Eastern to host No Fear in Love race

Eastern Washington University will host the sixth annual No Fear in Love six-mile race, Feb. 27, at 6:45 a.m. at the campus mall.

In a news release, Karen Bontrager, founder and organizer of the No Fear in Love Race, said the impetus of the race stemmed in part from the murder of Yeardley Love, a University of Virginia (UVA) women’s lacrosse student-athlete who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend, former UVA men’s lacrosse player George Wesley Huguely V. During the investigation, police found evidence of domestic violence between Huguely and Love.

But rather than dwell on the tragic, the No Fear...