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By Amy Meyereditor-in-chief

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EWU’s Hargreaves Hall was the dinner stop for some Wash-ington state House Higher Edu-cation Committee members who were visiting the “Chautauqua” summit held at Riverpoint Cam-pus Tuesday, Sept. 20.

Eastern was the only univer-sity selected to host such a din-ner event.

The first of five summits, Tues-day’s conference was a bipartisan attempt to raise awareness and seek out new ideas about how col-leges and universities can cooper-ate to educate students while low-ering costs.

The committee’s goals include curbing the dropout rate and helping students graduate in few-er than five years.

Rep. Larry Seaquist from Gig Harbor said education is the key to a high-paying job with some employment security.

According to Seaquist, the committee is trying to plan the future of education in Washing-ton with a “sword hanging over-head with another budget cut.”

“The idea is that a higher education is so important and we’ve got real financial troubles,” Seaquist said. “We need to pro-duce more graduates with less money.”

Arévalo told the committee about the joint degrees in law and social work that EWU has with Gonzaga, in addition to the joint degree in communication disorders with Washington State University. He also pointed out the work that EWU has done in

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Eastern’s Strategic Plan-ning committee is revisiting their resource allocation plan as part of an ongoing

process designed to help students succeed in their educational goals.

The strategic planning process is called “Inspir-ing the Future.” Committee members hope to accomplish this plan in the next five years.

President Rodolfo Aréva-lo created this committee in April, co-chaired by Pro-vost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Rex Full-er. “We have taken great strides to make sure it’s comprehensive,” Provost Fuller said of the proposed plan.

They are in Phase Four, “Feedback and Finaliza-

tion,” hoping to gain ap-proval from the board of trustees and launch the plan between Nov. 18 and Feb. 17.

The main goals for this committee are student cen-tered. Through 13 focus groups, 846 web survey re-sponses, and 27 interviews from community and busi-ness leaders, the committee

gathered information from all areas of campus life. This included students, fac-ulty, staff, alumni and com-munity members.

“We wanted to get that whole 360-degree view of what we should be as an institution,” Gary Pratt, CIO and project lead for the

By Kristie Hsinsenior reporter

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EWU’s Dental Hy-giene Department re-ceived a perfect score in a recent accreditation checkup.

The checkup took place last May at the de-partment’s Riverpoint location. According to Rebecca Stolberg, chair of the Dental Hygiene Department, the Com-mission on Dental Ac-creditation visits every seven years.

“The perfect score means that they felt we were doing everything great and don’t need to change a thing, which very, very seldom hap-pens,” Stolberg said.

The department’s first accreditation was in 1971. Though the depart-ment has not had any negative feedback, past accreditation checkups have always included at least one issue the team recommended changing or fixing.

“There was no rec-ommendation at all. Nothing. They walked out the door smiling, and we had nothing to do. It was great,” Stol-berg said.

Requirements is-sued by the Commission of Dental Accreditation serves as a guideline for

dental programs and protects public welfare. Dental programs are re-quired to submit a self-study 90 days prior to the checkup date.

The self-study includes an inclusive analysis of in-stitutional effectiveness, educational instruction, administration and staff, support services, health and safety provisions, and patient care services.

Eastern’s dental de-partment is the only program in the state of Washington that offers a Bachelor of Science de-gree. People with such degrees may move out-side of the dental office and into administration, public health, research or corporate work.

“I personally think it’s an excellent pro-gram,” said Sarah Jack-son, Dental Hygiene as-sistant professor. “I’m an Eastern graduate myself. I went to the program as a student and came back to teach right away.”

The graduate pro-gram for dental hygiene is in its fourth year with 108 students enrolled this year. Students are representing Eastern in community centers, participating in health fairs, and presenting to elementary students in Cheney and Spokane

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With the bidding on the Patterson Hall renovation project completed, EWU is waiting on a revised sched-ule from the general con-tractor and the construc-tion manager to find out whether the building will be finished ahead of sched-ule.

The project, which started in April 2010, is split into four phases. The bids for all phases went to the same contractor, Leone and Keeble Inc. of Spokane.

“The project was bid in four different bid packages.

We have now bid success-fully all four packages,” said Senior Project Man-ager Jim Moeller.

The bid still must be approved by the board of trustees before the contrac-tor is given notice to pro-ceed. Moeller expects ap-proval and the start of work on the final phase to begin in October.

Moeller said that Le-one and Keeble were se-lected not only based on their price, but also on their

qualifications to complete the project.

According to Moeller, having the same contractor do all four phases means crews don’t have to wait until each phase is com-plete to begin work on the next, which could lead to an earlier date of completion. A final completion date is not known.

Work on the building’s foundation is nearly fin-ished. The foundation is done on three sides of the project, with the fourth side, along Isle Hall, sched-uled to be completed dur-ing fall quarter.

“We’re hoping to get out of the ground before win-ter,” Moeller said.

Don’t miss:

The 2010 National Champions return to Roos Field to take on Montana State in this season’s home opener at 4 p.m. Sat-urday, Sept. 24. See Sports, p. 11

Home games: Oct. 1 vs. Weber StateOct. 15 vs. Northern Colorado

A welcome recep-tion for new women students, staff, faculty and administrators will be sponsored by the EWU Women’s Studies Center Tues-day, Sept. 27, from noon until 2 p.m. in Monroe 205 and 207. For more informa-tion, call Carol Vines at 509-359-2898.

Submit your club or organization dates and see them here!

News in brief:

The Children’s Center at EWU is accepting clients onto their waitlist only. Kasey Bates, program director, said that the waitlist is five to 10 children deep for each group. Because students quit school and children graduate to the next group with every birthday, client turnover is frequent. Call 509-359-2023 for more information.

EasternerOnline.com is moving. Readers can find the student paper’s online site at the address listed in the informa-tion bar at the top of this page.

The EWU Strategic Plan Framework is available to view at http://www.ewu.edu/inspiringthefuture.xml.

Index

NEWS.................2Campus water quality has im-proved since spring 2011. Eastern’s Facili-ties and Planning now report water tests be-low the government declared harmful levels.

Searching for that knitting group near you? Find it at the renovated Wren Pierson Communi-ty Center in Cheney, newly repaired after disasterous winter weather. See p. 3

OPINION.............4Take a look through the Eagles eyes of STA’s route changes and voice your opin-ion online. See p. 4

EAGLE LIFE........5Returning students offer their advice to incoming “fresh meat.” To know what not to do, check out p. 7

SPORTS.............11Fight your friends or fight your faculty. Find out how on p. 11

The signage to the north of the remodel (bottom) projects Patterson Hall’s (top) future appearance.Photos by Aaron Malmoe

Five-year plan puts students’ success first

Dental hygiene program smiling after good grade

Remodel bidding completed

“We need to produce more graduates with less money.”

-Rep. Larry Seaquist

This week

Building could be finished earlier than expected

Program gives students wealth of experience and education

“Inspiring the future” priority for school administrators

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European ImportSwoop into ourback-to-school section, p. 5 Nathalie Schwery steps up for EWU soccer

Photos by Evan SykesTop: (Left to right) Beck Taylor, president of Whitworth University, Rep. Larry Haler, Rep. Larry Seaquist and EWU President Rodolfo Arévalo pose for a photo at dinner.Bottom left, Rep. Seaquist, bottom right, Rep. Haler.

