By Sasha Klinestaff reportersasha.kline@eagles.ewu.edu

There have been 21 crimes committed this year in the Jefferson park and ride lot, which is used heavily by students who park their vehicles and commute to Cheney by bus for school, according to Spokane Transit Author-itys Communication Man-ager Molly Myers.

Thats really very low [for] incidents over a pe-riod of almost an entire year and especially with that volume of traffic go-ing through, said Myers. I think that our stats are pretty good.

The 21 crimes that the Spokane Transit Authority shows as having been com-mitted in 2012 were reported by civilians and are not of-ficial police reports. Myers said she does not know if their statistics include ev-

ery single crime committed in the lot but that they have several ways for people to contact them with any type of problem. People are pret-ty good about reporting stuff

to us, she said.According to Spokane

Police crime mapping sta-tistics, 753 crimes have been committed within a half-mile radius from the

First Presbyterian Church, which is directly across the street from the Jefferson lot.

Myers said, regarding the difference in numbers, We

do patrol [the Jefferson lot] and we do have security in there. A lot of those proper-ties around there dont. The Jefferson lot is one of the saf-est park and rides that the Spokane Transit Authority has because it is patrolled by security and heavily used, according to Myers. We average four hours a day of being onsite, as far as patrol-ling that particular park and ride, Myers said

Spokane Police Offi-cer Jennifer DeRuwe said, [Spokane Police] have not identified that particular area as a huge crime-rid-den place. Spokane Police have not categorized the lot as a hot spot to watch for crime because they are currently not seeing a sig-nificant rise in crime, ac-cording to DeRuwe.

According to the Spo-kane Transit Authority, the two crimes committed the

By Peter Sowardsstaff reporterpackerfan4life@gmail.com

When Eagles head coach Beau Baldwin needed the best from his football team, they responded just like they have done all season long.

Leading 22-19 with 11:29 remaining, the Eagles looked for a time-consuming touch-down drive to generate a two-possession lead and put their second-round play-off game vs. Wagner on ice. Quarterback Kyle Padron, who started for the first time since a Sept. 8 24-20 loss at Washington State, led the offense on a 15-play drive that took nearly seven and a half minutes off the clock, culminating in a two-yard touchdown run by Demitri-us Bronson. It was Bronsons second score of the game.

He just said, Lets go score, said Padron of his

head coach. It wasnt any-thing magicalthats just how coach Baldwin is.

Wagner, winner of nine straight games coming into the game at Roos Field on Dec. 1, was forced to resort to throwing the ball to try to catch up and score quickly but ended up turning the ball over on consecutive pos-sessions, allowing the Eagles to take a knee and finish with a 29-19 victory.

EWU will host Illinois State on Dec. 8 at 3 p.m. in the Football Championship Sub-division quarterfinals. The No. 15 Redbirds took down

No. 6 Appalachian State on Dec. 1 in a 38-37 overtime vic-tory to advance.

Padron completed eight of his 10 attempts on the drive, including four third down conversion throws. He finished with 26 completions on 36 attempts for 327 yards with one touchdown and one interception.

Im extremely happy for him, Baldwin said. He de-serves it. Hes just great people.

Ive had respect for him like no other player Ive ever had, and Ive had some play-ers that Id had a ton of re-spect for, said Baldwin.

After opening the sea-son as the starting quarter-back, Padron was replaced by redshirt freshman Ver-non Adams, who started the teams final 10 regular sea-son games. The Eagles won nine of those games, with

By Amy Meyerand Jane Martinfor the easternereasterner.editor@gmail.com

Kaleb Hoffer resigned as president of the ASEWU on Nov. 28, according to a press release from the orga-nization.

The ASEWU press re-lease stat-ed that Becca Har-rell, the p r e v i o u s vice presi-dent, has taken Hof-fers place, and Justin Filla, the previous student services representative, has filled the role of executive vice president.

In an Oct. 3 letter, Stacey Reece, director of the Of-fice of Student Rights and Responsibilities, informed Hoffer that EWU police re-ports indicated that he may have violated sections of the student conduct code that prohibit abuse or harm of others and reckless en-dangerment.

Hoffer gave this letter to The Easterner along with another letter from Reece that modified his suspen-sion. Reece informed Hof-fer that he was allowed to attend classes, consult with faculty and attend disciplin-ary hearings. She prohibited him from attending events and other activities or work-ing in the ASEWU office.

In a phone interview with The Easterner, Reece declined for legal reasons to discuss the exact charges that were dropped as a re-sult from Hoffers Nov. 6 hearing. She did confirm that EWU found Hoffer not responsible for the al-legations in this initial find-ings stage. The student who brought the complaint

against Hoffer has filed an appeal, which forwards the case to Amy Johnson, the dean of students, for an-other look.

While the university has dismissed charges against Hoffer, he still faces charg-es of second degree assault (strangulation) in Spokane Superior Court. Hoffers pretrial con-ference is scheduled for Dec. 21 and trial for Dec. 31, ac-cording to court docu-ments.

R e e c e said that the university reviews whether or not the student code is violated, and that other court proceedings and their findings are separate from the process at EWU.

In his resignation let-ter, Hoffer declared his in-nocence, but expressed his respect for the ASEWU.

Hoffer said that after EWU dropped the code mis-conduct charges he was free to resume his position as president. In his resignation, Hoffer said, It became evi-dent through the vote taken on Nov. 27 that my contin-ued presence with this great team would be a distraction.

According to Nick Fell, chief justice of the ASEWU Superior Court, Hoffer signed an agreement that he would return if the ASEWU gave him a vote of confi-dence. That vote took place after a student government work session on Nov. 27.

[Hoffer] asked for this vote to see if ASEWU sup-ported his return, Harrell said. I assure you that this vote was made completely with the students of East-ern Washington University in mind.

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Counseling and Psy-chological Services are sponsoring the stress free zone in PUB 261 on Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Students can receive free mas-sages, participate in puzzles, games, scrap-booking, card-making, learn relaxation tools and eat snacks.

The JFK Library over-flow book sale is Dec. 6, starting at 9 a.m. Books will be 50 cents to $1 with a free bin, too. Find books, videos and miscellaneous items in the lobby.

The EWU Bookstore will be hosting Santa and Mrs. Claus on Dec. 7 at 10 a.m., a doughnut eating con-test at 1 p.m. and a big sale to boot.

The James Edmonds Memorial Piano Fes-tival and Competi-tion is from 2 to 5 p.m. on Dec. 7 and all day on Dec. 8 in the Music Building Recital Hall.

Extended library hours for finalsHours for the JFK Li-brary will be extended for the end of the quar-ter. The library will be open from 7:30 a.m. to midnight on Monday through Wednesday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, noon to 5 p.m. on Sat-urday, Dec. 8 and 10 a.m. to midnight on Sunday, Dec. 9.

If you are an EWU stu-dent and would like to attend the football game against Illinois St., show your student ID card to the EWU Bookstore and receive a free ticket, courtesy of the ASEWU.

Confused about when to take your final? The schedule for next week can be found at http://bit.ly/Xoz0Le.

The URC Fitness Center will operate on a differ-ent schedule for win-ter break. From Dec. 11 to Jan. 2, the center will be open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. The center will be closed Saturdays and Sundays throughout break.

Although select staff will be in the office over break, The East-erner will publish again Jan. 9, 2013.

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By Libby Campbellstaff reporterlibbyrcampbell@gmail.com

The schematic design phase of the privately fund-ed Gateway Project is now complete following two presentations last month to the board of trustees and the EWU Foundation Board of Directors, both of which will have final say in formally approving the project.

We were able to have the schematic design phase fully funded with private dollars, said Mike West-fall, vice president for Uni-versity Affairs.

The next phase for us is

to identify lead gift funders that will commit to funding this project if and when the two boards approve this project to continue.

The schematic design phase focused on defining the project, providing blue-prints and illustrations of its design, recognizing the programs it will serve and its impact on campus and finally establishing how much it will cost.

The $60 to $70 million-dollar plan will revamp the stadium at Roos Field while creating a facility that generates revenue and enhances student services and campus culture.

