Eastern Washington University EWU Digital Commons Eastern Washington University Digital History Student Newspapers Collections 5-28-2014 Easterner, Vol. 65, No. 29, May 28, 2014 Associated Students of Eastern Washington University Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.ewu.edu/student_newspapers Recommended Citation Associated Students of Eastern Washington University, "Easterner, Vol. 65, No. 29, May 28, 2014" (2014). Student Newspapers. 770. https://dc.ewu.edu/student_newspapers/770 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Eastern Washington University Digital History Collections at EWU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Newspapers by an authorized administrator of EWU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Criscione goes to EWU World Cup spread-Pages 6-7 Page 3 EasternEastern WashingtonWashington University Est.Est. 1916 VolumeVolumeVolume 65, 64, 65,65, Issue Issue IssueIssue 2926 37 NovemberOctoberMayMay 28, 8, 9,9. 2013 6,2014 2013 2013 EasternerOnline.comEasternerOnline.com Presidential candidates announced By Aaron Bocook staff writer Timothy Mescon, Ph.D., Rex Fuller, Ph.D., Mary Cullinan, Ph.D., [email protected] President of Columbus State University Eastern’s provost and vice president President of Southern Oregon University Eastern students, faculty and staff will in Columbus, Georgia for Academic Aairs in Ashland, Oregon have the chance to meet and talk with the fi- May 29-30 June 2-3 June 4-5 nal candidates in the search for Dr. Rodolfo Arévalo’s successor as university president. Open forum: Open forum: Open forum: The search began shortly after Arévalo May 29 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 3 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. June 4 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. announced his retirement in late January, and in the Showalter Auditorium. in the Showalter Auditorium. in the Showalter Auditorium has been narrowed down to three finalists. Students can interact with candidates on the above dates. “The presidential search advisory com- mittee did an incredible job of narrowing Graphic by Tanner Streicher down some 45 candidates to our current three finalists,” said Paul Tanaka, chair- on the search committee, said he and other Jigre said. “Not only was it a great oppor- The names of the three finalists were man of the university’s Board of Trustees. ASEWU representatives are eager to meet tunity to learn about the process, but also announced May 16. Each candidate will “The Board of Trustees has a tough choice with the finalists as they each make visits to it was hard deciding on the perfect candi- spend two days on campus attending before us, as any of the finalists would EWU at the end of May and into early June. date for EWU from a large pool of strong, open forums with students, faculty, staff serve EWU well as its 26th president.” “I am truly excited that we are coming intelligent and remarkable candidates and community members between May 29 ASEWU President D.J. Jigre, who served to a close with the presidential search,” from a wide spectrum.” and June 6. Diversity week Senior athlete educates students competes during By Rebekah Frank Ochoa emphasized that people staff writer should look at their own biases breakout season [email protected] and be aware of them. Ochoa ac- knowledged her own biased By Ayanna Fernandez The Hargreaves Reading thought of a good mother because staff writer Room was full on May 20-21 as her mom, after being sexually as- [email protected] students, faculty and commu- saulted, decided to keep Ochoa nity members listened to speak- and worked hard to make a life for In very rare cases would an athlete ers’ experiences with discrimi- her and her siblings. be able to walk onto a team and not nation, biases and racism. Ochoa said that when she is only dominate, but become a part of On May 20, the city of Spo- overseeing a trial that involves school history. kane’s director of local govern- children, she constantly has to Senior track and field ment and multicultural affairs, remind herself to keep her own thrower, Zack Nielsen is Gloria Ochoa, shared her per- biases out of her decisions. She now experiencing what sonal experiences with stereo- reminded the attendees that it is is considered to be his types and racism. important for everyone to be hon- breakout season. Ochoa shared that one of the est with themselves and why they According to Nielsen, times she was defending a client, think and act the way they do. he feels that it is a little she was asked by a U.S. Marshall Joetta Sieglock, who works for too late, and he could