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Closing the freshman application May 15

EWU has received a record number of applications for Fall 2012, and to keep class sizes small, we’re closing the freshman application May 15. If you will be applying for admission as a freshman, you need to submit your application before May 15. You still have time! The application for transfer students and international students [...]

Robots

Attending college robot-style

Based on the decibel level and the foot traffic at Reese Court last weekend, you would have thought Eastern was playing an archrival and that the score was close. Real close. Buzzer-beating close. You would have been wrong. It was robots. Lots and lots of robots hooping it up on the basketball court. Over the [...]

Palouse

The Olive Garden reviewer

Marilyn Hagerty catapulted to Internet fame for her review of the Olive Garden, and my middle-of-nowhere, small-town heart loves it. The story, that is, not the Olive Garden. The Olive Garden is sometimes hard to love … but Marilyn—she’s something special. If you haven’t followed her story, here’s the gist of it. For several decades, [...]

Showalter

The impartial college

How do you know you’re seeing the “college” and not just the “marketing”? How do you get to the true heart of a college experience? This week, NPR released new standards for its journalists. For an organization as big and respected as NPR, this is a pretty big deal. It’s like the Seattle Seahawks writing [...]

Don’t miss Wednesday’s priority deadlines

Just a friendly reminder: don’t miss the priority deadlines on Feb. 15, 2012. Feb. 15: Priority Application Deadline Feb. 15: Priority FAFSA Deadline Feb. 15: Priority Scholarship Deadline Is your application incomplete? Be sure to send missing transcripts, test scores and other materials by the Feb. 15 deadline. What if you don’t have final transcripts? Apply! Apply! Apply! We don’t expect [...]

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