Education summits begin at RiverpointCommittee seeks collaborative solutions from Spokane area universities

page 2 September 22, 2011 NEWS

Last spring, Eastern’s board of trustees an-nounced an 11 percent in-crease in tuition for each of the next two years, as recommended by President Arévalo.

The cuts plan to elimi-nate seven to 10 degree pro-grams and possibly 15 to 20 positions at the university. Specifics as to what pro-grams and positions will be eliminated are still under evaluation.

“Programs are periodi-cally evaluated on a num-ber of factors, but the most important factor is student demand. The Program Review Committee evalu-ated all graduate programs that produced an average of fewer than 10 graduates per year,” Provost and Vice President for Academic Af-fairs Rex Fuller said in an email.

Also, undergraduate programs with low enroll-ment have been combined with other low enrollment programs or phased out.

As part of the climb in tuition, in-state undergrad-uates are looking to pay $626 more during the 2011-12 school year and $24.9 million will be cut over the next two years.

“I don’t think they’re going to notice any major differences,” said Director

of Media Relations Dave Meany. “I think the fallout from all this is some kids are going to see larger class sizes where it’s going to be harder to get into some classes, possibly.”

According to Meany, if the university decided to eliminate a program, they would evaluate the pro-gram and also see if there were any upperclassmen. If so, the students would be allowed to finish and gradu-ate from the program. Cut-ting positions is up to the individual college and what they feel they do and do not need.

EWU, among other state universities, has the flexibility to set their own tuition rates because legis-lature views each state uni-versity as unique with dif-fering needs, Meany said.

“It’s not fair to the stu-dents to have to pay more for an education when they never see where the money is going,” junior Danyele Hanson said.

Eastern’s Enrollment Services has worked to find more scholarship and fi-nancial aid opportunities for students, as well as in-forming students and their families on how they can af-

ford their education at EWU.

“We have seen reduc-tions, both in staff and in our resources … at the same time, we’ve seen an increase in the number of students on campus, so that does require that we’re at our very best and are meeting student needs,” Associates Vice President for Enroll-ment Services Larry Briggs said.

“EWU’s top priority is student success. … Every-thing it does from a policy standpoint and in develop-ing its new strategic plan, students are the top prior-ity,” Meany said.

Eastern plans to en-hance academic support services by consolidating programs already in mo-tion. Programs include The Writers’ Center and math tutoring services.

“In the most recent round, budget cut efforts were made to minimize the effects on instructional po-sitions. For example, col-lege cuts were focused on administrative positions. By doing so, classroom ac-tivities are minimally im-pacted,” Fuller said.

One thing the tuition increase does allow East-

ern to do is not take deeper cuts. If the university were restricted for how much tu-ition can be raised, which has occurred in the past, the alternative would be deeper cuts.

Over time, it would have an overall downhill effect on the institution.

Despite the hike, East-ern still holds the lowest tuition increase by per-cent of any community college or public univer-

sity in the state of Wash-ington.

“Schooling is very im-portant,” said sophomore Christina McDonald. “But by having an increase in tu-ition, [it] makes it difficult to stay enrolled at Eastern.”

McDonald said that it’s hard for her family to afford college—not just for her, but also for her siblings.

Meany said, “Presi-dent Arévalo has been very good at planning out well

in advance and preparing for possible cuts, and he’s been listening to campus input. The bottom line: The university’s main priority through all these budget decisions is making sure the students are taken care of and have success. No-body’s thrilled to have to raise tuition, but given the budget situation … I’m not saying it could be worse, I’m just saying we’re fortu-nate.”

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Roughing the economic times

Strategic Planning Com-mittee, said.

“The results have been, quite frankly, impressive,” President Arévalo said to faculty and staff at the welcome back breakfast. “We will not only embrace changes, we will thrive on them.”

According to the EWU strategic plan framework, updated on Sept. 9, the four areas of focus include stu-dent success, institution of innovation, enhancing our reputation and community involvement. These areas will be received over the five year period by the commit-tee, and specific strategies will be put in place to make these areas successful.

Tightening up Eastern’s mission statement was one of the first goals in this pro-cess. “Anybody should be able to state the mission,” Stacey Morgan Foster, Vice President of Student Affairs

and Strategic Planning Ex-ecutive Committee Mem-ber, said.

The new proposed mis-sion—“EWU expands op-portunities for personal transformation through ex-cellence in learning”—will be achieved through focus-ing on preparing students for success in and out of the classroom.

“You want something that everyone can under-stand and get behind,” Mor-gan Foster said. “It gives identity to the campus.”

Not all faculty members think that a mission state-ment is worth having or changing.

According to Tom Haw-ley, chair of the Govern-ment Department, he feels the committee’s use of out-side researching companies was great, but that all uni-versity mission statements are bad.

“You can still drive a bus through this mission state-ment,” Hawley said.

Each year, the commit-tee will develop specific ac-tions to achieve the goals of the four areas of focus.

Student success strat-egies include improving student support services, improving retention, and graduation rates, for ex-ample.

The creation of an EWU virtual campus was pro-posed.

If approved, it may offer place-bound students and working professionals more opportunities to expand their education. Students may also have more access to student services to make their academic goals attain-able.

Increasing the visibility of Eastern in the commu-nity is a goal proposed to help raise enrollment and highlight the university’s strengths and successes.

Strategies may include increased media exposure and promoting our nation-ally recognized programs,

like last year’s FCS Na-tional Champion football team. If approved in the next year, this plan will be implemented and the first year of goals and actions will be started.

According to President Arévalo, the next year will focus on three critical ar-eas: academic excellence, institutional strength and security, and raising awareness of the institu-tion.

The initiatives planned for the upcoming year will include student retention, e-learning development, and community engage-ment.

The committee is hold-ing open forums in Octo-ber to gain more feedback from students, staff and community members.

“If you don’t know who you are, you’re not going to be a good ambassa-dor for campus,” Morgan Foster said. “We’re trans-forming lives.”

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transitioning students from the Community Colleges of Spokane to Eastern.

Seaquist, whose background includes strengthening communi-ties, indicated that edu-cation would be geared toward high-tech skills and offer aerospace and engineering degrees and training in the future.

He said that aerospace industries are growing in Spokane.

His republican coun-terpart, Larry Haler, agreed.

According to Haler, “A four-year degree pro-gram is so critical to our state’s future.”

Haler said that Wash-

ington state needs 16,000 new math and science graduates by 2018 to re-main competitive.

“We’re involved with an economic competition, which I call an economic war with other countries,” he said.

“Only 40 percent of our state has anything more than a high school diplo-ma,” Seaquist said.

Seaquist also said that other countries had be-tween one-and-a-half and two times that rate.

“The overarching goal is –even despite the hard times, economically—we’ve got to turn this state around to where every-body is getting more edu-cated. That’s our ladder out of this hole,” Seaquist said.

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page 3September 22, 2011NEWS

By Kristie Hsinsenior reporter

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Water samples breach-ing the action level from last spring have been re-tested, according to East-ern’s Facilities and Plan-ning Department.

Since the last tests in June, water on campus has not surpassed the action level set by the Depart-ment of Health. Samples under .015 mg/L are con-sidered harmless and sam-ples above .015 mg/L are considered over the action level.

