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Steve Mange, senior policy adviser for the Illinois Attorney Generals Office, said the hardest work in the fight against Methamphetamines is being done at a local level. Mange spoke at the East Central Illinois Methamphetamine Summit, held in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. (0) comments
Return your textbooks early Students can return textbooks to Textbook Rental any time during the semester. The final deadline to return Spring 2008 textbooks is 3 p.m. May 2. Visit the Textbook Rental's web site for more information. Workshop's spring performance today The spring performance for the Music Theater and Opera Workshop will be held at 6 p. (0) comments
A big moment in Jeanna McFarland's life was when she saw her first live ballet. McFarland was in college at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Her dance teacher arranged a field trip to the Muny Opera in St. Louis to see the "best couple ever in ballet history" - Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. (0) comments
How Student Government's new marketing director will be paid is still undetermined. Student Senate Speaker Megan Ogulnick was unsure where Scott Murray, hired at the March 19 Senate meeting, technically fits into Student Government and deferred comment to the organization's adviser, Ceci Brinker. (1) comment
Charleston is proposing to spend plenty more on fuel. The city is budgeting more funds for fuel costs from the $27.4 million budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, which starts May 1. City Manager Scott Smith said the city budgeted $275,000 for fuel, which includes gas and diesel fuel, up from $193,000 budgeted for the current fiscal year. (0) comments
Matt Glowacki rolled his wheelchair down the middle aisle in Lumpkin Auditorium, stopping it right before he hit the wall. He laughed as he looked down and saw he left skid marks on the carpet. Glowacki presented "Diversity According to South Park and Family Guy" on Thursday as part of University Board Cultural Arts series. (0) comments
The Charleston Board of Zoning, Appeals and Planning recommended that a drive-in movie theater be granted a conditional use permit at Thursdays meeting. If approved the Charleston City Council, a one screen first-theater would open at 375 N. 14th St. The board recommended the proposal with the condition that a buffer be placed on the west, south and east sides of the proposed theater. (0) comments
"AMP magazine is no more," said Pat Lamorte, vice chairman of the University Board during Thursday's Apportionment Board meeting. The publication's entire $13,521 budget was cut in order to meet the AB's mandated $57,948 budget reduction for fiscal year 2009. (4) comments
University Police posted fliers Friday evening throughout campus to alert students regarding an assault that allegedly happened Thursday afternoon. A female was allegedly physically assaulted in the 900 block of 17th Street at approximately 2:45 p.m. Thursday, the flier said. (7) comments
Eastern's residence halls are considering going green. The dining halls are considering a new program in which students would receive liquid or water bottles when they move in at the beginning of the year. The bottles are environmental-friendly, and students would use them instead of plastic cups when getting drinks from the dining halls. (0) comments
