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Coles County tourism took a hit when Gov. Rod Blagojevich's announced budget cuts in late August that would force Lincoln Log Cabin to close. However, after long periods of deliberation by lawmakers and intense lobbying by those effected, relief may be on the way. (0) comments
Five hundred people gathered around the Campus Pond Thursday evening to support and shout the message of Take Back the Night. Five hundred people from Charleston want their community to be free from sexual abuse and violence. Their role was to break the silence by marching through campus chanting epithets like, "2…4…6…8/No more date rape!" as loudly as possible while carrying signs and luminaries. (0) comments
There's a distinct stench that has hung over the McCain campaign for quite some time now; that familiar reek of something being not quite right, that something is not quite what it seems. The stench hangs over much of what he says and does. It tinges his speeches and can be ephemerally sensed around the edges of his campaign maneuvers. (9) comments
Liz Surbeck is right to criticize Eastern for requiring of its students so little foreign language study. Actually, Eastern distinguishes itself for having no university-level foreign language requirement. Currently, Eastern students are waved through the "requirement" if they've taken two years of high school foreign language; on the table now is the embarrassingly modest proposal of raising the bar to three years of high school foreign language. (0) comments
