Comedian Will Marfori compared college students to people on welfare. College students are like people on welfare because they get a check every month and spend it on alcohol, he said. "I love talking to college students because they are poor like me," Marfori said. (0) comments
Allen Lanham has been impressed with Illinois' library network since his college days at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Illinois is a good library state," said Lanham, dean of library services at Booth Library. "We think of it as the library of Illinois rather than 4,200 libraries all separate and begging for attention. (0) comments
Students will have the opportunity to vote for their Homecoming Court between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. today at Coleman Hall and the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. A valid Panther Card is required for all voters. Textbook Rental Sidewalk Sale The Textbook Rental Service is having its semiannual sidewalk sale. (0) comments
In Thursday's edition of The Daily Eastern News, Hannah Plevka's name was incorrect. In Friday's issue of The Verge, the fee for The Broadhead Music Festival at Mother's was incorrect. The show was $8. The DEN regrets the errors. (0) comments
Abby and Martha, two dear old ladies, decide to come up with a recipe to add into the drinks of lonely and unwanted men. "For a gallon of Elderberry wine, I take one teaspoon of arsenic, and a half a teaspoon of strychnine and just a pinch of cyanide," said Martha Brewster, played by Lizzy Powers, a se (0) comments
which had been slated to open on Oct. 1, is still under construction. Rain and demolition work during the summer slowed construction of the new lot at the north corner of Garfield Avenue and Ninth Street, said Gary Reed, director of facilities planning and management. (0) comments
More seats had to be added to the two sections of ENG 1000, Fundamental Writing, this fall, and another section had to be added for next spring to accommodate the increase in students who need the course. ENG 1000 is required for students who have ACT scores in English of 14 or below, or have no test scores on file with the university. (0) comments
The person to replace Jeff Cooley as vice president for business affairs could be in place in April, said Robert Augustine, committee chair for the search advisory committee for the vice president for business affairs. "If possible the person could start as early as April 1," Augustine said. (0) comments