When samples come back above the action level, it’s time for Eastern’s Facil-ities and Planning Depart-ment to look into the sys-tem and test for lead and other contaminants. The department has been re-testing the campus’s water system, working alongside the Department of Health.

“We had a lady over in Monroe Hall wondering about the lead issue we had going on here. She didn’t quite understand the whole thing and thought that we were putting bad water into the building,” EWU’s Wa-ter District Manager Jim Butler said.

Lead and copper testing are conducted on a regular three-year cycle. Other in-cluded tests detect meth-ane, acids, pesticides and nitrate.

“Although I do not be-lieve that water in Pearce or Dressler are dangerous in any way, it is our duty to provide good customer ser-vice through water,” said junior Russell Jones. “Sim-ple water filters are an easy route to that sort of service. Residential Life is going through some changes, so it may be difficult to allo-cate those kinds of funds, but it would be a wise in-vestment."

According to Butler, several flyers around cam-pus warning about the lead in the water have been de-ceiving because lead is not in the whole system. It’s isolated to a few older fau-cets that were made back before they were limited on how much lead can be used.

“We’ve identified them and we’re going to replace those [faucets] and retest some more,” Butler said.

The Eastern campus and the city of Cheney have separate water systems. The campus has two wells and its own reservoirs, of-ten recognized with the big eagle on them, that service the campus, including the residence halls.

Having a water system separate from the city of Cheney is less expensive for the university, according to Butler.

Unlike the water on campus, Cheney’s water de-

partment pulls water from underground aquifers and then chlorinates the water before it is piped down to the public. Cheney’s water department is responsible for maintaining and oper-ating the city’s water pro-duction and distribution.

“On our wells, we also have what we call a well head protection,” said Todd Ableman, Cheney’s Public Works Director. “All of our wells have to be protected by a 100 foot radius zone. You can’t build in there, you can’t dump in there, and you can’t be spraying weeds in there.”

“There’s daily tests here, too, of chlorine samples and residuals and then, based on our data and what we have, we work with the Department of Health and they give us our an-nual testing requirements,” Ableman said.

For additional infor-mation, visit http://www.cityofcheney.org or contact Shawn King, vice president of facilities and planning, at 509-359-2245.

The Wren Pierson Com-munity Center reopened Sept. 8, nearly three years after being closed due to structural damage caused by record snowfall.

The snow cracked a support beam over the building’s multipurpose and boiler room, causing the roof to collapse.

The Cheney Parks and Recreation Department attempted to pass a bond to build a new center but narrowly missed the 60 percent supermajority re-quired.

According to Parks and Recreation Director Paul Simmons, in the wake of the collapse, the best op-tion was to renovate the damaged building, maxi-mizing the insurance mon-ey received.

“[The improvement] is pretty drastic,” said Sim-mons. The Cheney Parks and Recreation Depart-ment’s offices are located upstairs, along with a youth center, dance studio, senior center and kitchen.

The Cheney Food Bank, Cheney Clothing Exchange, and Cheney Outreach, all of which were located in the center prior to the damage, have moved back into the lower level. The Cheney/EWU station of the Spo-kane Community Oriented Policing Effort has moved in as well. The Cheney His-torical Museum is also us-ing a portion of the lower level for storage.

“The youth center has doubled in size,” said Sim-mons. “The offices were condensed so we could maximize community space. Before, it was just an old building that was makeshifted into a com-

munity center. Now, it is designed for that purpose.”

The youth center hosts a pool table, an air hockey table, a foosball table and video games. Since open-ing two weeks ago, the cen-ter has seen between seven

and 10 teenagers a day, though Simmons expects to see more as awareness of the center rises.

The senior center gives senior citizens space to gather. They currently host a weekly knitting group.

More people than ever want to attend Eastern Washington University.

The number of appli-cations for acceptance to EWU rose across the board for fall 2011. Total applica-tions increased from 5,976 to 6,781, with freshmen applications up 14.2 per-cent and transfer applica-tions up 12.7 percent.

Actual enrollment for freshmen is roughly the same as last year, due to enrollment deadlines having been moved up. Transfer enrollment rose approximately 13 percent, according to Craig Fischer, assistant director of re-cruitment and outreach.

“Overall enrollment is up quite a bit. Recruitment is up, but retention is up as well,” said Fischer.

“We had a record appli-cation pool,” Fischer said, demonstrating Eastern’s recent rapid growth.

However, many of the applications came in after the deadline for fall quar-ter and thus will be pro-cessed for winter quarter. Because of this, enroll-ment is likely to rise again at the start of the winter quarter.

According to Fischer, the reason for the deadline being moved up is that, typically, students who ap-ply to college earlier per-form better.

Answering specula-tion about whether or not the football teams’ 2010 championship season may have led to increased en-rollment figures, Fischer said that it is hard to tell.

While the school’s suc-cess on the gridiron has undeniably raised the uni-versity’s profile, there is no way of knowing for sure how this has affected en-rollment numbers.

“It’s definitely raised people’s awareness of Eastern,” Fischer said. “You might see that [in-crease] next year.”

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Center receives repairs after weather damage

Improvements made to waterDrinking water repair process currently underway, meeting state health standards

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school districts.“It’s a special applica-

tion program so students take prerequisites, and then they apply to the program,” said Stolberg. “About one in every four students that apply gets accepted. It’s very com-petitive.”

In addition to the pro-gram’s admission require-ments, students are re-quired to spend time in the dental office—either vol-unteering or observing—so they know what to expect.

“I think we, the faculty, really care about the stu-dents and we really do our best to make sure that they

succeed,” said Jackson. “I think we do a really good job in providing education for our students.”

According to Stolberg, the department has a 46 chair dental clinic that treats patients everyday. The clinic treats about 6,700 patients a year with fees 50 to 75 percent less than the private dental of-fices.

“I am so proud of the faculty staff and students of our dental hygiene pro-gram who worked really hard to treat patients ethi-cally with high quality and the faculty staff who help us educate students in one of the best programs in the nation,” Stolberg said.

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page 4 September 22, 2011 OPINION

“Hopefully it’s not too much change. How are we sup-

posed to get to town?”

Ayanna Jacobskalyan

“That sucks!”

Gina Adams

“I think it’s a good idea, but there could be some prob-lems since the 65 doesn’t go to the school anymore.”

Stephen Marsh

“I live in Airway Heights, so I have to take two connecting

buses. Now I can get here earlier and leave later; I

think it’s good.”

Kyle Kooy

On Sept. 18, Spokane Transit Authority’s (STA)schedule will change, at-tracting confusion, anger and happiness from riders.

While many newcom-ers may not notice, riders with experience navigating Cheney and Spokane will see a noticeable change; but not all the changes are for the worse.

In the old configura-tion, route 65 served all of Cheney, ending at the PUB. Route 66 served only EWU. These routes have merged into the new route 66, serv-ing EWU and K Street Sta-tion. It turns into route 29 at the STA Plaza in down-town Spokane to serve the Riverpoint campus.

STA has also added two new routes. The first is the 165 Cheney Express. This shuttle runs from K Street Station to downtown Spo-kane with limited stops. The 165’s biggest advan-

tage is an extended time frame, serving students who need to be at school earlier or later.

The new 68 Cheney Local, which stays exclu-sively in Cheney, starts at K Street Station. It runs First Street to Betz Road, down Washington Street past the campus and ends at Sut-ton Park. This route passes nearly all major Cheney apartment complexes, enabling students to ride the bus to campus and not worry about parking.