We felt if we were able

to incorporate all three of those things then this is a project that would have a very broad impact across the whole university, from a recruiting reten-tion standpoint, to athletic success, to academic suc-cess and finally making the campus more vibrant, par-ticularly with the retail of-ferings, Westfall said.

The proposed facil-ity will house retail space along Washington Street, potentially including a res-taurant, gear shop, medical center, pizza place, coffee shop and banks.

Washington Street will also receive a facelift, with on-street parking chang-

ing from parallel to back-in angled spots, added bike lanes and a safer pedestri-an crosswalk.

The plan calls for adding 8,000 seats to the stadium, including club seating with a lounge area, loge seats, suites and a grassy berm area behind the southern end zone.

Other planned features include locker rooms for the band and mascot, an athletic training facility, a recruiting lounge and me-dia interview room.

Some of those involved with the project visited similar facilities on the East Coast, including Ap-palachian State University, James Madison University, the University of Virginia, Virginia Tech and Liberty

University to gather ideas for Easterns proposed project.

The goal at the end of the day was to sort of take the best of what we saw and fit that into what our needs are here and get the scope just right, Westfall said.

Appalachian State Uni-versity, whose football team has won three cham-pionships, stuck out in par-ticular because according to Westfall, [They] were pretty much where we were ten years ago when they won their first cham-pionship. They didnt have the facilities that they have today. It was the momen-tum from that that enabled them to build facilities that enhanced [their campus],

he said.Westfall believes mo-

mentum is key to making this project a reality.

Weve had four con-secutive years of record en-rollment. That momentum allowed us to be able to go out and build a new resi-dence hall, he said. The red turf I think created some momentum. We were fortuitous the football team won, and then we were able to leverage that into get-ting the new video boards. Now the momentum of that, coupled with our at-tendance of games, coupled with the success of the foot-ball team, has increased in-terest to where were now at this juncture.

gateway project gains momentum

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Graphic courtesy of BLRB Architects/EWU Foundation.The Gateway Project includes plans for 8,000 new stadium seats, club seating with a lounge area, loge seats, suites and a grassy berm behind the southern end zone.

Big changes on the horizon to revamp stadium and facilities at Roos Field

Frank McNeilly, pub-lic relations specialist for the ASEWU, said that Hof-fer presented the pros and cons of his return to the role of president and then the council debated the issue.

The councils vote, in-cluding the court and pres-idential cabinet was 13 to eight against Hoffers re-turn with one abstention, he said.

In a direct message on Facebook, Hoffer said, The students ... voted in the members who will take over in my absence and the students also voted on the constitution that outlines our succession plan. In this regard I believe ASEWU was justified in their ac-tions.

The ASEWU constitu-tion and bylaws do not ad-dress a vote of confidence in the case of a president returning after a leave of absence.

The ASEWU is directed by the constitution to fill any open council position with an appointment from the president with a three-fourths vote approval by the council. In response to this requirement, the ASEWU announced that it will accept applications for the position of student services representative through Dec. 5 at 5 p.m.

According to McNeilly, the ASEWU did not no-tify the student body nor any outside organization, including The Easterner, before the meeting took place.

No Easterner reporters were present for the vote.

McNeilly was unaware of any prior president hav-ing charges brought against him or her and said that the constitution had no process for how to proceed.

Reece, who is also advis-er to the ASEWU, said that while there were no gov-erning documents that ex-plained how to conduct this sort of business, all parties behaved maturely and the

students were represented well. Reece added that the council decided that Hof-fer should be paid during his leave of absence on the recommendation of Vice President of Student Affairs Stacey Morgan Foster.

Harrell said in an email that when the university suspended Hoffer, he was put on paid administrative leave.

ASEWU felt that when the situation first came about, it was the most fair way to handle the situa-tion. However, we did not expect the process to last as long as it did, she said.

Harrell added that the ASEWU recommended to Hoffer that he quit draw-ing pay, but he raised legal questions.

Instead of pushing the issue, the ASEWU waited to see how his sanctions would resolve, she said.

Hoffer said that he con-tinued to draw pay because the constitution required that employees in good academic standing be paid.

He added that since the university took action against him and not the ASEWU, he was concerned that a suspen-sion in pay without a verdict would communicate a lack of support from the student government.

I left the decision up to them as acting executives, and they decided to main-tain paying me. Obviously, with my resignation came a suspension in pay, he said.

Even if Hoffer is found innocent of assault charges in Spokane Superior Court, Harrell said she will re-main ASEWU president.

Nothing will change. [Hoffer] has resigned from his position, she said.

The changes with myself becoming president and Jus-tin Filla becoming executive vice president will remain for the rest of the academic school year.

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By Linsey Garrisonstaff writerlgarrison@gmail.com

Since the arrests of three EWU Sigma Nu fraternity members at a drug bust last January, two of the members have opted to participate in drug treatment programs instead of facing charges in court.

On the night of Jan. 17, officers arrested Andrew D. Tucker, Kyle A. Hubly and Joseph L. Welsh on charges of using a building for drug pur-poses.

Andrew Tucker faced an additional charge of posses-sion of a controlled substance with intent to deliver cocaine.

Police records stated that stashes of cocaine, metham-phetamine, marijuana, mush-rooms, pre-packaged drugs ready for sale, guns and $803 in cash were found at their residence.

According to court docu-ments, an order was filed in September on behalf of Welsh for the return of a .44-caliber pistol that was confiscated on the night of his arrest.

Welsh was granted a con-

tinuance in October to partici-pate in the Friendship Diver-sion Program.

Participating in the Friend-

ship Diversion Program is an alternative that allows a de-fendant to repay their debts or clean up their act without fac-

ing formal prosecution. If the terms set out by the

program are not met, the de-fendant must return to court

to face the formal charges.According to the Friend-

ship Diversion Website, more than 70 percent of defendants

who take part in the program are able to complete the tasks and return to their life without a criminal conviction linger-ing on their record.

Court documents indicate that Tucker will also be par-ticipating in a drug treatment program at North East Wash-ington Treatment Alterna-tives.

On Nov. 14 a drug court waiver and agreement was signed stipulating that the defendant comply with all conditions set out by the treat-ment center and by the court, or else criminal charges would be reinstated.

Recent court documents indicate that Hubly still has a trial date set for Dec. 17 at 9:30 a.m.

The drug bust and a separate incident in June involving an alleged sexual assault by a different Sigma Nu member led EWUs dis-ciplinary council to decide shortly before school started to revoke the fraternitys recognition status.

For three academic years, Sigma Nu will not be allowed to participate as a group in any activities at Eastern.

Two Sigma Nu members opt for drug treatment

For nursing mothers, finding an appropriate place to breastfeed or pump on campus can be a major in-convenience.

Women at Eastern have resorted to using the Wom-ens Studies Center, public bathrooms and even their own cars to breastfeed or pump while on campus.

The Womens Studies Center is raising awareness of this issue in hopes to create a lactation station at Eastern.

Nursing mothers can benefit from a lactation sta-tion because, thinking of it in simple terms, you wouldn't prepare your food in the bathroom, and that is what we are doing, Danielle Ben-tow said. We are preparing our children's food in an un-

sanitary and usually gross bathroom, while people in the next stall wonder what the pumping noise is.

Bentows son Jesse is nine months old. At this point, Jesse is able to go a good amount of time before he needs to be breastfed, so I am able to go to class and make it home before he needs to be fed again, Bentow said. But before, when he was only on breast milk and not eating solids, I needed to pump every two hours, and with no lactation station it was always a pain.

President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010. Within that law, Sec-tion 7 of the Fair Labor Stan-dards Act requires that most

businesses with more than 50 employees provide a pri-vate space and break time for nursing mothers to express breast milk while at work.

The law is for employ-ees, because they didnt take into consideration stu-dents, said Carol Vines, manager of the Womens Studies Center. In our case, students are the ones that dont have a private room. A lot of employees can find a private room, but students dont have that.

Central Washington Uni-versity, Washington State University and the Univer-sity of Washington all have at least one lactation center on campus. The University of California, Berkeley has as many as 35.

Vines hopes that Eastern can have at least five, with one on each corner of cam-pus and one centrally locat-ed.