who she was there to see. He as- the EWU Disability Support Ser- have done things better Nielsen sumed because she was a Latino vices, said, “It’s important for us earlier, but at the same woman dressed up in court that to each understand how diverse time, he is experiencing the most enjoy- she was either a defendant or a we all are in different ways.” able time with teammates and himself. family member of a defendant. On May 21, there were seven “It’s been a blast,” Nielsen said. “If After sharing her story and the diversity lessons presented in it were to end now, I wouldn’t be dis- stories of others, Ochoa expressed the Hargreaves Reading Room. appointed at all.” Nielsen is making the importance of education on the They ranged in topics from gen- the cut to land in the Top 10 in a few values and beliefs of other cultures. der variance in the K-12 classroom categories for Eastern’s track and field Ochoa said if people are willing to to perceptions of stuttering. events. Nielsen said that his accom- learn about different cultures, then plishments are exciting. they will have a better understand- Photo by Karissa Berg “In my indoor event, indoor varia- ing of what could be considered dis- Gloria Ochoa spoke on her personal experiences with racism on May 20. tion, hammers and weight throws, I fin- crimination and racism. DIVERSITy-pAGE 4 ished indoor season third all-time in that and I moved up to No. 3 spot all-time in the hammer,” Nielsen said. “The only people I have to beat are my teammates [Jordan Arakawa], who is great, phe- nomenal and David Paul, who works Students devour books at annual library festival out at Central [Washington University].” By Katie Dunn cate to Auntie’s Bookstore, and the NIELSEN-pAGE 11 contributing writer prize for people’s choice was a $50 [email protected] gift certificate to Kitchen Engine. Laskowski said that the event this year was mostly “volunteered powered.” Hawks migrate Candies, cakes, pudding and a The sweet aroma from the yellow pie caught the attention of JFK Li- mustaches made of frosting on to White House brary visitors on May 19 as the EWU peanut butter cookies represented Libraries hosted its 10th annual the Lorax, as well as marshmallow By Fetlew Gebreziabher Books2Eat, an edible book festival Hortons, drew observers to the contributing writer and creative contest. entry that mimicked the colorful and [email protected] To participate, competitors had whimsical world of Dr. Seuss. to fill out an entry form three days Vanessa Perez, Joana Zarate, Car- The celebration of the underdogs in prior to the event and prepare an ed- los Munoz and Nancy Munoz, stu- the East Room of the White House, on ible creation that could withstand dents of the PLUS success group, May 21, was filled with laughs, punch room temperatures for several hours. were responsible for this display. lines and roars of applause, as the Su- The creation could be anything that “We just thought [Dr. Seuss] was per Bowl XLVIII Champion Seattle Se- represented a book, poem or other interesting and colorful,” Nancy ahawks made their way to the champi- literary work. “It doesn’t have to Munoz said. “We also saw a lot of ons visit with President Barack Obama be cake,” said Amy Laskowski, pro- interesting stuff, and we thought in Washington, D.C. gram coordinator and administra- they were really good books to start Obama did not miss a beat as his tive support. “It just has to be ed- with for little kids and older peo- opening remarks were aimed at the ible.” ple.” expense of the most controversial Se- On average, the event has 15-20 “We just did everything togeth- ahawk, All-Pro cornerback Richard entries with participants ranging er,” Zarate said. “We started with Sherman. from students to faculty to com- the smallest things we could do eas- “I considered letting Sherman up munity members. Contestants were ily, so we did the green eggs and here to the podium and giving him the judged on two categories: the cre- ham, and meanwhile, we selected mic,” Obama said as he welcomed the ation that best represented a book’s the cupcakes to bake.” Super Bowl champions. “But we got to Photo by Karissa Berg theme and the voter’s favorite. The go in a little bit.” Winners of the Books2Eat contest received gift cards in $50 prize for the winner of the literary denominations. theme category was a $50 gift certifi- BOOKS-pAGE 4 SEAHAWKS-pAGE 11 Upcoming Theatre presentation Saudi Culture Night Food drive Inside EWU Theatre’s presentation May 30 is Saudi Culture Night The annual EWU food drive Opinion Lifestyle workshop of “A View from the Bridge” in the PUB MPR. Sen. Michael will be held June 1-15.