Some students are an-gry at the changes because of time conflicts.

“I go to work every day downtown,” said Jeff Brad-ford, an EWU alumnus. “The new routes have the bus leaving at 4:50 p.m. And the next one leaves at 5:20 p.m. And they take out the 5 p.m. bus altogeth-er. And what that means, not only for myself but for

others, is that they have to rearrange their sched-ules to try to make the 4:50 p.m. bus. And we’re going to have to play it by ear for the first few weeks to see which bus is the busier one. And it’s just going to be crazy.”

Molly Myers, commu-nications manager for STA, affirms that the schedule

changes were necessary. “This is not something

we wanted to do,” Myers said. “This is something we’re being required to do because of the loss of revenue over the last few years. Since the economy has decreased, so has our revenue. This is definitely the cause for what we’re doing.”

According to Myers, the new scheduling for the Cheney/EWU bus routes is part of a larger Spokane area STA service reduction, aimed at cutting 7 percent of its services. This will save STA about $2-3 mil-lion annually.

“It’s totally ridiculous,” Bradford said. “Everyone’s off at five.”

These changes come amid a growing need for another route. Many stu-dents commute to Air-way Heights because it has much more to offer than Cheney: Burger King, Walmart, Village Center and Northern Quest Ca-sino.

“It’s something we’ve heard about before,” Myers said regarding a possible West Plains bus linking the communities of Cheney, Medical Lake and Airway Heights. “And we’ll follow up on our long-range plan-ning. So, long term, yes.”

The trip to and from Airway Heights currently

requires two connecting buses, with the connection in downtown Spokane. The average round trip takes just over two hours.

We here at the East-erner are personally look-ing forward to seeing a few changes to the bus routes, particularly the new 68 Cheney Local. Many stu-dents who wanted to shop at Safeway but lived by Mitchell’s will now be able to shop at either and have the convenience of staying in Cheney.

One thing we might miss is having two sepa-rate bus routes connecting at EWU. The days when we could get on the bus with fewer people are gone, and now we all have to get on the same packed bus: route 66.

We’re certain that, as the year goes by, we’ll all get used to the new chang-es, and hopefully we’ll come to see them as even better than before, espe-cially the routes.

Stereotypes are usually misleading and rarely rooted in fact. However, one stereotype that rings true, and ap-plies to myself and other Eastern students, is that of the “broke college student.”

Maintaining part-time, minimum-wage jobs and spending most of their money on leisure activities, many college students can barely afford to wipe their own backside. Literally.

I don’t know how many times I’ve been using a bath-room on this campus and all the rolls of toilet paper are missing because someone can’t afford to buy their own.

The issue can transcend personal hygiene into the culinary realm when students raid donation-based hos-pitality kitchens, which provide EWU students with re-freshments such as coffee and snacks.

When students are strapped for cash, snagging a few quick amenities from a public institution is a great idea. I mean, our tuition pays for the stuff anyways.

If my student dollars are used at this campus, then it is my right to use and abuse its facilities at my own discretion. Who cares if it becomes an inconvenience for others?

More students need to start realizing that this uni-versity was built as a resource for students. A resource that provides not just educational services, but also jani-torial, construction and landscaping services.

If I wake up tomorrow morning and decide I want to drive my car across the Showalter lawn, I know the maintenance staff will be there to fill my tire tracks with mulch and grass seed. I mean, my tuition pays their salaries, right?

No matter how much damage is done to this campus, or how many rolls of toilet paper are stolen, it is almost guaranteed that someone will repair the damage and refill the bathroom stalls. I don’t know how or by whom, but it gets done.

When it’s already someone else’s job to take pride and responsibility in the university, why should every-day students make an effort at all?

Taken to the extreme, this mentality could be one of the most liberating social movements to hit the college scene. Students no longer have to be accountable for their actions, and if someone starts hassling them, they can just pull out the “I pay your salary” card.

Why would a “broke college student” want to be held accountable anyways? Hard economic times make people desperate and the last thing a desperate person needs is to be held accountable.

Let the rest of the world be warned: the “broke col-lege student” is a reality for many and is a social trend that has been growing for decades. At least now it’s get-ting something accomplished.

Bus changes garner cheers and jeers from riders

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As students pack for their first year of college, they tend to have an ex-tensive list of must-haves. Laptop? Check. Mini-fridge? Check. Stylish bed-ding? Check. Sure, all of these dorm room goodies are nice, but they are not all students need at college. Knowing where to go for help—be it for homework or their health—can make a student’s time in college much easier.

When it comes to in-formation on mental and physical health, the Health, Wellness and Pre-vention Services, located in URC 201, is the place to go. Through education and positive role modeling, the health services center teaches students about the importance of getting enough sleep, following a healthy diet and nutrition, sexual assault prevention, dealing with stress and much more.

“All we do is related to academic success because that’s why students are here,” said Director Mi-chelle Pingree.

Though their office is located in URC 201, the Health, Wellness and Pre-vention Services are not a stationary operation; they visit classrooms, residence halls, Greek houses and the Riverpoint campus to share information with students.

The health and wellness office can also be found at on-campus events, includ-ing the Neighbor Festival, held in the campus mall on Friday, Sept. 23, where they will be offering free flu shots to Eastern students.

“We want to give stu-dents access to physiologi-cal, mental and physical support as they get ready to get into the classroom,” Pingree said.

The Health, Wellness and Prevention Services works in connection with Rockwood Clinic. Located just off campus at 19 N. Seventh Street, Rockwood provides students who are registered for at least six credits in fall, winter and spring quarters with basic clinic services.

The Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) office is also relat-

ed to the health and well-ness office. Located in Martin 225, these servic-es provide students with individual and group

counseling, outreach pro-grams and crisis interven-tion.

Students who need help with the academic side of college can turn to any one of the many programs EWU offers.

The Academic Success Center is home to a vari-ety of helpful programs, including the Program Leading to Undergraduate Success, or PLUS groups. These are study groups led by upperclassmen who have experience with the exact courses and profes-sors that students are cur-rently taking.

The center also offers classes like Education 150, a class that teaches study skills and critical thinking, and Education 196, a finan-cial literacy course. Both are two-credit courses.

The Academic Success Center also helps students find financial aid through the scholarship bulletin board hanging in their of-fice. On the board, stu-dents can find national and local scholarships awarded based on academics and creativity.

“Some kids don’t know where to go or where to find [scholarships], so we’re helping them put their foot in the door,” office aide Katherine Bell said.

For writing help, stu-dents can stop by the Writ-ers’ Center, located in PUB 354. Open throughout the year, the Writers’ Center offers students one-on-one sessions with profession-als who can help them with schoolwork, creative writ-ing, résumés, applications and more, regardless of what stage in the writing process the piece may be.

The Mathematics Tu-toring Lab, located in Kingston 337, is available for students struggling with math courses. Tu-tors, either undergraduate math majors or graduate students, work with stu-dents enrolled in any math course offered at Eastern.

The tutor’s schedule and the math courses they are able to teach is cur-rently being finalized and will be posted in the Math-ematics Tutoring Lab this week.

Eastern lends a helping hand

By Azaria PodpleskyEaglE lifE Editor

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Various programs encouragepyschological, academic, physical and mental health in students

(Above) Left to right: Jordan Greene, Caitlyn Preswood, Ronesha Veaman, Mandy Bolstad and Haley Schwartz enjoy an afternoon at Baldy’s.

