficient kill-er, werewolf or vampire?

Since this is an opinion based on the gener-alization that these two mon-sters evoke, we need to grab the extremes of each to narrow the decision or we’ll never get one.

When we talk about vam-pires, the obvious example should be Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This origi-nal vampire needs to be staked in the heart and his head has to be chopped off at the same time. On top of this, sunlight does little other than pre-vent him from transforming into a bat, a wolf, and mist, among others.

To kill, this hardcore vampire has strength, agility and telepa-thy to control anyone he’s bit-ten across the world. The other alarming abilities he has include weather manipulation, control of

nocturnal animals and the ability to live without blood, which is only meant to rejuvenate him. If he wanted to hunt you down, the only things slowing him would be crucifixes, garlic, sacramental bread, not being invited into your home, crossing running water and not having home soil.

When we talk about were-wolves, the Lycans from the “Underworld” film series comes to mind. They have strength, speed and agility on par with Dracula, but are known for their fury. They break through cement walls, rip people in half and work in groups to bring down their prey. With a name enun-ciated the same as lichen, they spread their disease as quickly as they can, wherever they can.

To kill, their most troubling abilities include heightened senses, their decision to change at will and their incredible re-generation speed. These abomi-nations are the equivalent of tanks; they take a ton of physical damage and kill with bloodlust. Silver is needed to kill a Lycan but most people don’t readily carry a sizable hunk thinking to

defend themselves.What is the deciding factor?

Capability. Honestly, werewolves have

a primal drive to eat human but have a one-track method. They get up, hunt and kill. Vampires

have an array of methods to kill someone. The majority of your time isn’t spent in your house and if a vampire is trying to get in a building that’s not your home you’re . . . hold on, there’s someone at the door.

Vampires vs. Werewolves: Monster’s efficiency in killingBy Larry Ty Holmes

opinion editor

Holmes

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Letter of apology to EWU community

By Nicole Ruseeditor-in-chief

Illustration by Lauren Campbell

Hello Gentlemen and Ladies, I am writing you in regards to the article: “Pro-

tests in Missouri unfair to local businesses.” Writ-ten by: Tanner Streicher. Although this article title is great, the deliverance was wrong. Yes, the local businesses are being treated unfair by the rioting. However, this article does not focus on how the rioting has affected the businesses at all. The title does not project what the article entails. This ar-ticle was turned into a race issue made off of per-sonal opinion. I am an African-American mother who is raising young women to believe in people and the world is capable of change.

I have taken an interest in your paper mainly because my daughter became a student at your school fall of 2010. I was very proud of her being hired on with your paper last year. I have enjoyed the articles as well as other positive things that happen at EWU campus.

In this article, there were several things that caught my eye and appalled me. When writing you are never to write to insult an audience or show prejudice to a race, gender, religion, culture, sexual orientation, etc. There is a way to argue to inform and not argue to insult. Mr. Streicher needs to learn cultural differences in logical arguments. This article was very offensive and ill-informed. It was written with personal opinion that shows lack of evidence, character or facts. It also upsets me that this article was not proof read by someone who would catch the disrespect and require edit-ing to be done. This is learned in English 101/102.

First, let’s start with the constant comments of “they.” This could have been corrected with stat-ing: Protestors or demonstrators or even African-American protesters. The entire comment of para-graph six is offensive and written to disrespect not to inform. If Mr. Streicher would have taken the time to learn something about the African-Amer-

ican history, he would understand the difference between civil rights and oppressed communities. The question Mr. Streicher asks, “Why the ‘black community’ has its own set of problems?” That is something that maybe if a few questions were asked, or even researched events that have hap-pened in “black communities” he would under-stand. It is proven that poverty stricken African-American neighborhoods are in need of much help and reconstruction. This question was in-sulting and degrading. We as a community don’t jump on board every time there is an injustice of an African-American claiming foul play or cor-ruption. We understand as with any ethnicity that wrong is wrong. We understand as a culture that we have to teach our youth to present themselves with respect to earn respect.

Mr. Streicher comments, “In reality, they are treated the same, or even better in most cases, as white Americans.” He continues, “In the past 20 years African-Americans have been treated very well in the U.S.” How did he come up with this statement? This is his opinion because he did not grow up in an African-American neighborhood or have been in the situation that African-Americans have been in. He is taking for granted because he has not seen, heard or experienced injustice that it has not happened. We as African-Americans are still fighting to be seen, heard and respected.

