Editorial: The Easterner will partner with MarCom to help honor graduates
On April 15, The Easterner was the first to share the rather unsurprising (but still disappointing) news with the public off an email announcement from EWU: In-person commencement was canceled. Like...
View ArticleEditorial: A pandemic is still happening … what’s the fall-out?
EWU students will have to continue to get used to an online learning format if they aren’t already. The university announced yesterday that fall quarter will be a virtual-first format, as The Easterner...
View ArticleEditorial: Special senior issue well under way
Did you know EWU’s commencement will be virtual? If not, you’re either living under a rock, or you don’t follow The Easterner on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. As reported in an editorial a couple...
View ArticleThe AP experience
Earlier this year I took an opportunity that was presented by a former staff member of EWU, to work for the Associated Press in Spokane, on Super Tuesday. I at first reluctantly went to the...
View ArticleStocking Baby Mike
On Christmas Day, 2000, the Spearmans were cleared to take their baby boy home, who had been in the ICU for ten days. After prepping baby Michael (or Mike) and his parents, the hospital staff placed...
View ArticleLauren Reichenbach- Lover of the Outdoors
Born in southern California, Lauren Reichenbach moved eight times before finally ending up in Colville, WA. She has lived in Colville since she was ten years old. After doing Running Start for two...
View ArticleIsaiah Gessner: The man who hates Cats
Isaiah Blaes Gessner, The Easterner’s social media director, is an EWU sophomore who loves movies and does not love brussels sprouts. Having to switch to all-online classes in the third quarter of...
View ArticleRandle Kinswa: Sports Legend, Co-Editor, Small Town Boy
Randle Kinswa, above all else, is a man of privacy. While he is the co-manager and editor of The Easterner, not much else is truly known about him. Kinswa comes from the small town of Napavine,...
View ArticleKarlee Van De Venter: writing history
Karlee Van De Venter is an EWU student, and reporter for The Easterner. Scheduled to graduate July of 2021, her major is in news editorial journalism, and she’s minoring in political science. When...
View ArticleWelcome Back and Stay Safe
EWU students have been welcomed back to campus for the first time in the 20 months since COVID-19 invaded the west coast in the final week of February 2020, and it is still causing a measurable amount...
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