(Below) Stu-dents work-ing at Rios, one of the four distinct dining areas in Baldy’s, take a mo-ment to say hello to The Easterner

Photos provided by the Easterner

Dining Services offers vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free options.

When it comes to dining on campus, students have selection in locale, flavor and budget

For those new to Eastern this fall, becoming familiar with all the dining locations at EWU can be an exciting experience. With great variety in its menus and venues, Eastern provides students with many ways to satisfy their appetites.

Each of the dining locations on campus accept student meal plans and Eagle Cards as a form of tender.

Baldy’s, located in the Pence Union Building (PUB), provides caf-eteria style services and a variety of healthy meal options. This includes different meal specials every day of the week for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Baldy’s also offers a salad bar, as well as other daily menu items.

The Roost puts a fun twist on din-ing at EWU. Resembling a sports-bar-and-grill atmosphere, The Roost gives diners a full view of the ice rink and cutting edge menu options. Per-sonalized pizzas and sushi nights are just a few of the unique options the Roost has to offer. Located at the recreation center, this restaurant has always been a student favorite.

Swoop’s is a great place to grab lunch with your friends between classes. Students have many op-tions here thanks to their versatile lunch menu. This includes soup bread bowls, monster burritos and a plethora of signature sandwich and

burger options. Students dining at Swoop’s have the option to person-alize and custom order many items found on the menu.

Main Street Dining at Tawanka Commons is yet another dining lo-cation at Eastern. Located on the second floor of Tawanka Hall, this particular location is set up so that students can use a variety of pay-ment options to purchase an all-you-can-eat buffet style meal. Sun-day Brunch, with it’s do-it-yourself waffles, made-to-order omelets, and hand-sliced meats, is something to look forward to all week.

Dining Services also offer three different espresso locations around campus. These java joints can be found on the first floor of the PUB, the main floor of the library and the Tawanka Bistro. The Bistro is a sit-down cafe where students can grab a bite of food to accompany their latte or smoothie.

The Eagle Express Mart, located in the PUB, as well as the Morris Street Market, located between the Morrison and Streeter residence halls, are the two store locations

on campus available for students to purchase packaged food. Whether students are grocery shopping, stock piling or just grabbing something to nibble on, both markets provide the option of carry out.

Eastern also strives to cater to the unique dietary needs of its student body. Vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free options are available around campus. Kirsten Bettcher, Dining Assistant Director of Business Ser-vices, reports that each eating loca-tion on campus provides these spe-cial dietary menus.

“We’re always looking for that next trend ... because those diets do exist on campus.” Bettcher said.

According to Bettcher, the Roost offers gluten-free pasta, as well as a gluten-free pizza crust. At Baldy’s and Tawanka, signs picturing a car-rot signify whether certain dishes are vegetarian friendly. The Eagle Express Mart offers an entire refrig-erator full of gluten-free meal op-tions. Bettcher also points out that if these special dietary options are not openly displayed, a manager will always be available for inquiring stu-dents.

According to Paul Kile, Assistant Director of Dining Services, Dining Services is offering a meeting for students with special dietary needs to express their opinions and make requests. Requests can be made with himself and other managers on Tuesday, Sept. 27. The time and lo-cation has yet to be announced. Kile

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page 6 September 22, 2011 EAGLE LIFE

I would like to welcome you all to Eastern Washing-ton University for the 2011-12 academic year. If you are one of the many new faces on campus, I want to thank you for choosing Eastern.

And if you are a return-ing student, I hope you will take the time to lend a hand to someone new who may need

a bit of help learning their way around campus.

EWU is committed to making sure your college experience meets your high expectations! After all, we are now a school that can lay claim to a national champi-onship, and we want to con-tinue that excellence in the classroom as well.

This will be a challeng-ing, yet exciting, year at Eastern. The university continues to work through historic budget issues still impacting the state of Washington. Yet, our en-rollment remains strong. That is why the focus of every critical decision we make, as it should be, is on your success.

When I work with my staff to lay out our plans for the year, or meet with the university’s board of trust-tees to set important goals, student success and reten-tion are always at the top of every list.

To help you succeed, EWU plans to enhance academic support services by consolidating existing programs and expanding certain resources. This should create more acces-sibility for students, and provide a broad base of support services to all of you. This will include im-proved access to the writ-ing center, math tutoring services, supplemental academic instruction and basic skill development.

Eastern is also com-mitted to promoting an in-clusive environment, and strongly supports diver-sity initiatives which are keys to creating a platform for academic success.

The most important ingredient for student success is a higher expec-tation of what each of you CAN achieve. This means the rigor of our courses cannot be compromised, and our faculty will hold you to a high standard of performance. I have also challenged the entire cam-pus community to provide you with encouragement and support.

Just as important, don’t forget to have fun! Support our athletic teams, join a club, or at-tend one of the many cam-pus activities.

I wish you well as we begin the new school year, and please say hello if we pass each other on cam-pus!

Sincerely,Rodolfo Arévalo, Ph.D.

President

On behalf of the Associated Stu-dents of Eastern Washington Uni-versity I would like to welcome our freshmen, international and trans-fer students. EWU is excited to have you become an Eagle.

At Eastern, no matter what your field, you will have the opportunity to develop critical thinking, which will allow you to innovate, create and resolve problems. Also, you will be motivated to create or start some-thing big, such as a project or idea that matter for you and your com-munity.

For our returning students, wel-come back Eagles! I hope you had an exciting and relaxing summer with your family and friends and now, after your break, you are ready for a successful year full of education, tradition and unity on campus.

As your representative, we know that almost is not enough when we talk about support for your educa-tion. We understand that your needs and ideas are important to you and it will be our duty to relay them to administration, the Board of Trust-ees, State Legislators, representa-tives and beyond so you can have the

resources and tools to succeed.Your new Associated Student

Council and Superior Court are ready to serve you with great new ideas that will bring changes and improvements to our student community. To begin with, let me share with you our main goals for this upcoming year:

-Increase student voter turnout by in-creasing visibility for ASEWU through collab-oration with university organizations for added exposure (such as Ca-reer Services, Eagle En-tertainment, Residential Life, etc)

-Provide Childcare, Fitness Pro-gram and Student Activities for River-point Campus.

-Provide Summer Quarter Bus Passes.

-Collaborate with local college and University Student government for leadership opportunities.

-Improve the acceptance of trans-fer students between EWU and local community colleges.

-Promote unity and cultivate an understanding of Eastern’s diverse community.

Also, I have a challenge for you. DO something with us! Spend some

of your spare time in the morning at the climbing wall. Go on a rafting trip with EPIC. Enjoy the concerts and speakers in the mall. Join a club. Par-ticipate in a community service proj-ect. Get involve in committees, so you can also voice our students concerns and needs. Cheer the Eagles on to a second national championship! Or why not run for office!

It is an honor for ASEWU and me to help you to achieve your goals and represent you this year. We look for-ward to building a community full of knowledge, awareness, traditions, unity, and diversity. Please feel free to contact any of us if you have any ques-tions or concerns! (http://www.ewu.edu/asewu.xml)

Sincerely,Oscar OcañaASEWU President

Meeting expectations key to community, and personal successes

Student president elaborates on six goals for student community

Nervous and excited freshmen began pouring into campus at 9 a.m. last Friday morning to move in and begin orientation.