Appropriate lactation centers should be equipped with a lockable door, work

surface and chair, a sink, breast-pumps, storage for cleaning supplies, electrical outlets and a refrigerator or cooler.

It is possible that fund-raising would be necessary to create lactation centers on campus.

Online there are some documents that actually spe-cifically outline what you should do in order to set up a lactation center, and one of them is fundraising, said

Womens Studies Center volunteer Pamela Parnell. But they explain right af-ter that it doesnt take that much funding for a lacta-tion center, unless you want to get more involved in ... breast pumps and supply-ing more [items] for people that are going to use the lac-

tation center. It just depends on how many people start to utilize that service, and then I think it would develop from there.

Vines says she believes the benefits of breastfeeding are unending.

Its better for bonding between mother and child. Some of the time theyre breastfeeding, and some of the time theyre going to have to pump, but at least theyre getting that good nutrition into their child. When a woman tries to breastfeed part-time and gives formula part-time, her milk declines. So if shes pumping, shes at least keeping the flow go-ing and shes able to contin-ue breastfeeding for as long as the child wants to, or she

wants to. It encourages the whole breastfeeding pro-cess, which in the long run is healthier, she said.

Bentow said a private lactation center on campus is needed because right now there is no reasonable place for nursing mothers to pump or breastfeed.

Getting a lactation sta-tion will show we support breastfeeding and our stu-dent mothers, as well as [eliminate] some of the stress that comes with finding a place on campus to breast-feed or pump, she said.

Currently four students have contacted the Wom-ens Studies Center about areas on campus for breast-feeding and pumping.

I think the fact that four people have come [forward], it seems the conversation is starting, Parnell said. There can be one person that starts a movement, and it can make something a little bit better for everybody.

Few options for nursing mothers on EWU campusLactation stations required by law for institutions with more than 50 employees

The issue of lactation stations will be discussed at a Womens Commission Open Forum Dec. 6 from

noon to 2 p.m. in Tawanka 215.

By Linsey Garrisonstaff writerlgarrison@gmail.xom

ASEWU gathered for their last fall quarter meet-ing on Nov. 28 and ap-proved the resignation of ASEWU president Kaleb Hoffer.

New president Becca Harrell noted that Hof-fer was not present for the meeting.

Harrell reported that she had attended the board of trustees meeting two weeks ago as well as the Washington student asso-ciation meeting where the priorities for the 2013 legis-lative session were chosen.

These are, of course, pending the boards ap-proval on the Dec. 8 meet-ing. These four items are what we came up with to put all of our time and re-sources into, said Harrell.

The items include work-ing with the university to encourage more students to register to vote, expand-ing financial aid, passing a new capital gains tax to stop cuts to higher educa-tion and getting financial aid for undocumented stu-dents.

Harrell, Justin Filla and Markus Hammond re-ported that they each had attended more meetings about the hiring for the stu-

dent advocacy position.That position will be

helping the dean of stu-dents out so that she can advocate for you more. We are excited to hear the results of that and who is chosen for that position, said Harrell.

After Harrell and Filla gave their reports as stand-ing president and standing executive vice president the council voted unani-mously to approve the res-ignation of Hoffer.

And with that, for the rest of the academic year I will be your ASEWU president and Justin will be your ASEWU executive vice president, so Im go-

ing to go ahead and turn the meetings over to him, said Harrell.

The council approved $1,876 to buy promotional items for ASEWU to hand out during finals week as part of free finals sur-vival kits. Around 900 kits will be handed out on EWUs main campus and about 100 will be given out at the Riverpoint campus.

Theres going to be highlighters, pens, pen-cils and SAIL has donated some of their drawstring backpacks and stainless steel water bottles. Its just kind of a way for us to say thank you for being our students and letting us

represent you, said Aly Morgan.

Money in the amount of $300 and $325 dollars was also approved to pay for free drip coffee and a free massage clinic for students at Riverpoint campus dur-ing finals week.

Harrell concluded the meeting by reading a press release stating that Hoffer resigned as a result of the feedback given by other members of ASEWU.

A copy of his resignation letter was also available for those in attendance.

As you all know, Kaleb Hoffer resigned as presi-dent of ASEWU on Nov. 28, said Harrell. On the

morning of Nov. 27 Hoffer presented the positives and negatives of his return and resignation to the entire ASEWU in an open meet-ing. ... The ASEWU work group voted, with a major-ity not supporting Hoffers return to his post.

As a result of Filla tak-ing over Harrells position there is now a job opening for ASEWU student servic-es representative.

Were very excited to be opening up a position and adding someone to our team, so please come see us, said Harrell.

Applications for the position will be accepted through Dec. 5.

Big developments at last ASEWU meeting of 2012

most in the lot are vehicle prowling and malicious mis-chief with seven counts each.

The Spokane crime mapping for one-half mile around that area shows 179 counts of vehicle prowling and 224 counts of mali-cious mischief. The police statistics also show these two crimes as the most committed in the Jefferson

lot area with theft coming in third at 132 counts.

According to Washington State Legislature, A person is guilty of vehicle prowling in the second degree if, with intent to commit a crime against a person or property therein, he or she enters or remains unlawfully in a ve-hicle.

Malicious mischief is de-fined by the legislature as a person who knowingly and maliciously causes physical damage to the property of another.

Spokane Transit Author-ity suggests that bus pas-sengers park underneath a light if possible and close to a loading zone. They also suggest that passengers stay in their vehicles until the bus arrives or wait for the bus with a group of people. In addition, they strongly sug-gest keeping valuables out of plain sight and the vehicle locked.

Spokane Police has a cam-paign called Remove It or Lose It that was launched in an effort to prevent vehicle

prowling, according to Officer DeRuwe. We try to encourage people to lock up valuables out of sight. Its amazing what people leave in their cars.

Upon returning to your vehicle, the Spokane Transit Authority advises passen-gers to always be aware of their surroundings and to return to the bus if they feel threatened. Otherwise, they suggest bus riders have their keys ready to open the ve-hicle and to look inside prior to entry.

According to Myers, the

lot does not have cameras yet, but that its on the list of things to do.

The other seven crimes that were reported to the Spokane Transit Authority

were two offenses related to opened or consumed liquor in public, one motor vehicle theft, one abandoned vehicle, two information-only calls, and one police response.

Jefferson:continued from front

Security issues or suspicious happenings can

be reported to crime check

(509) 456-2233 and Spokane Transit Authority

security (509) 444-6817.

Hoffer's resignation approved at last ASEWU meeting of the year, Harrell to take over permanently

Photo by Anna MillsMembers of the fraternity will not be allowed to participate as a group in any activities at Eastern for three academic years.

Fraternity members involved in January drug bust take alternative to prosecution

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By Lorna Hartmanstaff writerlorna.hartman@ucaa.org

More than 1,600 stu-dents live in residence halls at EWU, most with a room-mate.

The majority of these roommates stay together for the whole year.

Roommates are matched in three ways, according to Chief Housing Officer Josh Ashcroft.

When students apply for housing at EWU, they receive login information to the housing system. This also gives them access to RoomSync, a Facebook app developed by two Univer-sity of Florida students that utilizes a roommate-match-ing algorithm.

In RoomSync, students answer a series of questions about themselves and about the roommate they want, ranking items on how im-portant they are. RoomSync

analyzes the data and gives them a list of possible room-mate matches. They can contact matches they are in-terested in to get acquaint-ed and talk about details. If the two of them agree, each one must separately contact Room Assignments Coordi-nator Melanie Duggan Potts to request the other person.

RoomSync is super-popular, said Ashcroft. Theres been a huge in-crease in the number of people who found room-mates there.

The current number of room change requests after the school year has begun has decreased by about 100 compared to this time last year, according to Potts.

The idea of a Facebook app for housing is unusual, so RoomSync is still gain-ing traction in the market-place, according to Potts. Next year Eastern will swap out RoomSync for software called StarRez. It does the

same work, but in a more user-friendly way.

Abby Hart, a sophomore elementary education ma-jor, is in her second year of living in campus hous-ing. Both years she filled out the standard housing application and the system matched her with a room-mate.

I didnt really use the RoomSync thing, because it was new, she said. I just got paired up. According to Hart, the residence halls matching has worked well for her; she has never re-quested a change.