Next, the last two paragraphs closing the arti-cle: “This tragedy has been used to push an agen-da for the leaders in the African-American com-munity is wrong,” and “Looking at all aspects of the tragedy and figuring out a way to change the community for the better and not play the blame game as if we are children.” All I can say is "How dare he," make a statement like this. Did he re-search that, Iyanla Vanzant, an African-American inspiration speaker, lawyer, spiritual speaker, life

coach and author went to Ferguson and spoke to the community encouraging peace and change. She met with police and leaders of the community to help find a resolution. She spoke to the commu-nity for days, praying and educating them the cor-rect way to solve the misfortune that occurred. Did it occur to Mr. Streicher that other avenues were occurring within the community? Peace talks, pa-tience, standing down, protest peacefully. Judging the whole community because of the actions of a few who just want to do violence is unjust. Does Mr. Streicher know that there were other races in protest against the crime that happened? It was not just the African-American community as it was portrayed in the media. There were numer-ous Caucasian-Americans, Asians and Hispanics. For Mr. Streicher to insinuate that every bad event that happens within the African-American com-munity is a reason to make an agenda for the lead-ers of the African-American community to step in and heighten such tragedies is ridiculous.

In closing, I believe in the words that Mar-tin Luther King, Jr. stated in his Letter from a Birmingham jail: “Justice too long delayed is justice denied.”

I hope in the future of this paper that noth-ing as amateur and insulting as this will be published again.

letters to the editor“Justice too long delayed is justice denied:” Civil rights, oppression and a lesson learned

By Shakira FernandezMother of EWU student

By Marlo SeeSpokane, Washington

McMorris Rodgers is a career politician, cares most about re-election

By Suzanne Vennard Halberstadt EWU student

Women’s & Gender Studies and Sociology major

Ferguson column illuminates local police issues

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Late rally puts Eagles away for first conference loss in over two years

A Northern Ari-zona Lumberjacks’ late rally chopped down the Eagles, 28-27, bringing an end to EWU football’s 14-game conference win streak.

In a back-and-forth game, the Lumberjacks used a last-minute touch-down drive to grab the lead. With only seven seconds left in the game, Eastern failed to convert for

a score by attempting a play that featured a series of laterals, se-curing the victory for Northern Arizona.

Head coach Beau Baldwin put most of the blame on him-self for the loss; one decision in particu-lar has many Ea-gles fans scratching their heads.

“I understand losing happens and it bugs me. It’s not okay what happened, but it‘s okay moving forward as long as I know our players

are fighting and play-ing as hard as they can,” said Baldwin. “That loss is on me in my opinion.”

With 51 seconds remaining in the game, the Eagles faced a fourth-and-3 on the NAU 23. A field goal would have put the Eagles up by eight points.

Instead, Baldwin put the ball in the hands of sophomore back-up quarterback Jordan West. He threw an errant pass in Cooper Kupp’s di-

rection, turning the ball over on downs and allowing the Lumberjacks to race down the field and take the lead.

“It is a catch-22,” said EWU fan Mitch-ell Urlacher. “The field goal seemed like a sure thing, but it is easy to look back and say they should’ve kicked it. The de-fense also should not have allowed [Northern Arizona] to go 77 yards on three plays.”

The loss drops

the Eagles to 7-2 overall and 4-1 in conference, put-ting them in second place behind the University of Mon-tana Grizzlies. The Eagles play the Griz-zlies at Roos Field on Nov. 8, a game that will have ma-jor implications on playoff seedings.

As disappointing as the loss was, there were plenty of bright moments for EWU.

“Quincy [Forte] played his tail off and did a great job,” said Baldwin.

Forte’s return after missing four games was a boost to the team’s offense, as he was also able to punch through for a touchdown.

Special teams had another strong game, highlighted by a 41-yard Kupp punt re-turn that set up the first touchdown of the game.

Eastern will look to rebound on Nov. 1 when they re-turn to Cheney for h o m e c o m i n g against University of North Dakota.

“The stretch we’ve been on has been tough,” said Bald-win. “But we have to move forward and find a way to go 1-0 next week.”

By sam Dealsports editor

Nelson and Hodgins recognized by Big Sky

College Sports Madness named EWU basketball’s redshirt se-nior Lexie Nelson and redshirt ju-nior Hayley Hodgins to their 2014-15 p r e s e a s o n All-Big Sky Conference team on Oct. 15.

Nelson made the first team roster as a guard/for-ward, and Hodgins made the second team roster at the guard position. Eastern is the only Big Sky Con-ference school this season with more than one player receiving the honor.

“I feel very fortunate to be a part of that group,” said Nelson. “[There are] a lot of great players on that a l l - confer -ence team, so I think it’s a testament to what we did last year.”