As the newest members of the Eastern community, orientation is an important step for freshmen to learn their way around campus and discover different resources.

Freshmen can earn an optional class credit by attending the 12 re-quired events in the days before school starts and registering online by Sept. 21.

Convocation, a long running Eastern tradition, took place Sat-urday Sept. 17 to honor incoming students and help them mark their entrance to the Eastern community. Families were also present at the hour-long event that introduced stu-dents to some of EWU’s history and traditions.

New students took the customary “Pass Through the Pillars” at Show-alter Hall Monday Sept. 19. The event has taken place ev-ery year since 1915 as a welcome for incoming fresh-men. Eastern staff and alumni lined the pathway to cheer on students as they made their way through the traditional entry point to campus.

Chelsea De-

witte looked forward to taking a stroll through the pillars after she moved in Friday morning.

“I’m pretty excited [to live in the dorms],” said Dewitte, “ I’m going to find out where all my classes are and set up my room.”

“I have always liked Eastern ever since my sophomore year in high school. I looked on the website and found programs I was interested in. Communication disorders, specifi-cally,” said Dewitte. “Everyone here is really friendly.”

“I’m doing orientation for credit,” Jessie Robert said. “I really like East-ern so far, especially the people in the bright red and orange shirts; they helped move us all in. We came back downstairs after we were done and they were waiting to help us still!”

“I’m most excited for Rec-splo-sion,” said Robert. “I’m really into athletics.”

Sunday evening’s Rec-splosion introduced new students to various

physical activities available around campus, including ice-skating, laser tag, broomball and rock climbing. There was also a hotdog eating con-test, a mechanical bull and a DJ play-ing some background music for the whole event.

“I heard something about a dance, I think I am looking forward to that the most,” said freshman Jessica Nyl-es.

This year’s Welcome Back NEON Dance Party was put on by Eagle En-tertainment and took place Monday Sept. 19 in the PUB MPR. It featured plenty of white t-shirts, highlighters, glow-in-the-dark accessories, as well as a DJ and prizes.

“I plan on going to orientation activities, going around and see-ing what’s on campus, and meeting new people,” said Nyles. “Moving in was ok. I’m glad I have my parents, though, since I haven’t been able to meet my roommate yet.”

Orientation events will continue after classes begin with a comedy night featuring Johnny Cardinale at 7p.m. Thursday Sept. 22 in the PUB and the Neighborhood Festival in the

Campus Mall on Friday Sept. 23 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

A new freshmen tradition will also be taking place on Saturday Sept. 24 at 3:30 p.m. with “Run the Red.” Stu-dents are asked to wear tennis shoes and meet at Roos Field to lead EWU’s champion football team onto the Infer-no. The first home game will follow at 4:05 p.m. against Montana State.

“Pillar” tradition welcomes newcomers

By Linsey GarrisonStaff Writer

Areívalo

Ocaña

By President ArévaloLetter to StudentS

Students from the Alpha Phi sorority wait to greet new students as they pass through the pillars during new student orientation. Photos by Evan Sykes

Activities geared toward new students prepare them for a social and studious life away from home

By Oscar OcañaLetter to StudentS

President’s plans include campus services and diversity awareness

Eastern's president welcomes students to a new school year

Welcome back from

The Easterner staff!

Want to share an opinion, idea,

critique?

Look for us in the PUB Thursday or at Friday's

Neighborhood Festival.

page 7September 22, 2011EAGLE LIFE

By Linsey Garrison Staff Writer

[email protected]

With approximately 125 active clubs and organiza-tions, there’s bound to be something of interest to any student looking to get involved on campus.

EWU’s Jiu-Jitsu Club is dedicated to teaching and sharing the martial art of jiu-jitsu in a way that is fun as well as safe for students.

Men and women of any skill level are encouraged to come and learn more about the sport while increasing their physical ability and meeting fellow fighters and fans.

For more information, students can email [email protected].

New to Eastern this year is the Cultural Cuisine Club.

Activities include pre-paring, learning about and eating a wide variety of ex-otic foods from around the world.

Email [email protected] for more infor-mation.

Eagle Entertainment plans events such as con-certs, films, comedy shows, Homecoming Week and Family Weekend to provide students with a variety of on- campus activities.

The mission of EWU’s Eagle Entertaiment is to bring to campus the activi-ties and programs that stu-dents want.

For more information visit PUB 320.

A variety of faith-based clubs are also active at EWU, including the Lu-theran Campus Ministry, the Latter-Day Saint’s As-sociation, Christians on Campus and the Compas-sionate Interfaith Society.

The Compassionate In-terfaith Society (CIS) pro-motes interfaith education and friendships.

“We have members from all over, lots of differ-ent countries,” said Hawa Hussein, a senior and CIS secretary.

“We have wiccans, Bud-dhists, Mormons, Muslims and atheists. Anyone of any faith is welcome to come and join in,” she said.

Hussein believes that being a member of CIS al-lows her to explore differ-ent faiths while learning about her own.

“I personally joined be-cause I was interested in a club that encourages you to get to know your own faith and learn about the beliefs of others without the pres-sure of someone trying to convert you,” she said.

The Compassionate In-terfaith Society meets every Thursday from 12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Hargreaves Hall Honors Lounge.

The Office of Student Involvement and Leader-ship helps students connect with the many clubs East-ern has to offer. If none of them are quite the right fit, the involvement and lead-ership office can also help students start their own.

“Basically, you need four members to start a club,” said Brittany Myers, an activities specialist at the Office of Student In-volvement and Leadership.

“After that, you’ll be on the club list. Being recog-nized as a club is helpful for gaining members instead of just being a group of peo-ple. It’s helpful for public-ity,” she said.

Students can pick up a list of contact information for all on-campus clubs outside of PUB 320.

Watch The Easterner for club calendars this year.

By Karen

Wanjico

Clubs keep students connected on campus

Experience speaks Staff Writer By Chelsea Twiss [email protected]

Alpha Xi Delta would like to welcome you back to EWU and

wish you a fabulous school year.

Go Eagles!!

Wherewereyoutwo,three,fourorfiveyearsago?EverystudentatEasternwasonceafreshman.Thereismuchtobelearnedinthewaysofbeingacollegestudent.Whetheritisaca-demics,finances,socializingoranyoftheotherimportantfacetsofcollegelife,freshmenneedtorememberthereareplentyofupperclassmenouttherewillingtohelpmaketheirtransitionintocollegelifeeasier.HerearesomewordsofwisdomfromEasternvetstothecampusnewbies:

“Live it up. It will be over before you know it.”

Krista Philen, EWU graduate

“I would have taken more classes to do with my major and I would have tried harder. Stay on top of

financial aid... there are always issues.”

Jeremy Larson, music major

“Don’t procrastinate. Don’t get yourself

into a hole.”

Jared Roark, social studies major (left)

“Keep open communication with your professors.”

Brian Patterson, anthro- pology major (middle)

“Definitely budget [your meal plan].”

Tanner Cline, accounting and

finance double major (right)

“Find out everything that is available to you and take advantage of what the campus has to offer. ... It is important that freshman learn to form their own opinions regarding places to eat on cam-

pus by exploring each individually.”