The more control stu-dents feel, the more sat-isfied they are. Theyre more likely to try because theyre invested. If the uni-versity chose [the room-mate], theyre less invested [in making it work]. Potts said.

Potts also warned, Just because someone is your best friend doesnt mean

theyre your best room-mate. Dont come in with preconceptions about how it should be.

She emphasized the im-portance of open communi-cation between roommates, especially to come to an ear-ly understanding of daily logistics for living together.

She mentioned that in the last few years, compara-tively fewer students come to college having shared a room at home. Its a big adjustment, she said.

Easterns new residence hall project will launch in the fall of 2013 and will add 354 beds to EWUs student housing.

Rooms will be doubles or triples. Every floor will have a full kitchen with tables and chairs as well as a lounge with natural light-ing. Also available will be bike storage, laundry on each floor, a covered front porch patio and Wi-Fi con-nectivity building-wide.

Roommates matched via Facebook app, mutual requests from students

By Nicole Collier-Adkinsand Daymin Marscontributing writerseasterner.news@gmail.com

With several students in attendance at the open forum meeting, the ASEWU com-mittee began to discuss the agenda, What we are doing here is lobbying for students rights, E.B. Vodde said ad-dressing the room.

The ASEWU held an open forum meeting at the fireside lounge in the PUB on Nov. 15.

On hand to discuss mat-ters were Legislative Liaison E.B.Vodde, Legislative Af-fairs Representative Shelby Pelon, council members James Reisenauer, Lizbeth Ramirez and Travis Hughes. The meeting was called to or-der by Pelon who handed out a list of issues that are set to be heard in Olympia when the session resumes in Janu-ary 2013.

The items on this agenda are very important and we need to discuss which ones we want to push through, Vodde said.

It looks like Rep. Kevin Parker, one of our representa-

tives here in the sixth district, will be coming to the EWU campus on Dec. 4. Flyers are in the process of being made and distributed, and were planning on providing re-freshments for students who attend. It sure would be great to get a big turnout; Parker would like to hear what his constituents want so that he can better legislate on our behalf, Vodde wrote in an email.

One of the main talking points was an issue that West-ern Washington University is lobbying for: state aid for un-documented students. This issue prompted immediate feedback from the students who attended this meeting.

Vice President of EWUs Republican Committee Mark Balfe If we make financial aid available to undocument-ed citizens, arent we decreas-ing the incentives for them to go through the process of be-coming official citizens?

According to an article in the Seattle Times last month, Sen. Ed Murray plans to spon-sor legislation next year that would open state-funded col-lege aid to low-income gradu-

ates of state high schools who are in the country unlawfully.

"I feel so strongly about the justice and need for this that I plan to make passage one of my top legislative pri-orities in 2013," Murray, of Seattle, stated in prepared re-marks that were delivered on his behalf at a Latino policy forum Friday to dozens of ed-ucators, community leaders and fellow state Democratic lawmakers.

Washington already has a similar law in place. Ac-cording to the July issue of the National Conference of State Legislators, California and Texas were the first states to enact this law into legisla-tion in 2001. In 2002, New York and Utah passed similar legislation. During the 2003 and 2004 legislative sessions, Washington, Oklahoma, Il-linois and Kansas all passed such laws. The states that have passed laws to allow undocumented students to receive in-state tuition delin-eate requirements for eligibil-ity.

In general, students must live in-state and attend high school for a specified period

and graduate or receive their GED certificate. Students must be accepted to a pub-lic college or university and must sign an affidavit stating their intention to file for legal immigration status.

Nine of the 12 states that allow undocumented stu-dents to receive in-state tuition rates do not allow undocumented students to receive state-funded financial aid.

Ira Mehlman, spokesman for the Federation for Ameri-can Immigration Reform, which advocates controlled immigration, told the Seattle Times last month that Wash-ington families are struggling to educate their own children, not subsidize the education of those whose parents broke the law in bringing them here.

"The idea that a state that is cutting services ev-erywhere is going to come up with even more money to finance higher education for illegal aliens, something that's not even mandated under federal law, makes no sense.

We will be lobbying against differential tuition

and cessation of veterans benefits. It looks to be an exciting time to be a stu-dent in Olympia, [Wash.]. Plans are starting to take place [on the EWU campus] to organize a charter bus to take students to Olympia from Cheney for a lobbying day and to organize events here on campus in support of WSA and EWU student legislation, Vodde said.

The Student Legislative Actions Coalitions forums are open to all students.

The Washington State Student Achievement

Council listed the qualifi-cations that illegal immi-grants must meet in order to obtain Federal funding in Washington.

In 2003, Washington granted in-state tuition to undocumented students at public universities in the state (often referred to as policy 1079). The law does not change a students le-gal status or provide citi-zenship, nor does it qualify students for federal or state financial aid.

Student legislature discusses financialbenefits for undocumented students

To qualify for in-state tuition, a student must have:

Graduated from a Washington state high school and have lived in the United States for at least three years; or

Completed the equivalent of a high school diploma and resided in the state of Washington for three years prior to receiv-ing it, and has continuously resided in the state of Washington since earning the high school diploma or equivalent.

By Kevin Irelandcontributing writerkevin.ireland@eagles.ewu.edu

The staff, faculty and students of EWU did not just lose a staff mem-ber when Tom McArthur passed away; they lost a friend and role model.

Tom McArthur was born and raised in Chica-go. Upon graduating high school, Tom joined the Ma-rine Corps and served six years in Vietnam before be-ing honorably discharged in 1971.

After serving in the mili-tary, Tom attended Golden Gate University, where he earned a degree in Ameri-can studies.

He then found his way to Spokane with his wife, Mary, where they settled down and celebrated 41 years of marriage together.

Tom began his career at EWU in 1992 working part time as an equipment oper-ator for the grounds crew.

He soon impressed his fellow co-workers and em-ployers and earned a full-time job in the department.

Tom spent seven years operating equipment for grounds keeping before he moved to the building maintenance team where he spent the last 13 years of his career.

During his time at EWU, McArthur was also a member of the Washington Federal of State Employees Union Local 931 and served as president for four years.

Tom was a confident, great operator and earned respect and trust from all of his co-workers, said Jim Allers, the supervisor of building maintenance at EWU.

Allers spent 20 years, the duration of Toms ca-reer, working alongside

him and they became very good friends. When Allers heard that Tom would be joining his team, he was more than excited for the opportunity to work with him.

[Tom] was just an all-around great citizen and operator and was very in-volved on campus, said Allers.

McArthur cared deeply about EWU and his actions showed it. He wrote let-ters to higher authorities if he felt something was not right and always tried to keep peace within the workplace and on campus.

McArthur did not limit his career to just mainte-nance. He created friend-ships with students and staff all around campus.

Tom was a longtime union supporter and al-ways had the best interests of EWU at heart. Tom will be missed by all who knew him, said Bill Turlington, a member of the network support team at EWU.

Turlington and Tom met through the union and even though they worked in different departments, they still maintained good relations.

Tom soon decided to retire after his 20 years of dedicated service. He offi-cially retired on Sept. 1.

Only two short months later, on Oct. 30, McArthur passed away at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Cen-ter in Spokane.

A celebration of his life was held on Nov. 6 at Riplinger Funeral Home and Crematory in Spokane where many family mem-bers and friends gathered to celebrate McArthurs life.

Tom McArthur will be missed by many staff mem-bers and students at EWU.

Business and Public Relations recognized in national publicationby Lorna Hartmanstaff writerlorna.hartman@ucaa.org,

EWUs College of Busi-ness and Public Relations was named one of the top 296 Master of Business Administration programs by The Princeton Review.

To compile this list, The Princeton Review gathered data from 2009 to 2012 on each business school.

It collected institu-tional data by surveying students online and by analyzing program infor-mation, from admissions requirements to facilities to graduation rates.

At the top 296 schools together, more than 19,000 students were sur-veyed, according to The Princeton Review.

Among the factors that influenced our choice of EWUs College of Busi-ness and Public Adminis-tration for our Best 296 Business Schools book

was how committed the school is to accommo-dating the interests and learning styles of its di-verse student body, said Robert Franek, senior vice president of publishing for The Princeton Review.