Hodgins said it is a great feeling for her as well. It allows her to work toward being on the regular season all-con-ference team among other goals.

“I want to win the league as a team; individu-al honors [are] great, but it doesn’t really mean much if you don’t have overall suc-cess,” she said.

Head coach Wendy Schuller said she has con-fidence in Nelson and Hodgins as players.

“Coming into the year, I think it’s just more than anything reassuring to know that we’ve got some proven guards,” said Schuller. “It’s more than anything a testament to their work ethic and the fact that there’s a high level of respect for them around the conference. I expect that they’re going to have great seasons for us.”

Last season, Nelson started all 30 games and led the team in scoring with 15.9 points per game. She also averaged 44 per-cent behind the 3-point line

while shooting 89.5 per-cent behind the free-throw stripe. Nelson was also honored with First Team All-Big Sky last season.

Hodgins had highlights for the Eagles last season as well; she started in all of Eastern’s games while averaging 13.5 points per game. Hodgins also shot 67 3-pointers last season and received honorable men-tion All-Big Sky recognition for the 2013-14 season.

“We’ve been just work-ing hard at practice, really trying to bring high energy every day,” said Nelson. She said the most impor-tant things in practice are staying focused and having high energy.

“I think we’re really prepared as a team and we’re only getting better every day,” said Hodgins. “We’ve been putting in lots of hours every week.”

According to Schuller, there is no specific role on the team for Nelson and Hodgins. Schuller said that every year athletes grow and get better. She said both players just want to win basketball games for the team, so they’re going to try their best to help the team be successful.

“I’ll expect them to lead for us, I’ll expect them to be players who can step up and make things hap-pen when we need things to happen,” said Schuller. “I’ll expect them also to sometimes wrap their arms around the younger kids and get them on our page and understanding what we’re trying to do.”

Nelson and Hodgins both said they appreci-ate the honor; however, they want to win with their teammates and look at their team as a support system.

“It’s never been about one person,” said Hodgins. “Me and Lexie getting hon-ored, we kind of put that towards our team.”

“For me, I’m not look-ing at those honors so much,” said Nelson. “Win-ning the Big Sky is what I really want. I feel very for-tunate to be a part of that, but for me, I’m just looking to win that championship.”

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pingpong balls as they could no the floor to win the game. With music playing over the loudspeakers, partici-pants were upside down and jumping up and down to get rid of the pinpong balls.

The dunk contest was next; junior forward Venky Jois. Sophomore center Frederik Jorg and freshman guard Sir Washington were among those who participated. Jorg ended up winning the contest.

“My favorite part was the dunk contest because I was in it,” said junior forward Kyle Reid.

A dance con-test involving Swoop also took place where four students were chosen to dance in front of the crowd. Af-ter an array of moves, only one dancer could win. Freshman Ashlee Vaoifi walked away the champion.

The final two activities of the night were a scrim-

mage and a halfcourt shot shooting contest. Men’s and women’s basket-

ball were split up into teams by jersey color. The white jer-seys represented the home team and the red and black jerseys represented the visiting team.

The final score was 38-27, with the red and black team

earning the victory. A halfcourt shooting contest ended the festivities. East-ern’s basketball teams and

members of the crowd all lined up on the court to shoot halfcourt shots. An EWU student ended up winning as people in the stands started to file out of Reese Court.

Redshirt freshman Haley Shaner explained why it is important for the community to support Eastern’s teams.

“It brings a lot of en-ergy to us, I think we play better with a big-ger crowd,” said Sha-ner. “We love our fans; we want to give them a good show.”

EWU MADNESS:CONTINUED FROM FRONT

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Hodgins

stronger teams in the ‘Big Sky,’’’ said Schuller.

According to goeags.com, the Eagles have been picked to finish third and fifth in the media and coaches preseason polls, respectively.

“We talked briefly about it, but in the end we don’t pay a lot of attention to it because our league is so diverse and every year you just have no idea who’s going to pop up out of nowhere and be great,” said Schuller.

Regardless of poll vot-

ing, expectations are still the same for the lady Eagles. Williams, who is playing her last season in an Eagles uniform, wants that conference champion-ship for her team.

“We definitely want to make it to the [Big Sky Conference] tournament. Our expectations are to win the league and win the tournament and anything else would be a disappoint-ment,” said Williams.

The Eagles open up their championship run on the road Nov. 14 against Utah Valley Uni-versity.

BASKETBALL:CONTINUED FROM PAGE 9

“I think we play better

with a bigger crowd.”

Haley Shaner

EWU freshman

Photo contributed by goeags.comRunning back Quincy Forte (22) takes the ball downfield.

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