"She is more concerned about the Pub and its new gender neutral bathrooms. :? Okay, I'm not politically correct and I'm thankful not to be."
I don't think she has a clue what is going on, anywhere, at anytime, with anything. She's defiantly an odd duck. That being said, Eastern is a school first. The PUB is essential to the students, overall quality of the school and desperately needed an update for both student use and energy efficiency. Its also being paid for by students.
The school is taking the right steps by hiring an outside consulting firm to do the legwork on how to raise/generate funds for a remodel of Roos Field. I believe we should have the final report by December(?) after that, it'll be up to them to raise the money and build it. Eastern's problem (past and present) is marketing. They have ALWAYS been awful at it. I was blown away this past weekend in Missoula at the facilities and overall feel of the game... It was a freakin' event! EWU could never sell that many tickets with its current operation, which is a little strange considering Spokane is bigger than Missoula and the 11th largest city in America is 4 hours away. Id expect to have a plan in place and commencement by this time next year. It should involve asking the big donors for more, asking the public for more, and the kids for more. I know public funding is taboo on the east side of the mountains, but if you want a new stadium, it'll cost money.