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After months of training and struggling through diet and daily exercise, Chester Dudzik and Jaclyn Silvestri were crowned Mr. and Ms. EIU Fitness, respectively. Students, family and friends crowded into the Grand Ballroom in the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union Friday night for the annual bodybuilding contest. (0) comments
Antonio Burton, a sophomore art education major, was asked by comedian Michael Kosta to be an opening act to Kosta's show Friday night in 7th Street Underground. Burton said Kosta heard him joking around and beat boxing before the show, and Kosta asked him to go on. (0) comments
Jim Krehbiel will speak about his exploration, photography and subsequent artwork of the ancestral Pueblo people in the canons of Cedar Mesa, Utah, during "Art and Archaeoastronomy: Anasazi Astronomical Shrine Sites." His presentation, which will look at architecture, art and astronomy, is at 7 p. (0) comments
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In Thursday's edition of The Daily Eastern News, Jon Jans was misidentified in an article about traumatic brain injuries as "John Jansen." The DEN regrets the error. (0) comments
The Eastern Board of Trustees moved forward with steps to complete the construction of the new Textbook Rental Services building by approving the purchase of new advanced technology operating systems for the site at the board meeting Friday. In addition, insights on the progress of the Student Success Center and the building of its new facility were given. (0) comments
Two conflicting viewpoints on the Middle East will be available to the public today. One is from Israel and will show the Israeli side of the Middle Eastern crisis, and the other is the ambassador from the League of the Arab States to the United States, to show the Arab side of the issue. (0) comments
The floor for discussion on academic freedom is the focal point of the University Professionals of Illinois and Faculty Senate forum "Academic Freedom in the Age of Information Technology and the Industrial Model of Education." The forum was named that because of the context these aspects of modern society create for the exercise of free inquiry and expression, said Charles Delman, Eastern chapter president. (1) comment
About 150 people gathered in the Charleston Carnegie Public Library Sunday afternoon to see the ribbon cutting for the library's new addition, nearly 10 years after planning for the addition began. Deciding what features the addition should have was a community effort, said Eric Huddlestun, president of the library's board of trustees. (0) comments
As the lights clicked on in the McAfee Gymnasium, Kimberly Zydek took a deep breath and entered the stage. Zydek, president of the EIU Dancers, has been practicing for this moment for 12 weeks. From backstage, Zydek could see about 150 people awaiting the start of the EIU Dancer's annual spring concert, "True Expression," Friday and Saturday night. (0) comments