We were impressed with the wide range of program offerings for ev-ery stage of the students careers, from younger students to working pro-fessionals. Data from our survey of EWU [business] school students also demon-strated a high consensus of opinion about how cutting-edge their courses are and how accessible their [profes-sors] are.

Easterns MBA pro-gram was recognized for its blend of affordability, convenience and quality, according to the colleges two-page summary in the 2013 Princeton Review book.

Students speak high-ly of the MBA faculty. Up-to-date facilities,

including a 200-seat au-ditorium, create a great learning environment and there is plenty of nearby parking.

Martine Duchatelet came on board as the new dean of the College of Business and Public Ad-ministration in June 2012. I am extremely proud of the accomplishment of the college and the recogni-tion the program achieves year after yearbecause this is not the first year, said Duchatelet.

Eastern's MBA pro-gram has been recognized by The Princeton Review for two consecutive school years, according to MBA Program Coordinator Cynthia Parker.

The Princeton Re-view wrote and gathered comments from students about EWUs MBA pro-gram. Students said that the MBA programs night classes were a good fit for an adults standard working schedule and

that instructors were un-derstanding and flexible of demands on students time and willing to work with students while main-taining high academic standards.

Other favorable stu-dent comments included praise for the programs diversity, its significantly smaller expense yet equal accreditation compared to competitors and instruc-tors current business ac-tivities and professional activities, which make them well respected aca-demically and in the busi-ness community.

The Princeton Review, which also provides test preparation and admis-sions advice, ranks col-leges in several categories with detailed profiles of each college, so there is no best school, according to Franek. The company pub-lishes about 150 different types of college guides. It is not affiliated with Princ-eton University.

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Through the Eagles EyeDo you think the things you have learned in college are actually useful, or do you

think college is just a prerequisite to getting a good job?

Interviews by Kyle Harding. Photos by Teri Simpson.

I feel like I'm really here just to get a piece of paper

with some words on it.

George Mandella

I think it is a prerequisite to getting a job, but it can also have certain things that will be good later in

life.

Alyxandria Kelly

They're pretty useful.

Mitchell Youngs

Well, it depends on the class, but for the most part, I think a lot of it is just to get the degree to

get the job.

David Malinak

[It is] a prerequisite for getting a job. A lot of things you learn here are not really going to be things that you

do later on.

Kristeen Hill

Most of the classes I'm currently in, in my senior

year, are definitely pertain-ing to what I want to do.

Barbara ClarkBy Karen Wanjicointerim health education coordinatorkwanjico@ewu.edu

Did you know there are 28 universities or organiza-tions in Washington state that are implementing green dot?

I want you to know this because sometimes it feels like we are alone in this at-tempt to end violence. In fact, if you want to see some-thing really encouraging you should visit this webpage and see how green dot is spread-ing: http://livethegreendot.com/map_by_state.html.

Green dot started with one person, Dr. Dorothy Edwards, and she shared her vision with others. She shared the importance of being an active bystander, and people joined her in her vision of a violence-free culture. Green Dot started at EWU when a few staff heard Edwards speaking at a conference in California, and brought the vision and mes-sage back to campus. We are now entering our fourth year of promoting green dot. Sto-ries of people stepping up are coming in; people are begin-ning to do their green dots.

If you have made a deci-sion to do green dots, I want you to know, you are not alone. There are many oth-ers at EWU who are living the green dot. They step up and step in. They use their influence and lead by exam-ple. If you have not done so already, can you take a min-ute and join Easterns green dot community on face-book? Show your support. Receive encouraging up-dates. Ask questions. Share your green dot stories. Help the community to grow.

The alternative to green dot is unimaginable. We go back to a culture where people are not empowered to help one another. We con-tinue to have high rates of violence on college campus-es. Men and women contin-ue to be victimized.

You have probably heard these quotes, Be the change you want to see, and Never doubt that a small group of thought-ful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. At EWU we are work-ing together to make a non-violent campus a reality. You are not alone.

Many people involved with effort to create violence-free campus

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If you ask any col-lege student to tell you something that frustrates them, you are likely to hear something about text-books.

It is no secret that textbooks are expen-sive. Students can save a lot of money by buying books from online retailers rather than university book-stores and other brick and mortar locations. Some students are still forced to buy their books from physical stores because they need their books im-mediately and dont receive their financial aid until the beginning of the quarter. Even students that can af-ford to purchase their books before the quar-ter are well-advised to wait because often books that are listed by the bookstore as re-quired for a course are rarely used, if at all.

Electronic readers have the potential to solve these problems. Consumers can buy from an online retailer and not wait for books to be shipped because they download to your device.

However, of all of the textbooks avail-able from Amazon and other online re-tailers, only a tiny fraction of them are available for e-read-ers.

Books in certain subjects, such as de-sign and technical writing, are fairly common in digital format. However, it can be nearly impos-sible to find books for core subjects such as history, mathematics or the sciences.

The most popular e-reader, the Amazon Kindle, has been on the market for over five years. Despite the popularity of tradi-tional books in this format, the market for

electronic textbooks has not taken off. This is unfortunate because this technology has the ability to revolu-tionize the way stu-dents buy textbooks.

Students are natu-rally early adopters of technology. So why are we stuck with tra-ditional textbooks? Why is the Kindle store loaded with the newest novels and

biographies while it is so hard to find a text-book?

What is stopping textbook publishers from making their products available in electronic format? Technological advanc-es are good for both the consumer and the producer. They are less expensive to pro-duce and shipping costs are eliminat-

ed. They take up less space and are easier to carry.

Numerous studies have shown that stu-dents are not buying electronic textbooks. But how much of this is due to not enough books being available to make it worth it to students to buy an e-reader?

Other students may be reluctant to buy

electronic textbooks because they cannot be sold back at the end of the quarter. Although students are lucky to get 50 percent back from a textbook, it is still something. An alter-native to this could be digital rentals. The Eastern Bookstore and online retailers rent out physical text-books. This can be an economical alterna-tive to buying books, which may not even be able to be sold back due to new editions being used. E-book rentals have the po-tential to be even less expensive.

The college students of the future will have been raised on touch-screen tablets. For these students, books and e-books will be synonymous. They will demand digital textbooks. So why wait for the future? Digital textbooks can be adopted now.

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Digital textbooks are still lacking in availability

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Photo by Anna MillsLynne Feller-Marshall performed dressed as Elvis Presley.

EWU students and staff make beautiful melodies

By Christina Jordanstaff reporterseejay91@gmail.com

Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble host "Music Mosaics"

An evening of classical music is often just what the soul needs to relax and destress.

The EWU Symphony Orches-tra ensemble gave a combination concert on Nov. 29 in Showalter Hall. The concert was called Mu-sical Mosaics. Entry was $5 for general admission, $3 for seniors and free for students.

The first half of the concert was given by the Wind Ensemble and conductor Patrick Winters.

We hope there is a little bit here for everyone tonight, said Winters. The second piece,Land Between, has tugged on our heart strings.

The Wind Ensemble played four songs. Josh Lindberg, a clari-net player, took part in the concert.

I think we did really well to-night and I liked all of the songs, said Lindberg. We never actu-ally played through the entire last piece before tonight because [the conductor] stopped us every time we played through it. We were all wondering how it would go.

The second piece, First Suite in F, had many echos between the flute and brass.

The composer, Thom George, was previously a composer for a military band, so this piece had a nautical feel to it, said Winters.

The last piece was called Pro-logue and Dance. It began with a very eerie, muted and dissonant sound that later resolved. Many different percussion instruments were used, such as maracas, tam-bourines, triangles, rhythm sticks and cabasa.

This piece literally features ev-eryone on stage at least once, said Winters. It is great fun to play.

Winters recognized the Wind Ensemble members by explaining that some of them do double, tri-ple or quadruple service by play-ing in different groups.

According to Winters, most of them are in the Eagle march-ing band and small chamber groups.

These students should be rec-

ognized for their great service to the university, said Winters.

The second half of the concert was given by the Symphony Or-chestra and conductor Julin G-

mez Giraldo. They also played five songs.

