The Easterner sits down with hockey Head Coach Gary Braun to discuss the current season and his professional background.
Coming from Scotland, Dr. Shields sits down with The Easterner’s Jason Keedy to tell of his many accomplishments in education.
Community member shares her stories of traveling and what it means to her to be at Eastern now
Interview with community member Kathleen Warren.
With a passion for students and a talent for teaching, John Cogley sits down with The Easterner’s Jason Keedy to elaborate on his various teaching jobs as well as what gives him his passion for teachers.
To honor Martin Luther King Jr. on his birthday, Angela Schwendiman will be giving a lecture in Showalter 109. The Easterner’s Jason Keedy sits down with her to discuss the topics of her lecture.
Easterner editor sits down with Trulove to discuss his upcoming challenges as well as future plans for the City of Cheney
Dr. Arévalo speaks on Governor Gregoire’s new budget proposal.
After a stressful quarter filled with budget cuts and staff losses, Easterner reporter Jason Keedy sits down with President Arévalo to discuss what EWU’s future looks like in regards to the new budget proposal.
EWU senior gets internship that allows her to study in Washington, D.C.
President's from EWU's Republican and Democratic organizations share their thoughts.
ROTC Program Director discusses past military experience
Program Director of Eastern’s ROTC discusses war, military leadership and his experiences in Operations Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom
Information technology faculty member reveals common problems students face with Blackboard and how they can learn to use it properly
ASEWU legislative liaison shares plans EWU's representation in Olympia
Q&A Session with ASEWU legislative liaison Jordan Johnston
Give us a little bit of your back-story. How did you end up at Eastern? I'm originally from Arkansas. I've lived in New Orleans, Portland, Bellingham and now here. I went to community college in Bellingham and ended up here as a result of my girlfriend['s] and [my] dislike of the wet, western climate.
Outgoing editor-in-chief and incoming editor-in-chief of The Easterner discuss the last year at the paper and where it can go from here.
James Eik, incoming editor Tell me a little about yourself - how long have you been at Eastern and what brought you here? I grew up in Otis Orchards and have lived in Eastern Washington my entire life. I went to East Valley High School and was one of four editors out there in my senior year.
Each week we'll bring you interviews with people of interest around EWU. This week we discussed the changing definition of "disability" and how certain public policies may be responsible for keeping the disabled from realizing their full potential.
As well as being a professor, you're the Director of the Center for Disability Studies at EWU. What do you do in that position? We've been involved in helping students with disabilities and students from all diverse backgrounds make the transition to the university setting.
Tepp, Russian language instructor, and Baron, International projects manager, discuss the new EWU Russian Club, the importance of language and immigration. Following are excerpts from the conversation.
Roughly how many Russian-speaking students attend EWU? Tepp: It's really not possible to find out because many of the students were born in America or they came when they were young. Also, Russian speakers come from all over the former Soviet Union, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan; they are not just Russians, so it's hard to know exactly.
EWU Professor of Communication and Women's and Gender Studies discusses the politics of menstruation, why men shouldn't fear feminism and why sex isn't talked about candidly in our society.
Your academic specialty is listed as "feminist cultural studies." Can you explain what that entails and a little about your background? My PhD is in speech communication, so I studied how gender is represented in language and media. "Feminist cultural studies" is kind of a shorthand way of saying that.
Each week we'll bring you interviews with people of interest around EWU. This week we talked about the importance of theater in the modern world and the upcoming production "The Foreigner" with Eastern's adjunct professor of theater and director Jeff Sand
Each week we'll bring you interviews with people of interest around EWU. This week we talked about the importance of theater in the modern world and the upcoming production "The Foreigner" with Eastern's adjunct professor of theater and director Jeff Sanders.
For the past 13 years, Rodkey has been the EWU campus cleric with United Ministries, a coalition of 6 denominations. We sat down with him to discuss faith, religion and the commoditization of Christmas
Tell me a bit about what you do here at EWU with United Ministries. I'm in my 13th year out here as campus pastor for United Ministries, part time. I also pastor Bethany Presbyterian Church in Spokane part time. How did you get into the ministry? Well, I first thought about it when I was in Junior High.
Assistant professor of theater discusses her most recent production and the allure of the stage
Could you give us a brief synopsis of your life? I graduated from Central Michigan University with a BA in theater and received my MFA in acting from Western Illinois University. After graduate school, I took a job as a company member with the Cincinnati Shakespeare Company.
International Faculty Fellow and assistant in the School of Social Work discusses his upcoming move to Africa and the importance of making the world a smaller place
First of all, you were recently named a Fulbright Scholar. For those who may not know, what does this mean? The Fulbright scholar program has been around for about 60 years now and it's administered by the Department of State. One of the guiding principles of the program is that if we leave the country where we live and go get to know other people, it makes the world a much smaller place.
