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As the academic school year finally comes to a close, many seniors are anxious to participate in the commencement ceremony on Saturday in Lantz Arena. This year, the Alumni Services Office organized commencement and has implemented some changes to make it easier for the students who are eligible to participate in the ceremony. (1) comment
Eastern students, children and pets came to celebrate good times at the last big event before finals in the Library Quad this weekend. Art vendors, bands and food vendors gathered at Celebration: A Festival of the Arts this year. Gail Warner, a Mattoon resident, was one of the vendors at the festival. (1) comment
The Truth in Tuition Act shielded current students at Eastern from the blows of a $21 per credit hour increase to tuition for the 2010 fiscal year. This act saves in-state students, who enroll in same-state higher education institutions, from incurring tuition increases over their academic tenure. (0) comments
The house where Livingston Lord, Eastern's first sitting president, lived was on display Sunday following its yearlong restoration. Lord, president from 1899 to 1933, resided in the two-story Victorian home for all but the first four years of his tenure. Tom Olmsted, owner of the Mattoon-based Painted Lady Properties, said the time was right to show off its restoration work to the public. (2) comments
Tiffany Turner was elected Student Senate Speaker at Wednesday's Student Senate meeting. As Student Senate Speaker, Turner wants to fix the elections commission so offending candidates and/or parties could be punished, find a different conference to go in place of the Conference for Student Government Associations and get Student Government recruitment in the South Quad. (0) comments
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The spring 2009 textbook return deadline is 3 p.m. Friday. Textbook Rental will be open 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. During textbook returns, unattended vehicles parked on Fourth Street will be ticketed and/or towed by the Charleston Police Department. (0) comments
Despite a growing effort to prevent underage drinking in Charleston, police say the use of fake identification to purchase alcohol or get into bars still occurs. "It's very common," said Deputy Police Chief Dave Chambers. "You have a lot of pass-backs. Then you have some people with actually fictitious IDs. (0) comments
As students leave Eastern for the summer, three sections of the state highways they will take will either be under construction or slated for repair. The projects involve two stretches of Illinois Route 130 and one stretch of Illinois Route 16, said Gary Welton with the Illinois Department of Transportation in Effingham. (1) comment
