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Grad students to run Greek Week

Erin Morettes is overseeing the collection and deposit of money related to Greek Week, said Robyn Paige, special assistant to Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs. "This is being accomplished in conjunction with the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs," Paige said. (14) comments

Council looks at water rate increase in all areas

Increase to help fund Waste Water Treatment Plant upgrade

Council looks at water rate increase in all areas

A proposed increase to the water and sewer rates will go before the Charleston City Council tonight. The proposal would add about a 9 percent increase across the board for water and sewer rates. A $40 a month water bill would increase by $3.60 per month or $43. (0) comments

Danny Natz's friend made Facebook a target for an April Fools' Day joke. "My buddy changed someone else's birthday on Facebook so everyone was wishing him a happy birthday without him knowing it," said Natz, a freshman communications major. "It was really funny because he had no idea what was going on. (0) comments

Student Government election petitions due today

Today is the last day to submit applications for the April 2008 Student Government election. Only four applications have been submitted to the Student Activities Center as of Monday, said Ashlei Birch, election commissioner. "The applications have to be turned into Laurel Fuqua and no one else," Birch said. (2) comments

Applying science to life

Tim McCollum has been interested in science ever since he can remember. McCollum, a teacher at Charleston Middle School, would go to science museums while on vacation in Chicago with his family when he was a child. "I kept the interest of science and it turned into a hobby," he said. (0) comments

Living with Epilepsy

The name of the game was Command and Conquer: Red Alert. Its object was fairly simple: to annihilate every little graphic soldier, tank and paratrooper in site by building up your army to ridiculous proportions. As a 21-year-old, I would still be tempted to play this game, so as an 11-year-old, I was hooked. (26) comments

Eastern's Faculty Senate will be announcing its Distinguished Faculty Award winner today. Faculty Senate Chair Lynne Curry said to choose the winner; a committee reviewed applications for the award and made a recommendation to the rest of the senate. The faculty senate then endorses the committee's decisions. (0) comments

Cancer risks not stopping tanners

Despite ill effects, many still use tanning beds for 'golden glow'

Cancer risks not stopping tanners

Richard Cavanaugh, Eastern's health adviser, said he thinks most people know the risks of tanning, but it doesn't stop them. Cavanaugh said he compared information from a recent study to one he did 10 years ago. Even though people seem to know the risks of tanning, many people are starting to tan at a younger age and more often, he said. (0) comments

51st Mathematics teaching conference today The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is hosting the "No Foolin', We're A+" conference on teaching mathematics. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m. outside of the Grand Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. (0) comments

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