Ken Ripley, EWU Alumnus and Dining Services specialist

GreenDotSpot: Violence prevention advocate

Welcome to Eastern Wash-

ington University. As you buy books, set up your rooms, and make your way to classes, I hope you will take a minute to think about safety.

As the student advo-cate I know that as you meet new people, most of them will be safe. But I have also heard plenty of stories about people get-ting sexually assaulted by people they barely met, and during their first few weeks on campus. Often someone who is new to campus makes a good tar-get because they don’t un-

derstand what to watch for.

Here is what you can do to increase safety.

Use the buddy -system. If someone invites you to watch a movie, come to their room, or go to a par-ty, bring a friend who will watch your back. Stick to-gether and don’t let anyone you just met get your friend away from the group.

If someone is testing your friend’s boundaries by inappropriate touch or talk, ask if your friend is ok. If you need to, make an excuse to leave. If some-thing doesn’t feel right, it probably isn’t. Trust your gut, and don’t worry about being nice.

Be really careful in situ-ations where alcohol or drugs are present. A person who is setting someone up for sexual assault will often provide drinks. When they are told no, they will try

to get the person who said no to change their mind. They might even say, “You can trust me. What are you worried about?” Alcohol is the number one drug used to facilitate rape, so please watch your friends in those situations.

If you are going to be walking at night, ask a friend to go with you. If you don’t have someone to walk with you, call home and let your roommate know you are on your way. The police website suggests avoiding secluded loca-tions. When it is dark out, you can call for an escort if your destination is close to campus. “To receive this service, call police dispatch at: 509-535-9233. The dispatcher will check with the shift supervisor to see if there is a student patrol person or police officer available for the escort. If there is, the caller will re-

ceive instructions as t o where and when to meet the escort person, who will accompany them to their

destination.” If you want to learn

more, call the advocate 509-359-6429.

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page 11September 22, 2011SPORTS

The cheering of EWU football fans fills the air as their beloved team huddles in the center of Roos Field.

The No. 21 Eagles will be hosting the No. 4 Mon-tana State Bobcats for the first home game of the 2011 season Sept. 24, after three weeks of road games.

The long road home

The Eagles have been away from Roos Field since December of last year. In the final home game, they defeated Villanova, 41-31, just one game before the National Championship game against Delaware.

EWU began their sea-son, defending the Na-tional Championship with losses in their first three games. They opened the season Sept. 3 with a loss in Seattle to the Washington

Defending champions to face Bobcats in home openerEagle Village tailgate party to fuel fan spirit before the game

Despite losing to the 9th-ranked Montana Grizzlies 17-14, the Eagles had a season high of 155 rushing yards. In the same game, Eastern had 237 passing yards in just 26 receptions.

Photo by Aaron Malmoe

Huskies, 30-27. On Sept. 10, they lost to the South Dakota Coyotes, 30-17.

In their first Big Sky Conference game, Sept. 17, the Eagles lost to the Mon-tana Grizzlies, 17-14.

Three EWU offensive lineman have suffered inju-ries while on the road.

Ashton Miller ruptured his Achilles tendon during the Washington game.

Steve Forgette was side-lined with a broken fibula during the game against Montana.

Jase Butorac, who moved to the offensive line to replace Miller, was in-jured during the Montana game with a sprained ankle.

Despite enduring three straight losses and losing players, the offense has been consistent in passing for over 200 yards each game.

Since the installation of the red turf and renaming of Woodward Field to Roos Field, the Eagles have been

on an eight-game home winning streak.

Facing Montana State

In addition to continu-ing the winning streak, EWU will be looking to avenge last year’s loss in Bozeman, Mont., where the Bobcats defeated the Eagles, 30-7.

According to EWU Football Facts, Eastern has defeated Montana State 25 out of 34 games, including a victory in triple overtime in 1994.

Something for the fans

Eagles fans will get a chance to interact with one another outside of the field.

Parking lot 12, a tailgat-ing area right behind Roos Field’s press box, has been rebranded “Eagle Village.” Eagle Village will have several features, including food vendors, games and live music.

Near the south end zone will be the Miller Lite Touchdown Club spon-sored by the Odom Corpo-ration and Farmers Insur-

ance agent Bryan Jarrett.For $30, fans 21 years

and older can watch the game at field level and par-take of food and drink.

In addition to the events on game day, the Eagles

Cross Country hopes Erik Anderson invite will build experience

EWU football home opener game results in the last 10 years

Year Opponent Result Score2010 Montana Win 36-272009 Western Oregon Win 35-142008 Western Washington Win 52-312007 Montana-Western Win 52-132006 Central Washington Loss 21-142005 Western Oregon Win 48-72004 Central Washington Win 39-82003 Central Washington Win 48-292002 Montana Tech Win 50-62001 Weber State Win 50-26

By Al StoverSportS Editor

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Men’s team not participating; top seven women runners sitting out

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Senior Stephanie Dye placed 33rd with a time of 22 minutes and 53 seconds at the Sundodger Inivitational in Seattle.

The Eastern Washing-ton University women’s cross country team will be running in the Erik Anderson Invitational Saturday Sept. 24 for the first time in the meet’s four-year existence.

The race will be held in Spokane, Wash., at Plante’s Ferry Park.

Head coach Chris Zeller is holding out EWU’s top seven runners and using this meet to build experience for the newcomers.

The race will be 6,000 meters, the longest race to date for many of the freshmen.

The men will not be running.

“We’re sending a re-

ally young group,” Zeller said. “I was looking at the list and the vast ma-jority of the runners are all freshmen. It’s just an opportunity to get some more running experience. It will help them race their way into shape.”

According to Zeller, the meet is considered the national preview for Divi-sion II schools.

On the Spokane Sports Websote. the Erik Ander-son Onvitational will be hosted by the Spokane Regional Sports Commis-sions, which is also host to the NCAA Division II Cross Country Champion-ships on Nov. 19 at Plan-te’s Ferry.

“There will definitely be a high level of competi-tion, even higher than last weekend at Sundodger,”

said Zeller. “Our team is going to be in a great race to learn and develop their skill.”

Typically, Zeller likes having a race every other weekend for the team, but the chance to run in the Erik Anderson was some-thing he didn’t want to miss.

By resting his top run-ner, and the entire men’s team, Zeller will be able to see other runners as they make their case to run at the Big Sky Conference Championships.

“Some of them may go on to race at the confer-ence championships, so they may be a little more tested and have this expe-rience when we get there.”

“One freshman I’m ex-cited to see is Katherine Bravo. She is more of a

Athletic Association is hosting the original red turf tailgate party Friday at 6 p.m.

According to the EWU Alumni website, admission to the tailgate party costs

$25 and includes dinner and an Eagles 2010 Nation-al Champions T-shirt. Ath-letic Director Bill Chaves and Head Coach Beau Baldwin will be at the event to speak with fans.

“I’m looking forward to visit-ing Montana. It will be the first

time we get to see some of our confer-

ence opponents before the Big Sky Champion-

ships.”

Chris Zeller

sprinter, but she is plan-ning to do the steeple-chase for us during the Track and Field season. But with her hip flexibil-ity and mobility, she has the potential and talent to

Zeller. “It will be the first time we get to see some of our conference opponents before the Big Sky Cham-pionships.”

The Big Sky Confer-ence Championships will be hosted by Idaho State in Pocatello, Idaho Oct. 29.

surprise a lot of people,” Zeller said.

