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Countless students are letting their minds go idle during the long summer months. But 23 participants of Upward Bound treated the summer differently by participating in Kankakee's Upward Bound Program. The Upward Bound Program is set up by the Department of Education. (0) comments

State Representative Chapin Rose said they are taking the necessary steps to move forward the new Renewable Energy Center yesterday. Governor Pat Quinn will be signing the legislation that allows the development of the center. The new center is planned to cost $75 million to build, but Rose is hoping the building will be worth the money in the long run. (0) comments

Renewable Energy Center a little  closer to reality

Within just of few hours of each other, the Governor signed the bill for Eastern's Renewable Energy Center followed by the Board of Trustees with their own approval of the project on Monday. Cameron Schilling, Legislative Advisor to Governor Pat Quinn and a 2006 graduate of Eastern, returned to Eastern and took the podium in front of the Board of Trustees with a message from the governor. (1) comment

The Charleston Parks and Recreation department received the first installment of tax money on time this year. "The first installment is supposed to be in June," Kandy Sager, the Parks and Recreation business manager, said. "The last maybe three or four years, it's been late. (0) comments

TODAY Microsoft Word 2007 Workshop Time | 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Location | Booth Library 4450 More info | 581-2800 THURSDAY PantherMail Workshop Time | 1 a.m. - 3 a.m. Location | Booth Library 4420 More info | 581-2800 THURSDAY Creating Web Pages Workshop Time | 9 a. (0) comments

High school seniors sometimes have a hard time transitioning from high school to college, feeling anxious and sometimes intimidated by the new atmosphere. Programs such as EIU Debut help ease those feelings by playing a role in the students' transition from their high school to Eastern. (0) comments

Creative Writing Camp is spending its second summer at Eastern Illinois University teaching high school kids how to enhance their poetry and fiction writing skills. From June 22 until June 26 students, ages 14 to 18, work from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and then 1 p. (0) comments

In the story written on Nov. 14, 2007, Geography lesson meets Iraq war, a few errors have been found. The figure cited as being spent on the Iraq war as of November 2007 was incorrect and should have been reported as $466 billion. Additionally, the four questions used by the speaker to open his presentation were: How many of you believe the Iraq war was really about WMDs? How many of you believe the Iraq war was really about democracy? How many of you believe the Iraq war was really about oil? How many of you believe the Iraq war was really about Israel? The Daily Eastern News regrets the error. (0) comments

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