At the beginning of the Orches-tras performance, Giraldo rec-ognized eight students who were exchange students from Colombia and Mexico. He explained that this opportunity was given because of President Rodolfo Arvalos new policies.

These students have been such a tremendous addition to our orchestra, said Giraldo. I want-ed to recognize them because in two weeks they will be returning home. Some are thinking about coming back for a masters de-gree.

Giraldo explained that one of the reasons they did the concert was to raise money to help these students.

Cello instructor John Marshall was given the microphone right before he played a featured duet, Concerto for two Cellos and Or-chestra, with his student, Mikaela Elms. Elms is the principal cellist in the orchestra.

Marshall explained that a pos-sible reason that the orchestra is small is that there is not enough scholarship funds.

We have the same amount of money for orchestra scholarships now as we did in 1980, said Mar-shall. Back then, that was enough for quite a few scholarships. Now, it is enough for only two full schol-arships.

We would love to have twice as many string players, said Mar-shall. We are so proud of them for playing six hours per week. I want to give them a special recog-nition.

If we can do what we are doing with this small orchestra, imagine what we could do with an orchestra twice as big, said Giraldo.

It was during Dead El-vis that Lynne Feller-Mar-shall walked out on stage with her bassoon while wearing a white pantsuit with flashy rhinestones, aviators and a black wig.

Feller-Marhsall's imper-sonating of Elvis Presley made the audience laugh and cheer

Feller-Marshall and 14 other performers had spent weeks rehearsing material for EWUs Evening of The-atrical Music on Nov. 30.

Kendal Feeney, the pro-ducer and director of the performance, said she want-ed to have a presence in downtown Spokane.

Proceeds from the con-cert will go to funds for mu-sic scholarships at Eastern.

It was just a week prior to the concert that the 11 performers were in Fee-neys home rehearsing. They utilized the small space, doing a run-through of the performances second act,Lhistoire du Soldat, or The Soldiers Tale, by Igor Stravinsky and the per-formances first act piece, Dead Elvis by Michael Daugherty.

During rehearsal, Dead Elvis produced laughs.

Feller-Marshall said to her colleague, I love how disgusting you make it, with the trombone and the trum-pet and everything together. If you make it really disgust-ing its going to work really well.

The pieces twisted and distorted feel of a 1960s spy movie soundtrack was enough to make even the performers smile and chuckle while Foster held a note that she said, takes four lungs to perform.

Elvis did indeed leave the building, but not without throwing a scarf to the audi-ence where a woman eagerly snatched it from a person sit-ting in front of her.

There were no special lighting techniques or mi-crophones in the dinning room, no crowd to watch the musicians play their instru-ments.

The performers were the listeners and they listened for problems that them-selves or others had with the music.

Julin Gmez-Giraldo, the conductor, took notes and worked with the musi-cians on their timing and tempo.

Since theyre profes-

sional musicians you have to work with them more [be-cause they know what theyre doing], said Giraldo.

On stage at the concert, Feeney said to the crowd, This performance is a showcase of the collabora-tion between artists.

From Feeneys house to the sound checks at the theater, the musicians dis-cussed their issues with Giraldo and each other.

Tony Kacalek, technical director for the Bing Crosby Theater, said Feeney knew what she wanted for the per-formance.

A lot of the time we get a promoter or a director who doesnt know how to run a show, so it forces me to do more, said Kacalek.

The musicians collabo-ration was apparent as Fee-ney and pianist Jody Graves were playing Cafe 1930 and Nightclub 1960, two tango pieces, together on stage.

Their facial expressions contorted with the fast and slow paces of the music, their head bobs and hand flourishes were in sync with not only the music but with each other.

Its just two performers making music, said Fee-ney.

According to Feeney, Steve Mortier and Randel Wagner really wanted to do a piece called Agony, by Stephen Sondheim.

The song is from the musical, Into the Woods, a play about what happens after happily ever after. Its dark humor is apparent when the audience realizes that Rapunzels and Cin-derellas princes are com-peting about who is worse off.

Eloquently sung with an operatic tone, an inference about dwarf fetishes threw the audience into a fit of laughter in disbelief.

During rehearsal there was that balance of fun and work. Jokes were made as well as progress on the piec-es.

"Everyone here gets along so well," said Feller-Marshall.

The piece that saw more practice time, Lhistoire du Soldat, ended the concert. A piece by Stranvinsky, it was one of the first pieces that had been composed for percussion noted Mi-chael Waldrop, percussion instructor and percussionist for the event.

Rehearsing those big percussion parts made lighting fixtures in Fee-

neys home shake. In the theater, it made the audi-ence shake. The vibrations

in the pitch black space could be felt even after the last drum was struck.

Teachers pay homage to theatrical musicBy Jasmine Kemp staff writereasterner.eaglelife@gmail.com

Photo by Teri SimpsonLed by conductor Patrick Winters, the Wind Ensemble played four songs at the "Music Mosaics" concert.

Film department to premier end of quarter projects

Lights, camera, action as the first year film students prepare to unveil their works to the public.

First year film students have prepared all quarter for this final project that takes place Dec. 11 at 3 p.m. in RTV 123. The auditorium

can hold a capacity of 50 people plus a few more who are willing to stand along the wall. According to Tom Mullin, the students involved invite fellow students and family to the showing which takes most of the auditorium up.

The juniors have been working on a series of short films the first half of the quarter and this final film is the culmination of every-

thing they have learned, Mullin said.

The senior class, is having a closed door viewing of senior fi-nal films that will not be open to the public, but a select few will be shown at the start of winter quar-ter, according to Mullin.

The senior class has been work-ing on their videos the entire quar-ter, the chosen videos will be shown

winter quarter during a special show-ing. This is the first time in several years that the senior class will not be showing their films to the public.

According to Marvin Smith, the head of the film department, the event has been running for 15 years because the students must have their work shown to the public.

With this being such a public event, comments and discussion

are welcome from those who come to watch, according to Mullin.

Its a good turnout by students usually filling the auditorium to ca-pacity, Smith said.

The showings will last rough-ly an hour and half. said Mullin. There are 30 to 31 students show-ing either a music video or short film and each video being shown is about three minutes long.

By Cody Brokmancontributing writerchaplinserling2131@gmail.com

For exclusive online content such as videos go to Easterneronline.com

Events and

Entertainment

Brickhouse Deli, locat-ed in Brewster Hall, is hosting "Open Mic Night" on Dec. 5 from 6-8 p.m.

The EWU Theatre department will be holding auditions for "Ode" on Dec. 5 at 6 p.m at the univer-sity theater. Written by Jonathan Johnson and directed by Sara Goff, "Ode" is based on the life of English poet John Keats and his relationship with Fanny Brawne. Per-formances will take place March 8-16 and April 9.

Students and staff who are feeling stress from the upcom-ing finals will have a chance to relax. Counseling and Psychological Ser-vices is hosting their Stress-Free Zone event on Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will feature free chair massages, board games, puzzles and snacks.

EWU music will be holding their last three fall quarter concerts. The Per-cussion Solo and Ensemble Court will play on Dec. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mu-sic Building Recital Hall. On Dec. 7 there will be a convocation at 12 p.m. in the re-cital hall. Following the convocation, the James Edmond Me-morial Piano Festi-val and Competition will take place from 2-5 p.m., and then continue on Dec. 8 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Santa and Mrs. Claus are coming to visit the EWU Bookstore on Dec. 7 at 10 a.m. for the bookstore's children's program. There will also be a doughnut eat-ing contest at 1 p.m.

Tawanka Hall is host-ing a holiday din-ner on Dec. 10 from 4:30-8 p.m. Meal will include carved New York steak tip, mani-cotti and blackened shrimp with pasta alfredo. There will also be dessert and egg nog. The price is $8.95 or one meal count. The Roost and Baldy's will be closed in support of this event while Swoops will be open from 4-11 p.m.

Community holds events over holidays

Since the world ends within the next month, lets focus on the great films from the last year of mankind.

There were quite a few great films that came out in 2012, some of which will be remembered as shining ex-amples of filmmaking. These are five films that stood out above the rest, creating some of the greatest enjoy-ment one could receive with a trip to the theater.

