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How to survive finals this winter quarter, p. 7 Eastern Washington University Est. 1916 Volume 64, Issue 20 March 13, 2013 EasternerOnline.com Use your Q-R Code reader to visit our site Photo illustration by Aaron Malmoe The National Institute on Drug Abuse said that stimulants such as Adderall increase alertness, motivation, concentration and energy. What is a sequester? How does it affect Students self-medicate students? You can read about it in Lorna Hartman's article on Ritalin and Adderall illegally used to increase concentration page 3. By Linsey Garrison mental boost when studying. Just like derall for non-medical reasons in the der pressure to meet a deadline or stay staff writer an athlete who wants to improve his past year. up all night to study for an exam. [email protected] or her game on the field with steroids, Last June, The New York Times When final exams and projects start e a student who wants to get more of an published multiple articles about the piling up at the end of the quarter, one Eagl When school and life create too edge in the classroom turns to Adderall. growing popularity of the drug among EWU junior said she does not hesitate Life many tasks to accomplish in one day, Yet, according to the National Institute young students. In “Risky Rise of the to use every aid that she can. She asked students across the nation have found on Drug Abuse, abusing stimulants Good-Grade Pill” and “In Their Own that her name be withheld. that the effects of Adderall can be ap- such as Adderall can come with some Words: ‘Study Drugs,’” students from “The reason I take it is to help me Homage pealing, and EWU students are no dif- serious health risks including cardio- around the country told their stories focus and accomplish a whole bunch to Keats ferent. vascular damage, malnutrition and ad- about struggling with and abusing pre- of work that I need to finish in a certain Adderall and Ritalin are stimulants diction. Sharing or selling prescription scription ADHD medication to get bet- amount of time. If I’m really crammed You can read Paul commonly prescribed to children and medication is also a felony for anyone ter grades. I’ll take it.” Sell's review of adults who have been diagnosed with involved in the transaction. The National Institute on Drug The junior said she does not have a Eastern's original play, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. In 2009, the National Study on Drug Abuse says that stimulants such as Ad- prescription, but instead buys pills for 'Ode' on page 6. In recent years, Adderall has been Use and Health said that full-time col- derall increase alertness, motivation, $5 each from a friend who does. adopted by college and even some high lege students ages 18 to 22 were twice concentration and energy. These are all school students as a means of getting a as likely as their peers to have used Ad- favorable for a student traditionally un- ADDERALL-PAGE 3 Opinion Weather, power outage can’t stop pro day By Peter Sowards senior reporter [email protected] Using the square blue lid of a recyclables container, an EWU employee scraped off just enough snow and sleet so that quarterback Kyle Classroom Padron could perform his peeves dropbacks without having to worry about sliding on the Jasmine Kemp is mad, wet turf in front of 18 profes- mad, mad. Can you sional scouts. blame her? Read her It was that kind of day. column on page 5. In the face of dreadful weather and an untimely power outage, seven former EWU Eagles football play- ers showed off their skills in front of a record-high num- ber of NFL teams at East- ern’s pro day on March 6. Padron, along with receivers Brandon Kaufman, Nicholas Eagles fall from Edwards and Greg Herd, of- fensive tackle Will Post and Big Sky defensive end Jerry Ceja The men's basketball worked out on Roos Field team was unable to and in the weight room, try- make the playoffs. ing to make an impression Read more on page 9. with pro teams. Photo by Aaron Malmoe Upcoming: PRO DAY-PAGE 12 Nicholas Edwards ran the 40-yard dash during EWU's 2013 pro day on March 6 in front of numerous NFL scouts. The EWU Choral Concert is March 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Players set career highs in weekend sweep Music Building Recital Hall. By Peter Sowards in the first 10 minutes of the second Ojeda complimented her team- ler said. “Jordan [Schoening]’s had a senior reporter period to give EWU a 16-point lead mates for feeding her the ball on Se- tough year in terms of an injury that Online: [email protected] with 9:44 remaining. She surpassed nior Night. “I had a lot of fun; and I limits how much she can practice.” her previous career-high 21 points, know my teammates gave me the ball Even with the injury, Schoening and It rained, hailed and Senior Carrie Ojeda made sure set against North Dakota on March 2. when they didn’t have to,” she said. Schuller decided that Schoening the lights went out, Senior Night went as planned for the “She did a great job getting to “It was fun to just know that they would get substantial playing time but Padron, Kaufman, Eagles. the line and being aggressive, doing wanted me to do well as much as I and rest the injury later. Edwards, Herd, Post Ojeda scored a career-high 27 points some of the stuff we talked about,” wanted to do well.” Ojeda’s 27 points were the most and Ceja weathered it and pulled in 12 rebounds in her final head coach Wendy Schuller said. Two other Eagle seniors, Jor- by an Eagle this season, surpassing all. See our video and game at Reese Court as Eastern took “Besides the fact that she had 27 dan Schoening and Courtney No- previous season-highs of 24 points by story of pro day at: care of Weber State 70-53 on March 9 in [points], she had 12 rebounds and I len, were also honored before the Hayley Hodgins and Lexie Nelson. http://wp.me/p357f0- the last game of the regular season. The think nine of those might have been game. Schoening started the game Ojeda also recorded five steals and two 6pb. Wildcats fell to 0-29 on the year. in the second half when we really and made a 3-pointer in 15 minutes blocks. She attempted two 3-pointers Leading by seven at halftime, tried to extend it and pull away. I played, while Nolen was out due to but misfired on both. Sophomore Ky- Ojeda sparked a second-half rally thought we got more aggressive injury. “It was awesome that Jordan lie Huerta recorded 11 assists. with 14 points and seven rebounds then.” [Schoening] got a 3-[pointer],” Schul- SWEEP-PAGE 11 page 2 march 13, 2013 NEWS Little-known scholarship offers students chance to get non-required reading, tickets for free Overall interest in the Stewart Book Scholarship has declined due to lack of awareness arship each quarter is about “One of my bosses told painless,” Swannack said. “I 60, according to Ormsby. me about it ... when I worked found a cookbook I wanted Ron Dalla, vice provost “A unique function of this is that as a tech assistant the year be- and I remembered that there for graduate education and students apply for books that are fore I graduated with my un- was a way to get it for free. I research and chairman of the generally outside of their field of study.” dergrad,” Powell said. got Morimoto: The New Art committee for the past five Powell said he was not of Japanese Cooking, and years said, “We award about Colin Ormsby sure which books to purchase Art of the Samurai: Japanese $11,000 a quarter in scholar- until his sister mentioned Arms and Armor 1156-1868. ships. It used to be more that “The Hunger Games,” which I am Japanese but know very applied, but then when we “A unique function of “The Peanuts,” “The Far he purchased fall quarter little about the culture, so I By Kate Daniel ran into the recession and this is that students apply Side,” “Calvin and Hobbes,” through the scholarship fund. thought that these would be staff writer all the endowment funds for books that are gener- the Bible, “Harry Potter,” Jane Winter quarter, Powell said good starters into the history [email protected] stopped generating money. ally outside of their field of Austen, “Sherlock Holmes” he opted for The Wheel of and the food of Japan.” We ran into a two year period, study. So a philosophy stu- and Shakespeare.