Zeller is looking for-ward to the Missoula In-vitational in two weeks on Sept. 30, where he will have his top runners par-ticipate.

“I’m looking forward to visiting Montana,” said

Want to swing a sabre? To practice the art of judo?

Eastern has over 25 club sports students can join, and intramural teams they can form.

To find out more, log onto the EWU website and search Intramural Sports or Club Sports. To form a group and take on the best competition this campus has to offer?

page 12 September 22, 2011 SPORTS

Photo by Evan Sykes

As part of Switzerland’s U-20 team, Nathalie Schwery played both the United States and the Korea Republic teams during the U-20 World Cup in Germany in 2010.

Goalkeeper adjusts to new kind of turfEastern signs junior World Clup player from Switzerland

Goalkeeper Nathalie Schwery braces herself as the ball speeds toward her while members from both teams are on the other side of the field. Her hands grasp the ball at the mo-ment it impacts her chest.

Schwery is a lot like the other freshmen on EWU’s women’s soccer team, ex-cept she is from Schuepf-heim, Switzerland.

Where Schwery’s love of soccer came from

Schwery’s desire to play soccer began when she was four years old, after watch-ing her brothers play.

“For my team, we weren’t allowed to start till age six,” Schwery said.

Schwery played through high school and was a member of Switzer-land’s Under-17 and Un-der-19 teams.

“With the Under-19 Team, we were in the semifinals of the European Championship, so we were qualified for the World Cup in Germany,” Schwery said.

How she came to EWU

After playing the U.S. in the world championships, she received offers from many universities.

“At first, I watched all the Division I teams and I talked to the coaches about goalkeeping and training,” said Schwery. “I thought that here at Eastern with Coach Tamara [Hageage] I would have the best chance.”

Coach Hageage works with EWU’s goalkeepers. She recruited Schwery af-ter receiving an email say-ing Schwery was interested in the program.

“I knew she would be playing in Germany, so I watched her play and I liked some of the things I saw, so I sent her an email and it went from there,” Hageage said.

Adapting to a different kind of playing style

Katie Cashman is an-other freshman on the team. According to Cash-man, college soccer is more aggressive than high school and Schwery had the most difficult transi-

tion out of all the fresh-men.

“She’s doing a great job keeping her head up and working hard,” Cashman said.

One challenge for Schwery has been adapting to the language.

“With the language, I have to change every-thing,” Schwery said. “As a goalkeeper, you need to coach the team and this is hard because you have to get used to the language.”

Jamie Walker, junior goalkeeper, said hav-ing Schwery on the roster gives the team a different dynamic.

“She brings a different kind of style, that Europe-an style,” Walker said.

She and Schwery help each other with train-ing and advice. They also spend time together out-side of the field.

“When she first got here, she couldn’t move into the dorms so she moved in with me for four days,” Walker said. “We got to know each other on a personal level before a playing level.”

According to Hageage, Schwery is a good fit for the program and is above the normal freshman lev-el, having experienced the pressure of playing on a national team.

“It is her first year in

Intramurals brings laser tag to Jim Thorpe FieldhouseNew chance for Eastern students to engage in friendly, non-lethal combat

EWU Sports Week

Sept. 21 & Sept. 22

No sporting events

Sept. 23

EWU Women’s Tennis in the

Cougar Classic in

Pullman, Wash.

*

EWU Men’s Tennis in the EWU/GU invite in Cheney

*

EWU Women’s Volleyball vs. Montana in

Missoula, Mont. at 6 p.m.

Sept. 24

EWU Women’s Tennis in the

Cougar Classic in

Pullman, Wash.

*

EWU Men’s Tennis in the

EWU/GU invite in Cheney

*

EWU Women’s Cross Country

running in the Erik Anderson Memorial

Invitational in Spokane Valley at

Plantes Ferry Park at 10 a.m.

*EWU Football

vs. Montana St. at Roos Field in

Cheney at 4:05 p.m.

*

EWU Women’s Volleyball vs.

Montana at Reese Court in Cheney

at 6 p.m.

Sept. 25

EWU Women’s Tennis in the

Cougar Classic tournament in

Pullman, Wash.

*

EWU Men’s Tennis in the EWU/GU invite in Cheney

*

EWU Women’s Soccer vs. Idaho

Vandals in Cheney at 1 p.m.

Sept. 26

EWU Women’s Golf in Rose City Collegiate

at Langdon Farms Golf Course in Portland, Ore.

Sept. 27

EWU Women’s Golf in Rose City Collegiate

at Langdon Farms Golf Course in Portland, Ore.

There are four levels of Laser Classifications with four being the highest energy source and one being

the least.

Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse open play or reservation times Fall quarter

Date Time

9/25 7 p.m. 10/2 7 p.m. 10/9 7 p.m. 10/16 7 p.m. 10/23 7 p.m. 10/30 7 p.m. 11/6 7 p.m. 11/20 7 p.m.

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By Al StoverSportS editor

[email protected] college soccer and it’s tough being a freshman,” Hageage said. “I don’t care where you’re from and what level you play at. Your freshman year is hard.”

While Schwery is get-ting used to the language, she has also discovered many things since mov-ing to the U.S., such as her first peanut butter and jel-ly sandwich.

Although it is only a

EWU’s Campus Recre-ations is now hosting week-ly laser tag for the students, faculty and staff.

According to the EWU website, matches will be held at the Jim Thorpe Field house Sundays, start-ing Sept. 25 at 7 p.m.

The equipment used for laser tag was purchased by the Residence Hall Asso-ciation (RHA) and Campus Recreation jointly.

The purchase included 28 laser and vest combos as well as fog machines for added affect.

The games last 15-20 minutes and can be played individually or with teams.

All players must bring their Eagle Card when checking in and should show up at least 20 minutes prior to the time they would like to play.

All non-reserved games are filled on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Although the games are completely free for anyone with an EWU ID, groups are required to have at least 15 members and need to make reservations ahead of time.

Any cancellation must be done 48 hours in ad-vance or a $50 fee will be applied.

Group reservations for single 20-minute games are free.

If the group wants to re-serve the facility for a whole

month into the season, she is enjoying her time at EWU.

“We have a good coach-ing staff,” Schwery said. “The organization is good compared to Switzerland.”

Schwery will be major-ing in international studies and her goal is to become fluent in English. Accord-ing to Schwery, she miss-es her family and friends back home.

hour, they must have at least 20 members and pay a $50 fee.

Overall, this is an excit-ing way to spend a Sunday night with some friends.

According to Michael Campitelli, Director of Campus Recreation Pro-grams, laser tag is some-thing to do for free without having to travel far.

“Also, it’s indoor, so you stay warm during the win-ter,” Campitelli said. “We want a lot of students to play this stuff and we want to have some fun with it. If laser tag continues being a success, we plan on starting paintball, maybe even as soon as this spring.”

If students have any further question, they can contact Intramurals at 509-359-4836.

Jim Thorpe Fieldhouse is located next to the Aquat-ics Building.

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Schwery’s stats

U-2o World Cup tournament final

Opponent Saves GAUnited States 3 5Korea Republic 4 4

EWU Freshman year

Opponent Saves GAFlorida Gulf Coast 0 2Robert Morris 0 2Boise State 0 2Air Force 7 2Gonzaga 3 4Evergreen State 2 0