5. 'Chronicle'Chronicle presents a found

footage film with characters that are both relatable and interesting to watch.

Over the course of the film, you gain a connection to these three teenagers who gain telekinetic powers through contact with an alien device.

These teens change over the course of the film, but not in a way that seems forced or unrealistic. Giv-

en where these three came from and what they want to do with their lives, how they use these powers makes for an unforgettable watch.

4. 'Argo'In Argo, which is based on a true

story, in the late 1970s, a CIA agent is sent into Iran to rescue six Americans from being held hostage and killed, by posing as a Hollywood producer to shoot a fake movie.

Most scenes are done in a compe-tent and well-executed manner, but the scenes that steal the show are the ones revolving around the fake movie itself.

In these scenes, we see the tired faces of actors like Alan Arkin and John Goodman, where it shows just how fed up they are with Hollywood and so they just have fun with being harsh and unforgiving.

3. 'Wreck-It Ralph'Ive never seen a film like Wreck-

It Ralph, set in its own world of ar-cade games.

The story follows the title char-

acter, Wreck-It Ralph, as he tries to break from his programming of being the bad guy and be seen as an equal from those also in his game.Wreck-It Ralph is creative and unique in how it uses the environments.

In one game, "Sugar Rush," every-thing is made out of sugary snacks and sweets, even the race cars.

The film does everything with this, including Oreo guards and a Diet Coke mountain with Mentos. This always puts a smile on my face and reminds me how fun films can be.

2. 'Life Of Pi'This is a very simple film that

manages to do a lot interesting things with its surroundings.

Pi Patel tells his life story of how he survived the sinking of a freight-er, along with losing his family but then had to endure the tougher task of surviving on a lifeboat with a Ben-gal tiger.

Life Of Pi has the most beautifully cinematography of any film this year. There are several shots of the life-

boat on the water that I could see on the cover of National Geographic.

At some points, it looks like the lifeboat is sailing among the clouds or stars.

1. 'Cloud Atlas'Cloud Atlas tells six different

tales spread across time and space that are in some way connected to one another.

The way I look at Cloud Atlas is that each of these six stories is a different genre of film, with a story in present day England being a com-edy, or a 1970s San Francisco tale be-ing a mystery.

Each story is interesting and in-triguing to watch, and even more in-triguing to see how everything will connect.

Some might be thrown off by the three hour runtime, but others will be taking notes and paying strict atten-tion to the events of Cloud Atlas.

Views expressed in this column do not nessecarily reflect the views of the East-erner.

opinion'Wreck it Ralph' and 'Argo' make top five films of 2012By Paul Sellcontributing writerchaplinserling2131@gmail.com

Some students are not fortunate enough to afford the trip home over break and EWU closes during the win-ter, but there are events dur-ing break that are free to the public in the area.

Drive-Thru Nativity SceneThis event is held at

Amazing Grace Fellowship on the evenings of Dec. 13, 14 and 15. It is set up all around the building in a square for-mation.

As people drive around the church, they will observe scenes that are taken from the Bible depicting the life of Jesus Christ.

These scenes are not just painted pictures though. The sets are full of props such as

hay bales, real fires, actors and many live animals such as goats.

It will take around 20 minutes to get through the entire set up.

Airway Heights Winter Festival

This event will take place in Airway Heights on the day of Dec. 15.

There will be breakfast and pictures with Santa Claus available from 9-11 a.m. at the community cen-ter.

There will be a Holiday Matinee Movie showing put on by the Sunset Elementary Parent Teacher Organization at 1 p.m.

The movie this year will be Arthur Christmas.

Following this, at Sunset Park at 6 p.m. will be the An-nual Tree Lighting Ceremo-

ny. There will be carriage rides and a bonfire at this event.

Fire Department City TourOn Dec. 15, the mem-

bers of the Cheney Fire De-partment will be cruising around the neighborhoods of Cheney.

The firefighters hand out candy canes, there is mu-sic and a trailer with lights and sometimes a backhoe, said Kim Best, the recreation supervisor at the Commu-nity Center.

There will be someone dressed up as Santa Claus as well.

Annual Tree LightingThis event will take place

on Dec. 17 at 5:30 p.m. at the Cheney Public Library.

According to Leslie Bridges, administrative clerk

at the City of Cheney Com-munity Center, this event has been going on for at least 17 years.

Best says that there are many things to do at this event for families.

All the people gather around the tree, the Kinder-Choir will be singing a few Christmas songs, hot choco-late is provided by the youth commission, and the chil-dren can sit in Santas lap, said Best.

Regina Ross, who works at the Cheney Public Library, has been to the event several times.

After the tree light-ing, a member of the police force will read a story, like [How The Grinch Stole Christmas], in the meeting room at the library, said Ross. It is a big plug for families.

The fire truck usually comes with Santa on it.

The City of Cheney Parks and Recreation puts this event on. Ross estimated that there is usually around 150 people at the event every year.

Free Family MealOn Dec. 31 from 5:30-6:30

p.m., there will be a free meal served at the Wren Pierson Community Center at 615 Fourth Street.

This meal is provided by Feed Cheney in con-junction with Women and Childrens Free Restaurant, Second Harvest, Lets Move Cheney, EWU and a number of Cheney Churches.

There will also be free groceries given out at this event.

This event is powered by volunteers.

By Christina Jordanstaff reporterseejay91@gmail.com

Eastern students, as you get ready to finish finals, here are some recipes to take home and try out over the break. There is also one blank card to write your own recipe. If

you would like to share your recipe, send an email to easterner.eaglelife@gmail.com.

LORNAS GINGERBREAD

Cmargarine 2Tbspwhitesugar 1egg 1tspeachgingerand

cinnamon 1Cmolasses

1Cboilingwater 2.5Cwhiteflour 1tspbakingsoda tspsalt

Preheat oven to 375

Thoroughly mix margarine, sugar, egg. Blend in molasses and water. In a separate bowl sift flour, baking soda, salt and spices. Add dry mix to wet and beat untill smooth. Pour into greased floured 9x9 pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Serve warm squares with a dollop of whipped cream on top.

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BIG SOFT GINGER COOKIES

2.25Cwhiteflour 2tspgroundginger 1tspbakingsoda tspgroundcinnamon tspgroundcloves tspsalt Cmargarine,softened

Sift together flour, baking soda, spices and salt. In a large separate bowl, cream together marga-rine and sugar till light and fluffy. Beat in egg, then stir in orange juice and molasses. Gradually stir sifted mixture into molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut-sized balls (be generous, and you may need to spray your hands with cooking spray for this step). Roll each ball in the remaining sugar, if desired. Flatten each ball slightly on cookie sheet. Recommend no more than 16 cookies per standard cookie sheet so they dont run together. Bake 8 to 10 minutes in preheated oven.

1Cwhitesugar 1egg 1Tbsporangejuice Cmolasses 2Tbspwhitesugar

(optional)

Preheat oven to 350

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Quinoa Stuffed bell peppers

Bellpeppersofanycolor

CookedQuinoa ColbyJackCheese GarlicandBasil

Hummus

Preheat oven to 350

Cut a circle into the top of the bell pepper, remove seeds and stems. Place repeating layers of cheese, quinoa and hummus to the top of each bell pepper, with cheese at the top. Place completed bell peppers together in a baking dish, and bake in the oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until cheese is melted. Allow to cool, then enjoy. This can feed a lot of people very quickly and keeps them full.

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page 8 COMMUNITYEAGLE LIFEExclusive: Persian king punishes Hellespont

Some people think that I should stop making fun of the Greeks. Why dont I pick on someone my own size?

Well, its because I dont want a fair fight. I want to be able to say whatever I want and then hide behind an impenetra-ble faade of illusion and un-certainty. Thats why I work at a newspaper.

But I dont feel bad be-cause theres a lot of mate-rial there in ancient Greece. I mean, were talking about a people whose entire theol-ogy is essentially one long soap opera.

So we shouldnt take them too seriously. After all, its not as if theyre the foun-dation of Western culture. That would be really scary.

The Trojan WomenThis is the most boring

play in the universe. The plot is basically just a bunch of women obnoxiously com-

plaining about their minor everyday problems. OK, so your home was destroyed, your husband was mur-dered, your children were sold into slavery, youre starving and your city is a smoldering monument of death. We get it already.

