Looking Back

1 Years Ago

Feb. 19, 2009

The National Collegiate Athletic Association slapped Eastern Washington University’s football team with several sanctions for violating participation rules regarding academically non-qualified and ineligible students. The college was banned from participating in the 2009 playoffs, lost two scholarships and one coaching position and was given three years’ probation.

Local homeowners took issue with their neighbors, saying some houses were occupied by four to five college students at a time. They claimed this violated the Cheney’s single-family zoning codes that restri...