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Ryan Doyle walked out of a geography presentation disappointed. "I came here for geography, not an anti-war presentation," said the sophomore middle school education major. Tuesday in the physical science building, Professor Mohameden Ould-Mey gave a presentation titled "The Iraq War and 9/11 as Footnotes to the Palestine-Israel Conflict" for Geography Week. (16) comments
A request for proposal has been written for a new steam plant. This is according to Gary Reed, director for facilities planning and management, who spoke at the Faculty Senate's meeting Tuesday. Reed added the university is in the position of looking at a 20-year performance contract for the new steam plant. (0) comments
The tears did not come until later that day for Micah Rucker. That day was Jan. 28. Rucker's cell phone rang at 6 a.m. that Sunday morning. But he was asleep in his Charleston apartment and missed the call. When he woke up later that day around noon, a voicemail from his girlfriend's younger brother changed his life. (8) comments
The Student Senate has several proposals on its plate for approval at tonight's meeting. The combined costs of all the bills amounts to more than $10,000. Approximately $3,500 of the costs comes from the proposed Student Film Festival in April approved at the Apportionment Board meeting last Thursday, but over $7,000 amounts to next semester's University Board Mainstage event. (0) comments
Pre-law students have more to worry about than just a high grade point average, according to a recent study by Kaplan Law. The study states that fewer students are applying to law school, but that the odds of getting in have not decreased. "I can understand why it might be so," said Steve Marietti, director of pre-law programs at Kaplan Law. (0) comments
The typical college student starts right after high school. But for some people, work or family puts off their entrance to college for a while. Those who start or come back to school later are known as non-traditional students and the campus group OASIS is designed just for them. (0) comments
Right out of high school, Cheryl Barker started working in a travel agency. She worked there 18 years until the Internet came along and changed things. "There (were) already a lot of changes," she said. "I decided to make changes with my life and I checked into going back to school. (0) comments
The Booth Library Films Series has shown students what life was like as a free-spirited child of the 1960s and a mill-worker turned prison guard so far this semester Now, the series will show life through the eyes of a little person. The series will continue tonight with a presentation of Steven Delano's "No Bigger Than A Minute" at 6:30 in Conference Room 4440 of Booth Library. (0) comments
Students will have an opportunity to listen to a music award winner Wednesday. Michael Jacobs, the 2003 Native American Music Award winner for Best Independent Recording will be in the Bridge Lounge of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union at 8 p.m. (0) comments
It was a story of how a frog turned into a prince, and his mishaps along the way. On his way, he ran into a princess, a handmaiden and the Queen Bea, or the mother figure. The production of "Veronomas A. Frog" entertained the students of the Neil Armstrong Program at Hawthorne School in Mattoon. (0) comments
DJ Battle The Phi Kappa Beta fraternity is hosting a Battle of the DJs today in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union from 6-10 p.m. Six locals DJs will spin electronic music, dance and hip-hop. A winner will be chosen based on crowd reaction. (0) comments