LysistrataWritten by the great poet

Aristophanes, whose name literally means best of the phanes, Lysistrata tells the tale of a group of women activists during the Pelopon-nesian War. Lysistrata, the activist ringleader, wants peace between Athens and Sparta.

She convinces the women of Greece to stage an Unoc-cupy the Bedroom protest, in which they refuse to sleep with any of the men until a peace treaty has been signed. Lysistrata aims to hit the men where it hurts figura-tively, of course.

However, these are not men as men now are, as Homer once said. These men are legendary warriors, men who speak with the gods themselves, heroes who can withstand the most horrible of punishments.

They have slain mon-sters. They have saved na-

tions. They have journeyed to the land of Death itself and returned, and their only complaint was that the flight attendants ran out of ginger ale.

But the men, who figured the women were just bluff-ing, quickly realize this is no laughing matter. It starts getting pretty tough, as evi-denced by this actual line from the play: Why do you hide that lance that sticks out under your arms? Ive brought no lance.

As the days roll on, the men get more and more desperate. Finally, delegates from the other nations arrive and begin peace talks.

By this time, the best thing anyone can manage is a low growl: the talks dont last long. The peace treaty is quickly signed, and both men and women are over-come with joy. They decide to celebrate, and everyone retires to the Acropolis for a gigantic, um, party.

The Histories

The Histories holds a special place in the heart of many classicists, because its author, Herodotus, was the first Westerner to attempt a cohesive history of his time. He travelled all over ancient

Greece, visiting historic sites, investigating myths and talking to all sorts of people.

Because of his travels, and because of his focus on fairly presenting every side of a story, most people con-sider Herodotus the father of history.

Some people disagree, though because they think that Herodotus was not very rigorous in his fact-checking. So its probably safer to call him the father of journalism rather than the father of his-tory.

Herodotus lived during the time of the Persian War between Greece and Persia, and a large part of his work is devoted to talking about the war.

The most famous battle of that war was the battle at Thermopylae, where 300 Greek soldiers held off a much larger contingent of Persians.

Some of you may remem-ber the movie 300, which tells the story of this battle. 300 is a historically accu-rate retelling in which the minutest details are faithful-ly preserved, and I encour-age everyone to go see it.

I do have to reread some of my Greek history, though, because I must have missed

the part where the Persians had ninja warriors, and Xe-rxes was a sadomasochist.

Anyway, among oth-er startling revelations, Herodotus discloses that the Iliad is a made-for-TV movie based upon true events, and that the Od-yssey is backstory for an ancient fantasy role-playing game.

Some of his claims are so absurd that they are obvi-ously false, such as reports of giant fire-breathing ants, countries where the sky is made of feathers and societ-ies where the female body isnt exploited as a corporate advertising tool.

Other stories might be true, but are just plain weird: for example, the story about how Egyptians bring minia-ture skeletons to parties, or how a Persian man loved a tree so much he decked it in gold and became its servant for the rest of his life.

My absolute favorite, though, is the story of how Xerxes, king of the Persians, punished the Hellespont Riv-er or the Dardanelle Strait.

His soldiers built a bridge so they could cross into Europe and invade Greece, but a storm broke it apart. When Xerxes learned

about this, he decreed that the river should receive 300 lashes and be imprisoned by throwing some shackles into the water.

Xerxes then called the river a bunch of bad names, and gave a very angry speech admonishing the riv-er for breaking his bridge. He also reminded it that it had missed its curfew last night. And when exactly was it going to repay the 20 dollars it borrowed last week?

Okay, so maybe Herodo-tus is having a bit of fun with his readers. But even though some of his stories might sound a little fishy, in his heart Herodotus is trying his best. He thinks that every story deserves a fair shake, no matter how unlikely it may seem.

In conclusion, he men-tions that the Greeks say a great many things that do not stand up to scrutiny, which is actually really fun-ny when you remember that Herodotus is a Greek who says a great many things that do not stand up to scru-tiny.

Views expressed in this column do not nessecarily reflect the views of the Easterner.

opinion

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By Davis Hillstaff reporterd.hill.easterner@gmail.com

Scholars share studying advice and techniques

Paper is all around as students hustle to memorize that last piece of information before they go take their finals, if only they had allowed themselves more time to study and prepare.

There seems to be two main ways of going about studying for fi-nals: planning and studying ahead of time or cramming all of the infor-mation in a couple of days before the exam.

Some students agree that cram-ming is bad and sometimes stress-ful. For some students though, it is unavoidable due to scheduling conflicts.

Graduate student Carlos Mu-noz would cram study through-out his college career due to time constraints from working full time and attending school at the same time. Despite his many obligations, he was able to at least pass all his classes.

Munoz said, If I had better [study] habits I would have done better [in class].

What stressed Munoz out the most was not the act of studying for and taking finals or midterms, but rather the fact that his tests never stopped.

After he took one test, he had to start preparing for the next exam in

a couple of days. This made study-ing ahead of time more difficult and cramming a necessity. Munoz made cramming work for him, and anyone that is in a similar position could make cramming work as well.

While Munoz was teaching as a graduate student, it helped hav-ing the experience of cramming because he could tell when his stu-dents were cramming or studying ahead of time. Knowing this he

was able to take students aside and teach them different tricks to man-age their time wisely in the small time frames they were allowing themselves.

However, there are many stu-

dents that are able to apply better study habits, and most of them agree that this is better for their grade and stress levels.

By Nicole Collier-Adkinsand Daymin Marrsfor the easternereasterner.eaglelife@gmail.com

Tips for studyingHow you approach studying matters. Aim to think positively when you study, and

remind yourself of your skills and abilities.

Where you study is important. The library, a nook in a student lounge, study hall or a quiet coffee house are good places to check out

Bring everything you need, nothing you do not. Nothing is more time-consuming and wasteful than having to run back and forth regularly because you forget an im-portant book, paper, or some other resource you need to be successful. If you study

best with your favorite music playing, make sure your iPod is with you.

Outline and rewrite your notes. People find that connecting similar concepts together makes it easier to remember when the exam comes around. The important

thing to remember in writing outlines is that an outline only works as a learning tool when it is in you are own words and structure.

Use memory games. The key to such memory devices is the new phrase or sentence you come up with has to be more memorable and easier to remember than the

terms or information you are trying to learn.

Practice by yourself or with friends. Different formats work for different groups. Some groups like to work through chapters together, quizzing one another as they

go through it. Others like to compare class notes and review materials that way, ensuring they have not missed any critical points.

Make a schedule you can stick to. Even if you just crack open a book once a week for a class, it is better than waiting until the first exam in a massive cram session.

@EWU_Eagle_life

Photo by Nicole AdkinsAndrew Cummings is one of several students studying before finals.

StUdying-pAgE 10

Fruit Pizza

Packageofsugarcookiedough

packageofcreamcheese

cupofbrownsugarormoretotaste

fruitofyourchoice

Take a package of sugar cookie dough and make one giant cookie out of it. It should be the size of a pizza. Bake according to package direc-tion. Mix a package of softened cream cheese and mix with 1/2 cup of brown sugar. Use this as icing for the pizza. The toppings should be your favorite fruits.

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Philadelphia Cheesecake

1storeboughtOreocookiepiecrust

21/2(8oz)packagescreamcheese

1/2cupsugar 11/2tablespoonsflour

1/2tablespoonvanilla 1/2cupsourcream 2eggs 1cancherrypiefilling

(optional)

Heat oven to 325 degrees. Beat cream cheese, sugar, flour and vanilla with an electric mixer until blended. Add sour cream and mix well. Add eggs, one at a time (psh, as if you could really add eggs two at a time), mixing on low speed after each until just blended. Pour over crust. Bake for 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Re-frigerate 4 hours. Top with pie filling.

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Across8. This event will take place on Dec. 17 at the Cheney Public Library (3 Words).9. Baldwins coaching staff reveals a common theme: familiarity and ___.10. Proceeds from this evening will go to funds for music scholarships at EWU (4 Words).11. The ___ recognized EWUs College of Business and Public Relations as one of