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Former Eastern and Portland Trail Blazer center Kevin Duckworth died Monday evening in Gleneden Beach, Ore., at the age of 44. Duckworth was in Gleneden Beach to host a free basketball clinic sponsored by the Trail Blazers when he died in the small, coastal town on the Pacific. (0) comments
Construction on Fourth Street from Polk to Harrison avenues is 60 percent complete and should be substantially complete by the end of November. Curt Buescher, Charleston public works director, said there would still be some minor work that would have to be completed in the spring. (0) comments
While the opening of the Doudna Fine Arts Center may please most on campus, it poses a challenge for Eastern's building service workers. Eastern hired four new BSWs this year to help maintain the campus with the addition of Doudna, but the overall total still does not equal the amount of BSWs Eastern had before Gov. Rod Blagojevich cut the university's state appropriations for fiscal year 2003. (1) comment
Student Government meets for the first time this semester at their regularly scheduled Student Senate meeting. The organization is comprised of senate members and five executive positions that represent the student body. Student Senate meets at 7 p.m. Wednesdays in the Arcola/Tuscola Room, located on the third floor of the Martin Luther King Jr. (1) comment
Eastern President Bill Perry was at it again. He attended Tuesday's Faculty Senate meeting unannounced to welcome the faculty back to campus as well as to thank them for their work. He briefly talked about specific student accomplishments, faculty awards and alumni accomplishments. (0) comments
Changes to Eastern's parking will have to wait until next school year. The Council on University Planning and Budgets submitted its parking recommendations to President Bill Perry in early August. Perry said public forums would be held concerning the recommendations this semester, with changes coming to parking on campus in fall 2009. (1) comment
Douglas Hall was rated the worst bathroom on campus in the 2006 Resident Satisfaction Survey. The hall might change that rating this year. "The really big project we did this summer was Douglas Hall," said Mark Hudson, director of housing and dining services. (0) comments