Outgoing members of the ASEWU discuss the biggest challenges their replacements will face and their experiences over this past year.
Editor's Note: This is only a preview, and doesn't include some of the interviews from the full-length article. Read the rest in the April 29 edition. Whitney Jones - President What are the biggest challenges facing next year's president specifically? Obviously the university is facing a lot of budget cuts and there are going to be fewer services offered for students.
EWU honors chair talks about his life and times in teaching, offering insight about life on campus today versus yesterday
You've been a professor at EWU for 26 years now, why did you decide on this career path? I was conscientious. I met with people in their mid-40s to mid-50s who were lawyers, in law enforcement or medical fields and some professors. I made a point of it when I was an undergrad.
One of the regular faces at Baldy's, Dickson is featured in this week's Standpoint
One of the regular faces at Baldy's, Dickson is featured in this week's Standpoint.
You said that you like the British approach to geography more than the American approach. How so? The British approach allows you to combined history with geography legitimately. And American geography, which is more based on the German school, geography is just about the distribution of things in the present.
What exactly does the ROTC Program entail? Well, the military science program here at Eastern is to prepare students to become commissioned officers in the active forces, the guard or the reserve. It's a curriculum set up by the U.S. Army and, regardless of what university you're at, it's pretty much the same, but to become a commissioned second lieutenant, you have to go through the military science curriculum.
On the subject of foreign policy, Ryan Lancaster sits down with Majid Sharifi to discuss the situation in the Middle East
Your area of expertise is the Middle East, and particularly Iran, correct? Well, I don't like the word "expertise" itself, but yes, I know perhaps just a little bit more than most people. I was born there, I studied, I have field research there, culturally I understand it better and I understand the religious arguments.
Visiting assistant professor of Government talks about his history as an immigrant undergrad at EWU, the emerging Latin face of the U.S. and his summer interviewing rebel leaders in Nicaragua.
Visiting assistant professor of Government talks about his history as an immigrant undergrad at EWU, the emerging Latin face of the U.S. and his summer interviewing rebel leaders in Nicaragua.
EWU's Director of African American Education shares her thoughts on the importance of remembering the past, our next president and fresh ways to celebrate diversity
I've read that music is a major part of your life, especially singing. Why is song so important to you? Oh yes, I studied for years. I've always done it, ever since I was a child, but now I like to use it for education - I like to write shows with verse and music.
Each week we'll bring you interviews with people of interest around EWU. This week we discussed music and the holistic nature of life with EWU's new director of orchestra.
How long have you been at Eastern? One month. I began this fall. How does your position here differ from when you were at the University of Northern Colorado? I came because I could see in the professors that there was a lot of cooperation, and that is very important.
CAPS (Counseling and Psychological Services) Counselor discusses eating disorders and disordered eating.
Each week we'll bring you inquisitive interviews about relevant issues and people of interest at EWU. This week, we sit down with local musician and Eastern student Jacob Butcher, who tells us his views on the Spokane music scene, why he sees file sharing as the best thing to happen to music and, most importantly, his favorite color.
A new series from The Easterner, which this week features Grant Forsyth, Ph.D, of EWU
Wall Street's crisis of confidence, Washington's indecisive chaos and the financial sector's mounting woes have made the economic forecast look darker by the day. The Easterner's Ryan Lancaster sat down with assistant economics professor Grant Forsyth, Ph.
Coordinator of the Creative Works Symposium and graduate student of anthropology and history discusses quirky Symposium entrees and the importance of pushing creative limits
Can you give me a brief rundown of what the Creative Works Symposium actually is? The who/ what/when/where/why? Basically, it supports graduate and undergraduate research done in cohorts with faculty mentors. It's supposed to be an event that accentuates the scholastic achievements of the students, so it can be anything from creative works to research-based works.
International Faculty Fellow and assistant professor in the school of social work discusses his upcoming move to Africa and the importance of making the world a smaller place
International Faculty Fellow and assistant professor in the school of social work discusses his upcoming move to Africa and the importance of making the world a smaller place
Assistant professor of electronic media and film discusses the difference between movies and film, animals on screen and SpIFF.
Tell me a bit about when and why you decided to devote yourself to teaching film. When I was an undergrad at Western Michigan University I really wasn't sure of what I wanted to do; I was just taking classes in the honors program. I went into Career Services and did all these tests and they said I should be an engineer or an architect.
I read you grew up in Boston and graduated from Harvard. What led you to our neck of the U.S.? I did my dissertation in Wyoming and I liked the West, so I thought I'd come out, originally thought I'd come for five years but I liked it so I stayed. When I came, there weren't very many anthropology departments and they were just starting to proliferate and this was one of the places that were putting money into it.
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