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As Aretha Franklin and Sister Sledge said, "We are all family and everyone wants just a little respect." Mildred Pearson, director of faculty development, agrees with both of the artists but she would make a slight change in the lyrics, if she could. "If I could rewrite these lyrics I would say I have all my colleagues, students and me," Pearson said."And the three themes that we are addressing in our workshop are family, respect and global understanding." (3) comments
Running stairs. Lifting weights. Evening practices at least four times a week. This isn't the schedule of an Eastern athlete. It's the schedule of a hopeful tugs champion. All the hard work for Greek Week isn't taken lightly - it's crucial to some fraternities and sororities preparing for Greek Week. Bob Dudolski, director of Greek Life, works closely with the Health Education Resource Center to prevent unhealthy dieting prior to competitions. (0) comments
Coles County has been placed on the Illinois Poverty Summit's warning list for 2007. In the Summit's 2007 report, Coles County's poverty level was reported to be 14.4 percent as of 2004. The state average is 11.9 percent. Four indicators were used in the report: poverty rates, high school graduation rates, unemployment rates and teen birth rates. A point was given to a county if a certain rate was higher than the state average, or it had increased from the previous year. Counties with more than six points were placed on the warning list. The report documented that Coles County had 5,000 to 9,999 people in poverty in 2004. (0) comments
Morgan Prestage cannot practice her religion in Charleston. The reason she can't worship is simple: there's no place for her or the rest of the Jewish community. The only local option is the Jewish Community Center in Mattoon. Prestage, a junior political science major, prefers to travel to Champaign to worship on weekends because the trip to Mattoon seems inconvenient. (0) comments
A bylaw change will be introduced at tonight's Student Senate meeting to allow the Student Senate speaker to cancel a meeting if necessary. The Student Senate was canceled two weeks ago because of inclement weather. In the Student Body Constitution it states that Student Senate meetings are to be held once a week during the fall and spring semesters at the discretion of the Student Senate speaker. (0) comments
Temetria Hargett thinks people might consider her a little strange. She knows almost everybody's name. And McKinney Hall's associate resident director introduces herself to everybody. "I may weird some people out," she said. "But having connections with people on that one-on-one level, relationships can grow on that level. (0) comments
Eastern was misidentified on page 4 of Tuesday's edition of the Daily Eastern News. Eastern is a state institution, not a Federal institution. The DEN regrets the error. (0) comments
Black.White dads on campus today Bruno Marcotulli and Brian Sparks, the two fathers from the FX reality show "Black.White," will talk about their experiences with the show today in the Grand Ballroom of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union. The show took two families of different races and using makeup, they were transformed from a white family to a black family and vice versa. (0) comments
Incumbent Larry Rennels received the most votes in Tuesday's city council primary election. Rennels received 385 votes, which amounts to 30.4 percent of the votes cast. "I really appreciate the confidence that the voters put in me," Rennels said after the votes were tallied. (0) comments
172 colleges and universities vied for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency College/University Partner of the Year, but it was Eastern that walked away with the prize in 2006. Eastern also won a Partner of the Year award in 1999. Alan Rathe, recycling coordinator at Eastern, said he was pleased with the efforts made by faculty, staff and students, but Eastern could still improve in regards to the three r's. (0) comments
