New photographer

Brianna Cooper comes to us as a work study student and will be working with the photography team.

She has four years experience with her high school paper not only shooting pictures, but writing articles too.

Two new copy editors!

Welcome to Colleen Bowerman and Kurt Olsen!

We had an unfortunate opening on our copy-editing team as Cheyenne had a family emergency that will keep her from school until winter quarter, at the least.

We had over 10 applications.
Some of those applications were very qualified. I looked over the roster and chatted with Jared, who was signed up for both copy editing and graphics. He more than happy to switch to graphics assistant rather than having double duty.

 I would like to thank Christopher for narrowing the field. Thanks to his help, we have these two new hires, plus another very capable editor in the pool, should another opening arise.

I'm sure Colleen and Kurt could do a better job at introducing themselves here, so I'll leave that to them.
Watch for their posts! (I hope?)

Ira Glass on creativity

Ira Glass on Storytelling from David Shiyang Liu on Vimeo.

Summer - or what is left of it

Hello all,

My name is Casey Picha. YES my last name is pronounced like the lovable companion to Ash Ketchum. For those who don't know ask around :)

Why and how does summer fly by so fast? It seemed just a few days ago I was getting home from EWU and my sister got out of high school. Now my sister is at college, Gonzaga!!!, and my parents have less than a month until they are empty nesters. This year is my senior year at EWU but I will be staying an extra quarter or two to double major, in Finance and Economics.

Events that have happened to me this summer;

Summer job - Painting for an entrepreneurial company

Knee Injury - probable torn meniscus in my right knee, final doctors appointment this week to figure it all out

Just a few things about me.

• I am a staff photographer, I started Winter 2011, I picked up photography my freshman year at EWU
• I would rather be behind the camera instead of in front of it.
• I am heavily involved at EWU through various clubs and organizations.
• I love all sorts of photography and really appreciate the artistry behind anyones views/ideas
• I am pretty laid back, but I can be pretty up tight when school/a project/idea gets to me
• Love the outdoors

Signing out,

Casey "Picha-***!!!!"

Welcome two new columnists!

The Easterner is pleased to welcome back two previous staff as columnists.

Brittany Waxman was the Eagle Life Editor and Dustin Toms was the managing and sports editor.

Welcome! We look forward to working with you this year!